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kentuck

(115,406 posts) Wed Apr 26, 2017, 01:52 PM Apr 2017

Corporations do not create jobs because they get a tax break. [View all]

They create jobs when there is a demand for their product. They do not create jobs just to be creating jobs. That is not why they exist.

In fact, they could get a tax break and still lay people off. Why do they keep lying about this?

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Corporations do not create jobs because they get a tax break. [View all] kentuck Apr 2017 OP

In fact they focus their energies on destroying American jobs unblock Apr 2017 #1

That is true. kentuck Apr 2017 #4

how does a tax cut burnbaby Apr 2017 #5

Tax cuts at the low end could create some demand. kentuck Apr 2017 #8

Right the goal should be to increase demand, particularly local demand unblock Apr 2017 #14

It rewards profitability by increasing after-tax income unblock Apr 2017 #10

no but they leave the country burnbaby Apr 2017 #2

No they don't Phoenix61 Apr 2017 #6

But they do have a loophole... kentuck Apr 2017 #7

They don't pay taxes on money made overseas Phoenix61 Apr 2017 #12

But do they have FDIC protection (taxpayer protection) if their money is stashed in Caymans? kentuck Apr 2017 #19

I wouldn't think so Phoenix61 Apr 2017 #22

oh boy burnbaby Apr 2017 #11

How often does that happen? kentuck Apr 2017 #15

HP got GW Bush tax breaks and subsidies after 9-11. Elwood P Dowd Apr 2017 #13

+1,000,000,000 HughBeaumont Apr 2017 #16

And the deficits exploded and the economy crashed. kentuck Apr 2017 #17

It's going to happen much faster under this insane bunch. Elwood P Dowd Apr 2017 #20

Because they can? Phoenix61 Apr 2017 #3

Exactly. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2017 #9

That cannot be said enough. kentuck Apr 2017 #18

Wages are 100% deductible, so ... dawg Apr 2017 #21

If corporations have more money after taxes, they supposedly invest it or pay it out in dividends. Hoyt Apr 2017 #23