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luckyleftyme2

(3,880 posts)
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:22 AM Jul 2013

my areas facebook page is loaded with right wing ads


my wife got her first pay check this week with her new raise, she gets paid bi-weekly. the raise amounted to $40.80 and she cleared $27.25 or roughly 33% was taken for taxes.
the ad was small businesses are over taxed! I,M told by my cpa that they average closer to 13% after write offs!
corporate taxes use to pay about 50% of the taxes in 1946 they now pay one quarter of that shifting the tax burden to the public.
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my areas facebook page is loaded with right wing ads (Original Post) luckyleftyme2 Jul 2013 OP
corporate welfare luckyleftyme2 Jul 2013 #1

luckyleftyme2

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1. corporate welfare
Thu Jul 18, 2013, 06:23 AM
Jul 2013

After World War II, the nation's tax bill was roughly split between corporations and individuals. But after years of changes in the federal tax code and international economy, the corporate share of taxes has declined to a fourth the amount individuals pay, according to the US Office of Management and Budget." --Boston Globe series on Corporate

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