April 16, 2008

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  what happens when you increase corporate tax rates?

  
  

  you fall out of step with the rest of the world.

  
  

   

  
  

  http://www.taxfoundation.org/publications/show/22917.html
  this link compares what both the U.S. and the states require from corporations, to what the rest of the world requires.

  
  

   

  
  

  http://www.sunherald.com/447/story/494633.html
  this link gives quotes and specifics from the two leading democratic candidates regarding their views on taxes, and what they would do regarding taxes when they are elected.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  this interests me because the general media never likes to talk about these issues.  they know that if you threaten peoples retirement plans/savings/earnability, they tend to vote the other way.  someone will again eventually say, “give to caesar what is caesar’s”, but we are not yet required to agree to these tax increases.  we have yet to vote for who holds the gun to our heads and makes us pay.  and don’t believe it when they say these taxes are only for the super-wealthy.  whenever they talk about capital gains tax or investment taxes, they are talking about small business owners and a large group of middle class americans.  another thing to note, is that when you tax large corporations the people who suffer are not the owners or ceo’s, they are the workers who eventually get laid off or have their job sent over-seas to a country that lets them operate under lower taxes.  you can’t blame the president for allowing companies to go overseas, and then call for the rise in corporate taxes.

  
  

   

  
  

  i hear a lot of talk about making the wealthy pay their “fair share”, and then the same people support politicians who make the wealthy pay a greater percentage than everyone else.  is that fair?  it certainly is not equality.

  
  

  they call it class warfare.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

  some will say anything for votes, even going along with the ethanol scam.

  
  

   

  
  

   

  
  

   

  edit:   mmmmmmmmmmmmmm grammar

  • 10:48 pm
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