Thu Nov 8, 2012, 08:48 AM
gollygee (12,318 posts)
Seen on Tubmlr: Obviously, they can afford to pay more in taxes
In fact, it would probably have cost them less in the long run.
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35 replies, 7136 views
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| gollygee | Nov 2012 | OP | |
| Heidi | Nov 2012 | #1 | |
| TalkingDog | Nov 2012 | #2 | |
| ThomThom | Nov 2012 | #3 | |
| txdemsftw | Nov 2012 | #4 | |
| Aeroette | Nov 2012 | #5 | |
| allan01 | Nov 2012 | #6 | |
| BlueMan Votes | Nov 2012 | #7 | |
| krispos42 | Nov 2012 | #8 | |
| Coyotl | Nov 2012 | #9 | |
| meeshrox | Nov 2012 | #10 | |
| Whiskeytide | Nov 2012 | #11 | |
| DarleenMB | Nov 2012 | #14 | |
| xtraxritical | Nov 2012 | #16 | |
| Sherman A1 | Nov 2012 | #12 | |
| kag | Nov 2012 | #13 | |
| sebastianj333 | Nov 2012 | #15 | |
| WhoIsNumberNone | Nov 2012 | #17 | |
| dchill | Nov 2012 | #18 | |
| Royal Sloan 09 | Nov 2012 | #19 | |
| Blue_Tires | Nov 2012 | #20 | |
| progressoid | Nov 2012 | #21 | |
| pacalo | Nov 2012 | #22 | |
| flakey_foont | Nov 2012 | #23 | |
| L0oniX | Nov 2012 | #24 | |
| abelenkpe | Nov 2012 | #25 | |
| ErikJ | Nov 2012 | #26 | |
| horsedoc | Nov 2012 | #27 | |
| Cha | Nov 2012 | #28 | |
| WhatsGoodForAmerica | Nov 2012 | #29 | |
| FailureToCommunicate | Nov 2012 | #30 | |
| MrModerate | Nov 2012 | #31 | |
| colsohlibgal | Nov 2012 | #32 | |
| calimary | Nov 2012 | #33 | |
| caseymoz | Nov 2012 | #34 | |
| socialindependocrat | Nov 2012 | #35 |
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:40 AM
TalkingDog (7,617 posts)
2. kick for logic
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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:41 AM
ThomThom (1,390 posts)
3. true that
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kick
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:41 AM
txdemsftw (447 posts)
4. A-F*cking-Men!!!!
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K/R!
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:20 AM
Aeroette (89 posts)
5. Selfish bastards
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Kick
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:22 AM
allan01 (621 posts)
6. re:Seen on Tubmlr: Obviously, they can afford to pay more in taxes
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bril. my dr and i discussed this very subject the other day and what a waste of money where instead that the corps could have spent all that money for living wages for the workers.man, if i was a share holder , id object to this kind of spending .
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:22 AM
BlueMan Votes (903 posts)
7. after spending all that money- they're tapped out.
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sorry...
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:30 AM
krispos42 (45,126 posts)
8. If they can afford to buy US Treasuries, they can afford to pay highter taxes.
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They're quite willing to loan the US money, but not pay it in taxes. Ergo, they have the money, they just don't want to give it up.
Sort of like how poor people don't need any help because they can afford new sneakers. Or own a microwave oven. |
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:00 AM
Whiskeytide (472 posts)
11. Well, I like to look at it as...
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... They spent billions stimulating the TV, radio and print industries. As well as the many pretend pundit, skewed statistician and unthinking tank jobs they created. The skin bronzer manufacturers and make-up artists did well too. And think of all the employees at Wikipedia who worked tirelessly to update the meaning of the word "rape" hourly for the last three months! We should be thanking them.
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Response to Whiskeytide (Reply #11)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:35 AM
DarleenMB (245 posts)
14. Let's not forget
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they own the media so they just laundered the money back into their own pockets.
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Response to DarleenMB (Reply #14)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:42 AM
xtraxritical (2,931 posts)
16. At least it was in America and they will have tax liability for those profits.
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How about taxing ALL US registered corporations profits no matter where in the world these profits are earned?
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:02 AM
Sherman A1 (11,533 posts)
12. Well Said!
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:30 AM
kag (941 posts)
13. In the immortal and insightful words of Buffy, the vampire slayer...
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"Does the word 'duh' mean anything to you?"
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:36 AM
sebastianj333 (99 posts)
15. Well Said! KICK
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what a bunch of hypocrites and phoneys!
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:44 AM
WhoIsNumberNone (4,510 posts)
17. K&R
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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 12:25 PM
Royal Sloan 09 (406 posts)
19. k & r, A very good ? for those GOP leaders, nt
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 02:31 PM
Blue_Tires (31,647 posts)
20. kick for truth
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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 04:58 PM
progressoid (27,276 posts)
21. fuckinA!
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 07:08 PM
pacalo (20,644 posts)
22. There you have it.
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 08:39 PM
ErikJ (2,599 posts)
26. And Rove got 10% of it. nt
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Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:50 PM
Cha (124,404 posts)
28. That's right you Greedy ol Plutocrats! nt
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 10:58 PM
FailureToCommunicate (4,399 posts)
30. The truth is strong with this one!
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Thu Nov 8, 2012, 11:29 PM
MrModerate (8,040 posts)
31. To be fair . . .
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They did do a lot of job creatin' in the television, radio, outdoor advertising and newspaper businesses. Maybe they thought that qualified as "doing their civic duty."
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 12:32 AM
colsohlibgal (980 posts)
32. The 1950s
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If an individual top tax rate of 36 % or whatever would force CEOs to can people why weren't businesses going belly up all over the place in the 50s when the top rate was 91 or 92% each year? I'd like someone to pose that to Boehner and watch him squirm.
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Response to gollygee (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 03:08 AM
calimary (30,555 posts)
33. KICK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:17 AM
caseymoz (5,166 posts)
34. But those were investments!!
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Last edited Fri Nov 9, 2012, 05:18 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1) Really, they intended to make a profit from those. Unfortunately, they can't write it off as a business loss on their income taxes.
Considering they got nothing for all that money, that is, Citizens United backfired on them, they might actually come around to seeing that just shutting up and paying taxes would be cheaper. Um, but that's a joke. Of course they won't. |
Response to gollygee (Original post)
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 07:16 AM
socialindependocrat (1,372 posts)
35. Now they have NO money for taxes or jobs because they spent it all on elections!
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I guess that shows what would happen to our money
if we were to privatize! Make Social Security UNTOUCHABLE! |


