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In reply to the discussion: Amazon will pay $0 in federal income taxes on $11.2 billion in profit..AOC asks WHY [View all]onenote
(42,761 posts)5. I don't blame Amazon. I blame those who enacted the tax laws that made this possible.
I don't pay any more in taxes than the law requires me to pay and I don't know anyone else who does. And I don't expect Amazon to pay more than the law requires. The problem is with lawmakers who have enacted a tax code under which Amazon is able to avoid paying taxes.
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Amazon will pay $0 in federal income taxes on $11.2 billion in profit..AOC asks WHY [View all]
jodymarie aimee
Feb 2019
OP
I don't blame Amazon. I blame those who enacted the tax laws that made this possible.
onenote
Feb 2019
#5
If they resist, there is a big price to pay. It is an incesstrous system and always has been.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#60
She seems to think that the $3B deal given to Amazon would be for her district....
Honeycombe8
Feb 2019
#86
I lived in Dallas for years...it's a great thing for a big business to move or open there....
Honeycombe8
Feb 2019
#88
I think NYC of all places is the least needng of Amazon. Regardless of that...
In It to Win It
Feb 2019
#80
I don't believe Amazon is totally innocent. Some of those profits are greasing Congress...
PeeJ52
Feb 2019
#9
As long as America keeps building roads to strip malls favoring big biz instead of towns
DemocracyMouse
Feb 2019
#48
Gee...I bet a lot of us could make $11+ billion in profit and not pay a dime in taxes...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2019
#10
I always worried about it kicking in when I did my taxes w/ my relatively tiny amount of...
SWBTATTReg
Feb 2019
#17
Thank you, AOC, for stating plainly/succinctly enough to make people think more about tax policy.
JudyM
Feb 2019
#38
Too bad just enough self-identified progressives refused to vote for the Democratic nominee in 2016
still_one
Feb 2019
#39
Maybe instead of asking Amazon, AOC can walk down to McCarthy's office and corner him.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#52
There is demand for software, demand for good shampoo, demand for good toothpaste.
Blue_true
Feb 2019
#74
yes ... and dump has also been carrying his bankruptcy and business loses forward
scarytomcat
Feb 2019
#90