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Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 18:56:08 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sat Mar 31 22:12:35 2012. And the cost of goods and services has gone up because of increased cost of laborWhat increased cost of labor? Wages have been falling for years, yet you think YOU will be better off if they fall even further. I laugh at you. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 18:56:16 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sat Mar 31 22:12:35 2012. And the cost of goods and services has gone up because of increased cost of laborWhat increased cost of labor? Wages have been falling for years, yet you think YOU will be better off if they fall even further. I laugh at you. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 19:06:50 2012, in response to No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Mar 30 18:23:50 2012. LOL. "On Jan. 1 of this year, it jumped from $9.92 to $10.24, apparently pushing Subway execs to revoke our county's cheap sandwich privileges."For a quarter increase, they dropped the promotion? The fact is, SF is the most expensive place in the USA to do business, and not mainly due to the minimum wage. FWIW, many chain restaurants in NYC don't participate in national promos for the same reasons. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 19:09:59 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by orange blossom special on Sat Mar 31 21:28:30 2012. "the record breaking taxes, and fees. "Thanks for agreeing with me that it's not the minimum wage. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 19:13:33 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 1 07:31:39 2012. Get your stories straight. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 19:28:44 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sat Mar 31 19:36:26 2012. If I don't live up to what I am paid by my employer, I will be fired, as he will find someone else to fill my position.But just think. If you and your co-workers all take a pay cut, your employers will be able to pass some of the savings to the customer who will get his product or service cheaper and will be just as happy as you are when you save a buck at the sandwich place. That person can then put that saved dollar into the wider economy and everybody will be happy. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 19:35:45 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sat Mar 31 22:01:24 2012. We didn't have strong unions in the 40'w, 50'w and 60's?Pass me whatever wacky tobacky you're smoking. That's when we DID have strong unions and over a third of the private sector was unionized (versus about 6% now). How do you think a dad supported a family of five with a factory job? It's since unions practically disappeared starting in the 80's that the whole house of cards that passes for the American economy collapsed |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 19:37:01 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by SelkirkTMO on Sat Mar 31 20:19:59 2012. Excellent post, connecting GOP economics with the degrading of the nuclear family. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 19:37:45 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Sat Mar 31 22:44:49 2012. You mean taxes having been at their lowest levels for employers and "job creators" in the last 30 years versus the good ol' days of high taxation in the 50's and 60's.You live in a Bizzarro America where everything is the opposite of what it is. |
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Posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 19:40:11 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by TonyG on Sun Apr 1 00:54:47 2012. They should institute a workable guest worker plan.because as we all know there is a chronic labor shortage in America today. I hope they institute such a thing and take your job. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 1 19:44:55 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 19:37:01 2012. I actually see the GOP as the ad agency for the corporate realm ... but it's kinda sad to see so many people willing to jump to buy such cable crap. :) |
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Posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Apr 1 20:33:01 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 1 01:28:50 2012. Proff, if you please. |
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U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF) |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 20:43:20 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Apr 1 20:33:01 2012. Dan, here is some proff.Here’s a brief blurb from Reuters. The United States will hold the dubious distinction starting on Sunday of having the developed world’s highest corporate tax rate after Japan’s drops to 38.01 percent… Japan’s reduction , prompted by years of pressure from Japanese politicians hoping to spur economic growth, will give that country the world’s second-highest rate. …The average 2012 corporate tax rate for the 34 developed countries is 25.4 percent, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Of course you will have to read the whole article for yourself. On the bright side maybe selslouch will now post a funny cartoon for you. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 1 20:59:59 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 18:54:36 2012. ???? |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Sun Apr 1 21:00:23 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by SMAZ on Sun Apr 1 18:56:08 2012. LMAO!!!!! |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012, in response to U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 20:43:20 2012. But we do have plenty of loopholes. Does any corporation actually pay the highest rate? |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 1 21:40:11 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. Nope. Many pay nothing at all. But whatever's left after all the deductions and exclusions gets taxed at that rate. Some corporations actually collect money from Uncle Sammy when they do their taxes. Ours did. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Apr 1 21:43:43 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. not sure about loopholes, but on a state level you always hear about companies getting a rebate to stay put. gotta figure it happens on a federal level too. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:46:59 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by LuchAAA on Sun Apr 1 21:43:43 2012. That's why "they" say that California is in the toilet. 30 years ago something like 60% of our state revenue was from business and now it's less than 10%. |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:48:35 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 1 21:40:11 2012. But don't our high taxes encourage corporations to put money back into the company so that they don't show a profit? That's got to be good for us worker bees. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sun Apr 1 21:48:56 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:46:59 2012. Yup.States do this all the time. NY did it to keep jetBlue in Long Island City. Connecticut did it to lure companies to Stamford. Even events like Lollapalooza have been able to negotiate huge tax breaks with Chicago, or threaten to take the event elsewhere. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 1 21:54:16 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:48:35 2012. Indeed they do, and apparently that's the problem with the whiners. But the big scam right now is the "foreign investment tax credit" along with a few others which allows profits to be sent offshore where they're not taxed at all. If we could eliminate just that one trick, we could cut the corporate rate in half and still come out ahead.But there's no WAY that'll happen. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 21:54:51 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. Some things Train Crude left out from the Reuters article he posted to:1.Japan and the United States have been tied for the top combined, statutory corporate rate, with levies of 39.5 percent and 39.2 percent, respectively. These rates include central government, regional and local taxes. [In other words, our top rate includes state and local taxes.] 2. Some U.S. companies pay close to the 35 percent top corporate tax rate; some pay nowhere near that, thanks to tax breaks that let them lower their "effective" tax rates. Of the 30 companies in the Dow Jones industrial average, 19 told shareholders their effective rate for their 2011 fiscal years, mostly ending Dec. 31, was below Obama's proposed new tax rate, according to a Reuters analysis of securities filings. Of these companies, three - telecom company AT&T, Bank of America, and insurance company Travelers - posted a tax gain. For the index's other 27 companies, effective rates reported ranged from 2.7 percent for telecom giant Verizon Communications to 43.3 percent for energy group Chevron Corp. [I.e., many companies pay squat.] 3. In February, President Barack Obama proposed a corporate tax reform blueprint that included a 28 percent top rate. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney has said he wants to cut the corporate rate to 25 percent. [Once again, we are arguing over 3 percentage points.] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/30/us-corporate-tax-rate_n_1392310.html |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 21:59:03 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. Nip, nip, nip - scumbucket! |
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Posted by Spider-Pig on Sun Apr 1 22:09:08 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Dan Lawrence on Sun Apr 1 20:33:01 2012. LOL! |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 22:09:22 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 21:59:03 2012. Was that not a fair question? |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 22:12:23 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 22:09:22 2012. There was no question asked? |
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Posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 22:20:32 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 22:12:23 2012. I wanted to know whether any (or many) corporations pay the full tax rate. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 1 22:47:21 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 22:20:32 2012. Not the ones that produce overseas. |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 1 23:10:39 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:46:59 2012. Whomever "they" are, it's clearly not because of "their" word, but reality. Right? |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 1 23:11:10 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. Not the ones that don't produce here, obviously. |
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Posted by Train Dude on Sun Apr 1 23:27:21 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. You are correct and I apologize to you. My reply was meant for Italianweasel who is not worthy of any other comment.As to your question, with the myriad of loopholes in our convoluted tax code, I would sincerely doubt that many corporations pay the top rate. |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Apr 1 23:29:50 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 22:09:22 2012. He meant his assholish remark for me, even though I was not replying to him. He is obsessed with me. |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Apr 2 00:13:31 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 1 23:11:10 2012. I googled ExxonMobil and they make a point of mentioning that they pay more in US taxes than they have US profits. |
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Posted by TonyG on Mon Apr 2 00:24:56 2012, in response to No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Fri Mar 30 18:23:50 2012. I am in SF right now and I peeked in a Subway and they've only raised it $0.50 to $5.50. |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Apr 2 00:30:40 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by TonyG on Mon Apr 2 00:24:56 2012. Haha, what'd I say?http://www.subchat.com/otchat/read.asp?Id=925675 It's even cheaper than I thought :P your pal, Fred |
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Posted by Easy on Mon Apr 2 00:33:19 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by TonyG on Mon Apr 2 00:24:56 2012. Oh, the humanity!! |
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Posted by Fred G on Mon Apr 2 00:36:48 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Easy on Mon Apr 2 00:33:19 2012. LOL, I'll never go to a SF Subway again!your pal, Fred |
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Posted by SMAZ on Mon Apr 2 01:09:22 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. 80% companies pay no tax at all with many of them GETTING money from the IRS on top of that.If people here would like to switch tax codes with other countries like Germany, France, etc and their "lower" nominal rates, I'd be all for it. It's more ignorance from people comparing apples and oranges and believing the bullshit that's shoved down their throats. |
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Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 2 05:22:08 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by SelkirkTMO on Sun Apr 1 21:40:11 2012. "Does any corporation actually pay the highest rate?"Nope. False. Kevin, why do you continue to post statements unsupported by the truth? Many pay nothing but there are those that pay plenty. In 2010, annual reports of the 20 most profitable U.S. companies showed the average income tax rate within the group was 25.4%. America's three biggest oil companies, ExxonMobil , Chevron, and ConocoPhillips all had income tax burdens of more than 40%--higher than the statutory U.S. rate of 35%. Exxon, with a 45% rate, paid $21.6 billion in worldwide income taxes for 2010. Wal-Mart Stores paid $7.1 billion (at a rate of 32.4%) in income taxes. |
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Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 2 05:23:21 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Olog-hai on Sun Apr 1 22:47:21 2012. False. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Apr 2 05:36:53 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Dave on Mon Apr 2 05:22:08 2012. I stand by my statement. Do you have any idea of how many corporations there are besides THOSE ones? Shall we bring in GE and numerous others to counter the "poor oil company" argument? Either they don't know how to keep their excessive profits offshore, or they have really shitty accountants. Nothing personal, but I call bullshit. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 2 05:56:31 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Dave on Mon Apr 2 05:22:08 2012. PLease don't mess up his usual rhetoric. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 2 05:57:16 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Apr 2 05:36:53 2012. You have every right to call bullshit, as you know, most people feel that way about your one sided rhetoric too, so.... |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 2 06:02:03 2012, in response to Re: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF, posted by Fred G on Mon Apr 2 00:36:48 2012. There's plenty better places to eat, so I probably won't either, but it has nothing to do with this topic. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 2 06:20:06 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by SMAZ on Mon Apr 2 01:09:22 2012. Yes, the shoveling your side of the aisle shoves, can make you gag.U.S. Corporate Tax Rate To Be Highest In The Developed World Boston Herald: By Antony Davies Monday, April 2, 2012 - Updated 8 hours ago Yesterday the United States achieved the distinction of having the highest corporate tax rate of any country in the world. Given the shaky state of our economy, it’s not a distinction worth celebrating. We got here because politicians have exploited voters’ false belief that corporations pay taxes. Yes, corporations hand over tax money to Uncle Sam, but the money ultimately comes out of your pocket. There are only three ways a corporation can come up with the money it needs to pay a corporate tax: It can raise the price of its product; it can pay its workers less; or it can pay the tax out of its profits. In the first case, you and I pay the tax; in the second case, the corporations’ workers pay the tax. In the last case, the stockholders pay the tax — and before you start equating “stockholders” with corporate fat cats, remember that over half of Americans own stock. In each example, ordinary people like you and me shoulder the burden. And this isn’t just a harmless transfer of money from one group to another. When corporations pass the tax on to consumers in the form of higher prices, consumers buy less of the stuff the corporations make and so the corporations cut back on hiring. Jobs disappear. When corporations pass the tax on to workers in the form of lower wages, people earn less money. When people earn less money, they cut back on their spending, which means that they buy less stuff from corporations and, again, corporations cut back on hiring. Jobs disappear. When corporations pass the tax on to stockholders in the form of lower dividends and capital gains, people see their retirement portfolios stagnate and so they cut back on their spending in an attempt to bolster their retirement savings. More importantly, budding young entrepreneurs lose some of the incentive to take on the risk and headache of starting new businesses and nurturing new ideas. Again, jobs disappear. To be fair, that’s not the end of the story. Jobs appear when the government spends the tax money it has collected. But, the jobs that appear are jobs that produce things the government wants, while the jobs that disappeared produced things that the rest of us wanted. Dialing up corporate tax rates shifts the economy away from producing things that you want toward producing things that politicians say you should have. Don’t take my word for it; look at the data. Since 1959, the effective corporate tax rate — that’s the actual amount of taxes corporations pay divided by their incomes — has fluctuated from a low of 20 percent to a high of 45 percent. When the effective corporate tax rate was above 30 percent, the federal government’s tax revenue equaled about an 18 percent slice of the economy. When the tax rate was below 30 percent, the federal government’s tax revenue equaled about an 18 percent slice of the economy. It didn’t matter whether corporate taxes were high or low — the government took the same 18 percent slice of the economic pie. It turns out that the economic pie is smaller when corporate taxes are higher. In years in which the effective corporate tax rate was above 30 percent, federal tax revenues were about $5,000 per person (adjusted for inflation). But when the effective corporate tax rate was below 30 percent, federal tax revenues were almost $7,000 per person (adjusted for inflation). This makes for a compelling story that politicians don’t want you to hear: Raising corporate taxes is all about taking economic power away from you and handing it to politicians, and when that happens corporations stop thinking of ways to please us and start thinking of ways to please politicians. Keep that in mind as we pass this unfortunate milestone. |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 2 06:21:45 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Easy on Sun Apr 1 21:38:18 2012. They do, but they pay it by taking the money from the stockholders and consumers. We then all suffer for it. |
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Posted by Dave on Mon Apr 2 06:43:36 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Apr 2 05:36:53 2012. You can stand, sit, or dance the hora. It doesn't change the fact that contrary to your broad and incorrect statement that no corporations pay the max rate, I posted facts that show there are some that do. |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Apr 2 06:52:56 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Apr 2 05:57:16 2012. Heh. Not ONLY didn't we pay a penny in taxes this year, we get a few thousand out of Unca Sammy for not paying any taxes. And we get to pass the savings on to you. :)Like I said, corporation. |
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Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF) |
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Posted by SelkirkTMO on Mon Apr 2 06:54:04 2012, in response to Re: U.S. Corporate Tax Rate (was: No more $5 footlongs at Subway in SF), posted by Dave on Mon Apr 2 06:43:36 2012. SOME ... and that's the salient point. Go comfort Chris, he's probably sobbing by now. :) |
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