Comments on: Politicians Fiddle While America’s Corporate Tax System Burns

By: Enrique Fulwood

Enrique Fulwood — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:16:34 +0000

E-cigarette emits only water vapor, not smoke, as you puff on it, so you can use it in all the otherwise prohibited zones: public places, relatives gatherings, even restaurants and stores.

By: iconoclast

iconoclast — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:43:30 +0000

Superior work ethic and availability of workers also drives offshoring. For high technology, the actual cost per worker ends up being nearly the same. The benefit comes from having skilled and motivated workers who are committed to getting the job done instead of feeling entitled. Think about that the next time your state university system wants to expand "women studies" or the art department.

Other motivators are societies that actually welcome manufacturing instead of tying companies up in red tape to appease loon activists. And, for the near future, the prospect of punitive energy taxes for a non-solution to a fictitious AGW "crisis" will drive even more companies offshore.

By: scott_z

scott_z — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:19:56 +0000

"to start with, i will grant you the 25-30% effective tax rate you say, "

that is all i was ever concerned about, and the ONLY thing this article rallies against is lowering the corporate income tax from 40% to be more competitive with other nations.

Which is completely disingenuous, because if you look at figure 2-14 on page 35 in the CBO report below, you will see that actual effective corporate income taxes are VERY competitive!

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/69xx/doc6902/11-28-Cor...

Mr. Mitchell needs to respond to his intentionally misleading and patently false article!

By: reactionaries

reactionaries — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:01:12 +0000

I have withdrawn from providing new tax revenue to Beloved Leaders cause, by keeping an eye on the taxes that have been imposed since his installation. Before he jacked the tax on tobacco, I went and bought out my local guy's supply of loose tobacco. I am currently looking for a local grower to do a little bartering with, and I purchased a digital nicotine delivery system (electronic cigarette), and am very pleased with idea that I can circumvent local and federal no smoking policy wherever I go. Every day is smoke at your desk day for me! Any time the government makes a move to tax something out of sight, a new black market will spring up to counter it. It's the American way.

By: Headlines 10.31.2009 — ExposeTheMedia.com

Headlines 10.31.2009 — ExposeTheMedia.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:50:00 +0000

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By: reactionaries

reactionaries — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:46:48 +0000

to start with, i will grant you the 25-30% effective tax rate you say, just to get it off the table for the sake of this discussion.
ok, lets talk about what the government produces, shall we?
the government's duties as defined by the founding documents is to provide for the defense, infrastructure, and to facilitate trade between the states. your list defines most of the things that government is charged to do, and some that are not defined by the founding documents. those being "police, fire, ambulatory, and schools" I do believe that those were to be dealt with by the states, and the feds have either co-opted those functions or have held them hostage, i.e. withholding of highway funds to enforce a national seatbelt law for example.
What I believe StlDan refers to when he says that government produces nothing, is that government produces nothing of value that people would voluntarily pay for, nor are the prices anyone pays for a government service subject to market forces, therefore they cannot be considered legitimate as a business, nor should they.
Further, to address the tax question, it is my contention that business' pay no taxes at all, their customers do. if government raises taxes on business, it raises taxes on consumers, thereby negating the idea that raising taxes on "evil corporations" is a just thing to do, when in reality it is another tax on the people.

By: FriendlyGrizzly

FriendlyGrizzly — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:36:59 +0000

"In the US with punitive depreciation and corp tax rates? "

No. In the US where one fills out a 2-ft high stack of paper to blow your nose with government approval. Where your factory supervisor gets dragged off in handcuffs because OSHA found a painted wooden ladder. Where you have to pay off local and state officials in the form of licenses, permits, certificates, and other such graft.

Don't forget the unions…