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U.S. Officials Focus on Tax Issues in Visit to Kansas City, Mo.

By Joyce Smith, The Kansas City Star, Mo. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 13--A lower income tax rate for small businesses allows them to keep more income to invest in equipment, expansion, workers, and health care, U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow said Monday.

Snow and Hector Barreto, administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration, were in Kansas City for the final stop of the business group's 11-city economic growth tour. The tour was designed to highlight the success of local entrepreneurs, along with issues important to their conti

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