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You pay the corporation $4,000 a year, while the corporation pays $0 in Taxes.
fasttense
Nov 2013
#6
Class solidarity. $50K in a small town in Mississippi still makes you a big local fish
Recursion
Nov 2013
#27
I have spoken with individuals who fit this profile and I can tell that is what they believe,
GoneFishin
Nov 2013
#92
More on food stamps than welfare? Wouldn't have thought that. interesting. nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2013
#8
Think it's one of those things that both sides can make the numbers look
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2013
#15
don't think this is meant to be an all-inclusive list - just selected items. nt
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2013
#17
Social Security is not part of the national budget; it is a separate insurance trust fund that
DhhD
Nov 2013
#55
The standard deduction and the head of household deduction must be considered too.
DhhD
Nov 2013
#60
I suspect that by "corporate subsidies" people don't mean direct payments to corporations
magical thyme
Nov 2013
#33
I realize that. I just couldn't think of the federal subsidies off the top of my head. Eg, big oil
magical thyme
Nov 2013
#125
as much as I know that people are not properly focused on the huge amounts
Laura PourMeADrink
Nov 2013
#43
These numbers are bad - I ran the calculations yesterday when I saw it pop up all over Facebook
NewJeffCT
Nov 2013
#42
Thank you. This graphic is a real mess -- makes us all look as batty as Glenn Beck
BlueStreak
Nov 2013
#69
The pittance paid for foreign aid needs to be on that list too, since it is a frequent target.
Bernardo de La Paz
Nov 2013
#71
$4000.00? That's amazing that the "corporate subsidies" came out to such a nice round number.
Nye Bevan
Nov 2013
#85
Damn. Now THAT'S spelling it out like we need to...K & R & spread this far and wide. nt
mother earth
Nov 2013
#103