No ones arguing that.
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Dwight was probably an animal on the debate team in high school. You have to respect that. I am unsure on this Trump situation. Hype man for the real guy, true frustration, or money. The debates should be entertaining though as others have stated before.Comment -
do you guys want another Bush or Obama presidency? 4 or 8 more years of that shit? Every other candidate running now seems like the same shit. Except Trump.Comment -
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Heres the thing. If I were a non American I think I would want Trump to win. Just because I would have a reason now and again to follow politics just for the sideshow of it all. We are at a very vulnerable spot in time right now and as an American I am not sure that's what we need representing us......just yet.
We need someone who is brave, someone who will act decisively on matters, someone who can inspire faith in the us government again.
I have not seen this person yet.Comment -
Do you know what the income tax rate was for the top 10% back in the 50's?
Bernie doesn't want you to pay 90%. That's what bothers me about the US public. Most of them are smart enough to understand that tax law, whether it's income, inheritance, or corporate tax or whatever, doesn't benefit them in any way shape or form yet they still insist on supporting these ludicrous laws. These tax loop holes only benefit a fraction of the population.
Bernie wants you to pay a lesser percentage than the guy who makes a million & he wants the billionaires to pay a higher percentage than the millionaires.
Republican make the arguments that this will cause businesses to move shop & then we have no trickle down effect.
I have news for you, the trickle down effect does not exist & anyone threatens to pick up shop & move to India or a 3rd world country should be deported.Comment -
those are nice things to say and not unreasonable with only one tiny problem that I and millions more have with that thinking ...... government has a spending problem!
I don't particularly like it when I see someone making hundreds of millions and paying little in taxes either but .... and this is a big BUTT .............. I rather them keep it and spend it as they see fit rather than give it to a government to waste.
Now, if the government can prove they are serious about being accountable with the taxes they collect, we can have a conversation about taxes. The debt will be over 20 Trillion when Obama leaves office. What an absolute disgrace.
Some of these tax laws are created for a single companies like GE under Obama's watch. Its human nature for people to want to pay as little tax as possible.
Prove they won't be bought and are serious about being accountable with your money and then lets talk about taxes. Right now, if you tax every millionaire 100% tax on his income, it will barely put a dent in the problem or the debt. Just more blaming.
Here is Sen. Sanders' list of the 10 worst corporate income tax avoiders:
1) Exxon Mobil made $19 billion in profits in 2009. Exxon not only paid no federal income taxes, it actually received a $156 million rebate from the IRS, according to its SEC filings. (Source: Exxon Mobil's 2009 shareholder report filed with the SEC here.)
2) BkofAma received a $1.9 billion tax refund from the IRS last year, although it made $4.4 billion in profits and received a bailout from the Federal Reserve and the Treasury Department of nearly $1 trillion. (Source: Forbes.com here, ProPublica here and Treasury here.)
3) General Electric made $26 billion in profits in the United States over the past five years and, thanks to clever use of loopholes, paid no taxes.(Source: Citizens for Tax Justice here and The New York Times here. Note: despite rumors to the contrary, the Times has stood by its story.)
4) Chevron received a $19 million refund from the IRS last year after it made $10 billion in profits in 2009. (Source: See 2009 Chevron annual report here. Note 15 on page FS-46 of this report shows a U.S. federal income tax liability of $128 million, but that it was able to defer $147 million for a U.S. federal income tax liability of negative $19 million.)
5) Boeing, which received a $30 billion contract from the Pentagon to build 179 airborne tankers, got a $124 million refund from the IRS last year. (Source: Paul Buchheit, professor, DePaul University, here and Citizens for Tax Justice here.)
6) Valero Energy, the 25th largest company in America with $68 billion in sales last year, received a $157 million tax refund check from the IRS and, over the past three years, received a $134 million tax break from the oil and gas manufacturing tax deduction. (Source: the company's 2009 annual report, pg. 112, here.)
7) Goldman Sachs in 2008 only paid 1.1 percent of its income in taxes even though it earned a profit of $2.3 billion and received an almost $800 billion from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury Department. (Source: Bloomberg News here, ProPublica here, Treasury Departmenthere.)
8) Citigroup last year made more than $4 billion in profits but paid no federal income taxes. It received a $2.5 trillion bailout from the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury. (Source: Paul Buchheit, professor, DePaul University, here, ProPublica here, Treasury Department here.)
9) ConocoPhillips, the fifth largest oil company in the United States, made $16 billion in profits from 2006 through 2009, but received $451 million in tax breaks through the oil and gas manufacturing deduction. (Sources: Profits can be found here. The deduction can be found on the company's 2010 SEC 10-K report to shareholders on 2009 finances, pg. 127, here.)
10) Carnival Cruise Lines made more than $11 billion in profits over the past five years, but its federal income tax rate during those years was just 1.1 percent. (Source: The New York Times here.)Last edited by DwightShrute; 06-28-15, 04:46 PM.Comment -
Can you imagine if I relied on Canada to make money.. Fukk I would kill myself.Comment -
Mayan Canadian money looks better than ours.Comment -
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Can you imagine if I was born in Canada... And was so invested in the U.S. President?? Which everybody knows is a puppet.. Fukk I would kill myself..
Thank god I'm an American and can tie up my own work boots and not lose sleep over some other countries president(especially a bankrupt dumbfukk like trump)..Comment -
Can you imagine if I was dependent on some daddy-rich fukk being president?? I would tie a knot and hang myself instead..Comment -
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Must be sad to live your life thru a puppet president... I would probably put a shotgun to my mouth and pull the trigger if that ever happens to me..Comment -
Thanks.... I was confused for a minComment -
Must be sad to be obsessed with a puppet... I would slit my wrists if that was the case..Comment -
I wonder what type of pathetic fukk hates a person he's never met.. Especially a puppet...I would overdose on pills if I had that much hate..Comment -
I have learned enough about this evil mother fukker con and fraud piece of shit in the White House to know I would never like the lying piece of fukking gay shit.
Do a simple search on google it is well known this fukker hung around gay bath houses in Chitcago. I still want to see the lying fukker's birth certificate and Occidental College Transcript. Donald Trump offerred him $5 million to the charity of his choice if he would show it and the lying piece of shit never did.
I can't believe the American sheeple were stupid enough to vote this evil piece of shit in again and I am ashamed they were that fukking stupid!Comment -
Mayan buddy.....
How do you live with these guys?Comment -
Trump has ZERO% chance of ever winning.Comment -
Maybe Trump will legalize online gaming?Comment -
NBC has cut their association with Donald Trump today because of comments he made about Latinos this guys a real idiot and you're an idiot if you vote for himComment -
trump will never become the president. the rothschild and the rockefellers won't let it happen. heck his comment about mexicans is getting him booted from tv. and guess who's censoring him? it's not the stupid fukking mexicans...Comment -
The political machine, once it's wheels are turning and it gets rolling, will steamroll Trump. Absolutely steamroll him.Comment
great post. Agree 100%
