Circus Time

My head is spinning. I am not sure where to begin to frame my views on the travesty that I witnessed on Sunday evening. It was a congressional side-show not quite up to par with Ringling Brothers. And so much for bi-partisanship, with not-a-one Republican vote. Let me make it clear that I am a major proponent of healthcare reform, but this legislation is--I don’t know what. It is not good, in my view, for our industry. For starters, the bill provides for a Medicare Payroll tax on investment income. Beginning in 2012, the bill legislates a 3.8% tax on investment income for families making more than $250,000 per year--$200,000 for individuals. It’s not only the rich that are going to be taxed, it’s the entrepreneurs, developers, and other risk takers, that will start to "do deals" and build a recovery out of this mess. I’m disgusted with the way this, one of the most important issues of our time, was relegated to a circus side-show, and a bad one at that.

Tony LoPinto is a senior client partner and head of Korn//Ferry International’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. The views expressed in this article are the author’s own.
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Anthony J. LoPinto

Tony LoPinto is the Global Sector Leader of Korn Ferry’s Real Estate Practice and founder of SelectLeaders. For the past 18 years LoPinto has been serving his clients with deep knowledge and perspective on talent needs and organizational challenges to public and private companies – knowledge gained from a 25-year career in real estate. Prior to his current position, he founded and served as chief executive officer of a boutique real estate executive search firm, where he oversaw offices in New York, Chicago, Washington, DC, San Francisco and Los Angeles. He has successfully led several high profile search engagements for chief executive officers, directors and a wide-range of executive level positions across all industries and sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history from Loyola University in Chicago.