prolesunited
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Wed Feb-24-10 10:23 AM
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ONLY if all of their employees and operations are located in the U.S.?
And even higher rates for all those off-shoring their operations.
We don't need to bring our wages down to China. Corporations need to bring their wages up to meet us.
Cheap consumerism really isn't cheap, nor is it sustainable.
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| -Senators Propose Big Corporate Tax Cut |
Robbien |
Feb-24-10 09:39 AM |
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Wyden? WTF? |
TwilightGardener |
Feb-24-10 09:40 AM |
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“Senator Gregg and I are demonstrating that there is room for Democrats and Republicans to agree |
Robbien |
Feb-24-10 09:47 AM |
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he's also from Oregon and they are very |
WhiteTara |
Feb-25-10 07:55 AM |
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That is one of the stupidest things I have ever heard. |
Zoeisright |
Feb-24-10 09:40 AM |
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Thom Hartman has discussed this one at length..He has pointed out |
Stuart G |
Feb-24-10 09:44 AM |
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wyden is co-sponsor? pretty surprising, not to mention disgusting. |
niyad |
Feb-24-10 09:40 AM |
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IT Takes Money..... |
grilled onions |
Feb-24-10 09:41 AM |
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"...translating to more jobs." Oh yes, but employing people is not REQUIRED. |
FormerDittoHead |
Feb-24-10 09:43 AM |
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I did NOT just read this...... |
proudohioan |
Feb-24-10 09:48 AM |
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The one saving grace |
Robbien |
Feb-24-10 09:57 AM |
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Hopefully, this one will die. |
proudohioan |
Feb-24-10 10:17 AM |
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Only if each and every one of them registered here actually pays 24% of their income. |
sinkingfeeling |
Feb-24-10 09:48 AM |
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The trick is not to make any profit. |
formercia |
Feb-24-10 09:52 AM |
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You forgot to mention that they offshore the profit centers to the Cayman Islands. |
SandWalker1984 |
Feb-24-10 10:50 AM |
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Harder than you would think |
joeglow3 |
Feb-24-10 12:57 PM |
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That's the trick |
DFW |
Feb-24-10 10:14 AM |
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PLEASE support this claim |
joeglow3 |
Feb-24-10 12:51 PM |
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Well that's easy enough. A simple Google search brings up all kinds of news reports. |
sinkingfeeling |
Feb-24-10 02:04 PM |
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Here's a study of 275 of the Fortune 500: |
mbperrin |
Feb-24-10 02:31 PM |
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As far as I can tell, that is an incomplete study. |
joeglow3 |
Feb-25-10 08:13 AM |
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Companies paying zero in taxes and receiving billions back in cash |
mbperrin |
Feb-25-10 12:48 PM |
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Again, I question the limited time frame they are using |
joeglow3 |
Feb-25-10 06:15 PM |
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Okay, they studied 275 companies for 3 years. You have anecdotal |
mbperrin |
Feb-25-10 08:43 PM |
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It names names, but doesn't explain methodology |
joeglow3 |
Feb-26-10 08:01 AM |
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Do you suppose the GAO knows anything? |
mbperrin |
Feb-26-10 10:25 AM |
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I just don't blindly believe what I read. |
joeglow3 |
Feb-26-10 10:47 AM |
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Since nothing aside from your own personal experience matters, and |
mbperrin |
Feb-26-10 01:14 PM |
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Really? |
joeglow3 |
Feb-26-10 02:10 PM |
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OK, fine, fine, make it zero |
izquierdista |
Feb-24-10 09:54 AM |
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Meanwhile, we keep waiting for jobs to trickle down their leg. |
deminks |
Feb-24-10 09:56 AM |
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They think we are idiots? |
safeinOhio |
Feb-24-10 10:00 AM |
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If you pay a whore, they better produce! |
Mopar151 |
Feb-24-10 10:02 AM |
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See this: |
vssmith |
Feb-24-10 10:05 AM |
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The problem with that |
Robbien |
Feb-24-10 10:29 AM |
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So who is supposed to pay taxes. |
JDPriestly |
Feb-24-10 10:06 AM |
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idiots. |
bowens43 |
Feb-24-10 10:11 AM |
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betting right now |
placton |
Feb-24-10 10:12 AM |
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Fine... cut their tax rate to 24% |
Mudoria |
Feb-24-10 10:15 AM |
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How about 24% |
prolesunited |
Feb-24-10 10:23 AM |
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If you mean "all loopholes", no exceptions, I'm with you |
blueworld |
Feb-24-10 10:30 AM |
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how is it paid for? |
Enrique |
Feb-24-10 10:15 AM |
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Traitors to the people. UCA owns them all. |
L0oniX |
Feb-24-10 10:17 AM |
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Big Corporate Tax Cuts always help |
Autumn |
Feb-24-10 10:20 AM |
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..... |
OhioChick |
Feb-24-10 10:22 AM |
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"Bipartisanship". nt |
Romulox |
Feb-24-10 10:23 AM |
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They're completely, utterly insane, or totally "bought" |
blueworld |
Feb-24-10 10:26 AM |
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Any corporation in America that actually pays 35% in taxes |
Kirbster |
Feb-24-10 10:32 AM |
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Yet another lobbyist written bill for yet more corporate welfare. |
gulfcoastliberal |
Feb-24-10 10:36 AM |
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sick |
fascisthunter |
Feb-24-10 10:37 AM |
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NEVER AGAIN DEMOCRATS. NEVER AGAIN ! |
SlingBlade |
Feb-24-10 10:42 AM |
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Now that corporations can finance elections, they want "representation without taxation". |
jody |
Feb-24-10 10:46 AM |
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First initial thought - wtf are they smoking? |
Hawkeye-X |
Feb-24-10 10:51 AM |
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Ross Perot? |
Rambis |
Feb-24-10 10:52 AM |
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Republicans: |
HughBeaumont |
Feb-24-10 11:08 AM |
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Is The Bill Revenue Neutral? |
DallasNE |
Feb-24-10 11:11 AM |
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i wasn't aware that they paid significant taxes to begin with |
Blue_Tires |
Feb-24-10 12:35 PM |
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Fuck that! INCREASE their taxes and use the money to fund Unemployment Insurance |
Duer 157099 |
Feb-24-10 01:34 PM |
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As the "ruling" from the Supreme Five kicks in... |
Prisoner_Number_Six |
Feb-24-10 01:45 PM |
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fookin nuts these peeple are |
UpInArms |
Feb-24-10 01:50 PM |
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More taxes will be paid on big bonuses than new jobs |
Alias Dictus Tyrant |
Feb-24-10 02:57 PM |
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Except we also go without all the social insurance |
JerseygirlCT |
Feb-24-10 03:04 PM |
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Oh hell...let's just make their NON TAX status official once and for all. |
MichiganVote |
Feb-24-10 07:03 PM |
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It's not really a cut when you consider that taxes are just the cost of doing business. |
warm regards |
Feb-24-10 07:52 PM |
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I hear the sound of pigs feeding at the trough (nt) |
DBoon |
Feb-24-10 11:32 PM |
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Ugh. Somebody shoot me. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-25-10 07:58 AM |
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We *tried* this already. It didn't work. |
KansDem |
Feb-25-10 08:42 AM |
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Give us European levels of defense spending and national health insurance |
Overseas |
Feb-25-10 08:52 AM |
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..... |
Lorien |
Feb-25-10 10:39 AM |
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