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Originally Posted by Munchmasterman
How do you know he doesn't pay extra? That's right, you can't possibly know. You might call a press conference when you check the "give 3 bucks to the election fund" box but somehow I think he doesn't notify anyone. And if sincere about the charitable foundations, he would supply them with the most possible "bang for his buck" money he could get.
You're right. Let's not pretend we know something when we don't.
We should stick to the facts....like republicans being opposed to raising taxes on the rich.
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First off, for about the
FIFTH time on this board, I will say and
HAVE said that I feel Corporations should pay their
fair share of taxes. So should the
Über-rich. You won't get an argument out of me on THAT issue. What I tend to point out is, when certain liberals on this board constantly scream about the rich and the Corporations but never address the myriad ways our government is bleeding out money on issues that they (liberals) support. In other words, in case you missed the other posts, it's o.k. for 6 million people in this country who are here ILLEGALLY not to pay taxes but damn those rich people who are living here legally and aren't paying their fare share?? Maybe you fail to see the irony in this but I see it clearly. We allow people to come into this country in violation of our laws and over half of them don't pay federal taxes. Then you want to scream about the Corporations that are providing hundreds of thousands of jobs nationwide?
That's just ONE example of hypocrisy that I constantly see around here.
The list goes on and on, from a Government trying to FORCE it's citizens to pay for health insurance, and penalizing them if they don't, to handing out almost a TRILLION dollars in Bail-outs to reward big business for running their institutions into the ground while paying themselves Multi-Million dollar salaries and perks.
You damn right I think BOA should have been allowed to fail. They're charging people 21% interest on credit cards and can't stay afloat, supposedly because of bad loans, while "their CEO Brian Moynihan will be paid $950,000 for 2011 plus his pay package will also include $9.05 million in performance-based stock awards, to be granted Feb. 15. Those shares may eventually be converted into 40 percent cash and 60 percent stock, and earn dividends like regular shares".
So for the record, as far as
I am concerned, when it comes to these debates here is where I stand:
1.The large Corporations in our country should pay
their fair share of
taxes
2. U.S. Corporations who move overseas to obtain cheap labor should be taxed at a
HIGHER rate (Tariffs) than those who remain in the U.S.A. and hire from within our country.
3. The rich should pay their fair share of taxes. I don't believe their taxes need to be raised necessarily, I believe tax loop holes allowing them to shelter much of their profits from taxation should be closed.
4. I'm for legal immigration and against Illegal Immigration.
There's a legal way for everyone that's not a criminal to emigrate to this country. Do it the legal way or get deported. Plain and simple.
5. I believe in less government, not more. I believe the Bill of Rights is self-explanatory. Washington should stop trying to figure out ways of how to to an end-run around those rights guaranteed to us.
6. If you take my money and say it's to supplement my retirement later in life, rather than allowing me to invest that portion of my check myself, then that money damn well better be there when I turn 65. Otherwise, what makes you different than someone that simply came up and robbed me or swindled me out of my money?
So, if you feel these views make me a Republican, Tea Bagger, Liberal or whatever else, that's fine. It's simply where I stand on these issues.
