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WHO Pays The Tax?

Jim Bauer @porwest (112928) • United States 4 Aug 18

Sometimes it makes me laugh when I hear people cheering for higher taxes for corporations. The reason? Because companies do not really pay taxes. You and I pay those taxes when we buy their stuff. [i]Corporations do not...

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President Obama and Taxing the Rich

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 3 Aug 12

I find it interesting that President Obama now has discovered problems with the US Tax Code. In the first 2 years he blamed President Bush and the last two years he has blamed the Congress (meaning Republicans). The first two...

President Obama wants everyone to pay their fair share

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 11 Apr 12

His solution is to tax those making more than a million dollars to pay more. I have another suggestion. Lets cut every Department by 10% and we would realize more savings. Before you start complaining about hurting the poor...

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Warren Buffett wants to tax the Rich but Berkshire Hathaway has unpaid taxes

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 8 Sep 11

It seems that Warren Buffett wants others to pay higher taxes but his company has back taxes going back to 2002. Before you start demanding that others pay more maybe you should pay what your company owes first. Also he donated $1...

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When is President Obama going to offer a plan and show some compromise?

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 26 Jul 11

President Obama has called for the Republicans to compromise. the President wants a debt increase, Tax on the rich and a deal that goes beyound the 2012 election. the Republicans have come up with several different proposals which...

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Geithner - the average man in the street to blame for financial crisis

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 20 May 11

Treasury Scet. Giethner places the blame on the American people for the financial meltdown for taking on too much debt. Speaking at the screening of the new HBO movie “Too Big to Fail” Geithner is clearly blaming the American...

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State Taxes

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 20 Apr 09

The Minnesota Vikings lost in negotiations with a free agent player, who signed with Seattle Sea Hawks, because of 1. He played college football in the area. 2. A more stable quarterback situation 3. Washington State has no...

What is wrong with "Tax the Rich" philosophy

bobmnu @bobmnu (8157) • United States 3 Nov 08

Taxing the rich always sound great. They make up a small portion of the voters and are not a threat to the politicians and re election. President Lincoln signed the first Income tax law that was to tax the top 1%. The income...

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Taxing the rich.

morethanamolehill @morethanamolehill (1586) • United States 17 Apr 08

What if we eliminated corporate tax in America?Calm down... breathe normally...4 3 2 1. Ok now read carefully.... I heard someone talk about this on the radio tonite, and When I realized the implications I almost had a heart...

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Higher taxes for the rich?!

schilds @schilds (410) • United States 26 Jan 08

This topic has come up a lot lately with discussions of the election and all, so can someone please make me understand why they think those who have higher incomes should be taxed at a higher rate. I just can't figure out the...

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