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JDPriestly

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5. That is a major affront to the American people.

Reply to UglyGreed (Original post)

Tue Nov 18, 2014, 07:25 PM

Nov 2014

It's especially bad when you think that Boeing gets a lot of government contracts, Chevron benefits from a lot of government tax breaks, Citigroup and the rest of the banking and investment sector including JP Morgan as well as General Motors were bailed out and Verizon gives up our personal internet information to the government. It's disgusting.

Every one of those companies is either getting special breaks or business or goodies from the US taxpayers, but they don't pay a fair share of taxes.

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7 U.S. CEOs made more than their companies paid in taxes, study finds [View all] UglyGreed Nov 2014 OP

Hell, giant highly profitable corporations are just people like any other people except government indepat Nov 2014 #1

But if we tax them UglyGreed Nov 2014 #3

Several of them can't leave because they get contracts from the American government as a big JDPriestly Nov 2014 #6

Thank you UglyGreed Nov 2014 #8

Those are not "Deep Flaws" they are design features Vincardog Nov 2014 #2

Maybe if we work real hard BootinUp Nov 2014 #4

That is a major affront to the American people. JDPriestly Nov 2014 #5

that's nuts helpmetohelpyou Nov 2014 #7