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2016 Postmortem

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5. Corporations, paying an effective income tax rate of 7%, are not part of the

Thu Dec 13, 2012, 04:35 PM

Dec 2012

deficit problem. Yeah! This is pure de male bovine excrement and, like ERISA, every thing rotten invented since Adam.

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WTF - Obama going along with Corporate Tax Reform [View all] Smilo Dec 2012 OP

Forward! blkmusclmachine Dec 2012 #1

Just as if there had never been an election MotherPetrie Dec 2012 #2

Exactly. I would have bet anything that this would happen........nft plethoro Dec 2012 #14

Ditto. SoapBox Dec 2012 #16

I can't believe this surprises you enough to say "WTF". n/t djean111 Dec 2012 #3

Right? Myrina Dec 2012 #6

+1,000,000,000 cui bono Dec 2012 #7

+1^100 n/t RoccoR5955 Dec 2012 #10

Most big corporations don't pay income taxes, and many get refunds. NewJeffCT Dec 2012 #11

I have no problem with Corporate Tax cuts.... LynneSin Dec 2012 #15

Spare the safety net, not the corporations..... midnight Dec 2012 #17

The U.S. has one of the highest marginal tax rates for businesses.... Swede Atlanta Dec 2012 #18

My understanding is the effective rate is 24%. Ikonoklast Dec 2012 #20

They are not paying anyway quakerboy Dec 2012 #19

As long as it's eliminating... PoliticalBiker Dec 2012 #21

No surprises at all. Jack Sprat Dec 2012 #22