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2016 Postmortem

mythology

(9,527 posts)

15. No

Reply to hill2016 (Original post)

Sat Apr 16, 2016, 07:31 AM

Apr 2016

I don't believe in off-shore banking or incorporating in Ireland to shift your taxes there is okay.

Also corporations have an outsized ability to lobby for tax breaks that people don't. So while it might be "legal" for a company to make billions in profits but have no tax bill, I don't think they have the right to do so.

I don't fault individuals for taking things like the mortgage deduction and so forth, but I do hold them culpable for off-shore banking and such.

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Do you agree that everyone and every company has the right to reduce their taxes as much as possible [View all] hill2016 Apr 2016 OP

Of course. That's why honest politicians are necessary. delrem Apr 2016 #1

+1 840high Apr 2016 #2

"Let's start with an honest, clear-eyed assessment of what went so terribly wrong." delrem Apr 2016 #10

Oooh. Something jucy must be coming up in Hillary's tax returns... revbones Apr 2016 #3

do you agree as a principle or not? hill2016 Apr 2016 #4

No. chknltl Apr 2016 #5

no. I assume those tax laws were written by businesses, just like financial regulations Viva_La_Revolution Apr 2016 #6

Legally yes, morally no! nt Live and Learn Apr 2016 #7

having read bernies return he took plenty of deductions, lots of them. what's good for him msongs Apr 2016 #8

There is a reason it's called "tax evasion." pat_k Apr 2016 #9

Did someone get an email tonight? Marr Apr 2016 #11

transcript talking points? reddread Apr 2016 #12

When people understand that austerity and sequestration Lars39 Apr 2016 #13

But wouldn't that mean they were minimizing their participation in the American community? RadiationTherapy Apr 2016 #14

No mythology Apr 2016 #15