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   thegreatack said, about 8 hours ago

   If they want to cut welfare, why not start with the corporations [subsidies]?
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   jonesb said, about 8 hours ago

   @thegreatack

   Exactly, corporate welfare is far larger than welfare for the poor. Both welfares need to be cleaned up and corporate welfare should go away period.
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   Harleyquinn said, about 7 hours ago

   They paid what? 2% of our budget? How much did GM or GE pay?
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   Harleyquinn said, about 7 hours ago

   http://www.imore.com/apple-already-pays-1-out-every-40-tax-dollars-us-collects-how-much-more-does-senate-want
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   Harleyquinn said, about 7 hours ago

   http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/general-electric-paid-federal-taxes-2010/story?id=13224558#.UZ4MLrWsiSo
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   Jase99 said, about 7 hours ago

   @Harleyquinn

   “http://www.imore.com/apple-already-pays-1-out-every-40-tax-dollars-us-collects-how-much-more-does-senate-want”
   
   That is an irrelevant comparison. How much do they pay in comparison to their income?
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   Jim Guess said, about 7 hours ago

   Steve Breen needs to read what Harleyquinn posted and put out THAT as a cartoon.

   How idiotic and hypocritical of congress to go after a big taxpayer when companies like GE don’t pay any!

   No wonder the congressional approval rating is lower than pig manure. At least pig manure can be used for fertilizer …
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   Respectful Troll said, about 6 hours ago

   Mussolini once said that Fascism should actually be called Corporatism. In the United States, Corporations are now also people. Any corporation that has enough profits to donate to political campaigns should not need to be subsidized by the gov’t they are helping to elect.
   The tax code needs to be simplified and loopholes closed, but I do not believe our current batch of legislators can agree on how or even IF to do it.
   Respectfully,
   C.
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   Gore Bane said, about 6 hours ago

   Yes, because companies that actually innovate and create new markets, products, and jobs are a dime a dozen. We can afford to drive them overseas or out of business, all for the sake of supporting those who would rather not do it themselves.
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    ConserveGov said, about 5 hours ago

    And people wonder why companies move jobs offshore.
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    thegreatack said, about 5 hours ago

    @Harleyquinn

    OK, so apple pays $1 out of every $40 CORPORATIONS pay. So if the IRS collects a total of $40 from corporations every year, Apple pays $1.
    Statistics can be tricky and deceptive – in the right hands…
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    Fourcrows said, about 5 hours ago

    If Apple feels they are paying too much in taxes, it is probably because they are also paying taxes in the countries they actually manufacture in, as well as tariffs and sales taxes on parts they import to their manufacturing facilities. Perhaps it would be better if they moved all manufacturing to the US. The savings in international taxes would offset the need to pay higher wages, as well as help improve the economy here.
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    ruff said, about 4 hours ago

    @ConserveGov

    Moving jobs offshore, and moving profits offshore, are two completely different things.
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    NeoconMan said, about 3 hours ago

    Why should we pay any taxes at all? We’re the Job Creators.
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    hphundt said, about 2 hours ago

    Corporate taxes are added to the cost of the products so that the people don’t discover the true cost of their government.
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