AT&T CEO: Failure to pass tax reform would be 'bad indictment' for GOP

[turbinetree]

Source: The Hill

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said Wednesday that if Republicans cant enact tax reform while controlling both chambers of Congress and the White House it would be a "bad indictment" of their effectiveness.

I absolutely believe, and I think youre beginning to understand, that the people in the Senate and Congress believe that if they dont get tax reform done, it may be political survival for them, Stephenson said at an event hosted by the Business Roundtable.

Stephenson added that if youre a Republican, you better have it done before the primary season begins.

Stephenson was one of several business leaders who pressed for tax reform at the event Wednesday. Several of the CEOs said that taxes should be a bipartisan issue and that both sides of the aisle see a need to overhaul the code.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/finance/351528-att-ceo-failure-to-pass-tax-reform-would-be-bad-indictment-for-gop

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Bullsh*t, here's a list of companies that paid nothing, nada, in taxes and has for Ernst and Young, were they not involved in the Lehman Brothers fiasco-------------------that by some quirk caused millions of people to lose homes, and the "taxpayers" paid out over 800 billion and got exactly what.................


https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/markets/2016/03/07/27-giant-profitable-companies-paid-no-taxes/81399094/


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ernstandyoung-lehman-lawsuit/ernst-young-accused-of-hiding-lehman-troubles-idUSTRE6BJ1FP20101221


So in essence FUCK YOU, it's not a national security issue, you and your business round table are a national security issue

[HopeAgain]

1. How about he figures out how to run AT&T before

focusing on what the Republicans in Congress do. AT&T has the worst customer service, not only in their industry but among all industries period.

[asiliveandbreathe]

4. AHHH - you noticed..for 30 years we pride ourselves on CSR..

the values are those of SBC - they bought the name AT&T - and just took it down the drain...for greed...

[Matthew28]

2. The bastards

The bastards offshore and outsource already. Has some nerve as most of these bastards don't even pay the current tax rate.

Greedy treasonous bastards.

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. You are correct..this is BS...now - as a retiree from AT&T - the values we carried throughout our

career - AT&T values - for 30 years, I might add - are NOT the values of this AT&T..SBC bought the name and brought their lack of values to the company....

I bite the hand that feeds my healthcare - you have to know that this AT&T will probably after all these years - bite my ass and change the program....

Healthcare is crucial for all of us....not some give away to mega corps..by way of the ACA and tax reform..they go hand in hand...thus, the need to pass their crap no healthcare..Koch bros..purse shut until they do??? - I say GSDB..nuff!!!

[MattP]

5. How about tax reform where we get rid of loopholes where corporations like this get to pay zero

[procon]

6. AT&T Paid No Federal Taxes in 2011

What more does this fat cat CEO want?

AT&T Paid No Federal Taxes in 2011; Achieved a $420 Million Taxpayer-Subsidized Refund

In an example of corporate welfare at its finest, AT&T effectively paid no federal taxes in 2011. In fact, thanks to lucrative incentives and corporate subsidies, the telecommunications company walked away with a giant taxpayer-subsidized $420 million refund.

CEO Randall Stephenson was paid a higher salary — $18.7 million — than AT&T paid in taxes last year, and thanks to the Bush era tax cuts, Stephenson kept $1,137,456 more of that money for himself in 2011, according to a new report from the Institute for Policy Studies.

http://stopthecap.com/2012/08/16/at-achieved-a-420-million-taxpayer-subsidized-refund/

[turbinetree]

8. This is what the media should be reporting, and what we are saying on these threads

to inform the public at large.............and they are failing

[joanbarnes]

7. How much does AT&T pay in taxes? AT&T took MAJOR downhill turn when he came on board.

[rockfordfile]

9. This is the same idiot with Trumpf at the boy scouts. Not to mention the same company

The same company that got caught trying to censor Pearl Jam. The CEO really is a un-American pos.