Honeywell CEO David Cote said yesterday – when his goons weren’t yanking the microphone away from a labor reporter asking a question – that the ideal corporate tax rate should be zero percent: SORKIN: David, I have a tax question for you. What do you think the ultimate effective tax rate should be on corporations? [...]

The President is at Johnson Controls in Holland, Michigan today, touring a high-tech battery production plant. It’s the kind of project that has engendered a revitalization in Michigan in manufacturing, where jobs with a living wage are popping up, jobs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as promote economic expansion. One of the other [...]