--- title: Five Best: Invest Corporate Tax Cuts in Apprenticeships description: Invest corporate tax cuts in apprenticeships, workers take better care of themselves when they have more paid sick time and more. canonical: https://time.com/5187646/the-best-use-of-corporate-tax-cuts-is-investing-in-apprenticeship-programs/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-06T17:00:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:58:01.830Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Invest Corporate Tax Cuts in Apprenticeships og:description: And four more of today's best ideas og:url: https://time.com/5187646/the-best-use-of-corporate-tax-cuts-is-investing-in-apprenticeship-programs/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Invest Corporate Tax Cuts in Apprenticeships twitter:description: And four more of today's best ideas twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # The Best Use of Corporate Tax Cuts is Investing in Apprenticeship Programs > Sponsored content. 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