March 23, 2010 04:46 PM | Permalink | Ending the exemption in the Medicare tax for investment income would not affect small businesses at all. Increasing the Medicare tax rate on earned income in excess of $200,000 (or $250,000 for married couples) would have no effect on 95 percent of small business owners, and is unlikely to affect the hiring and investment decisions for the other 5 percent.
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