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2. but corporations aren't people ...

Wed May 8, 2019, 12:37 PM

May 2019

except when they want to be.

It's crazy isn't it?

No taxes and virtually unlimited money for politics.

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There's an Alternate Minimum Tax for people. Why isn't there one for corporations.... [View all] Honeycombe8 May 2019 OP

Simple: corporations buy the lawmakers and they all like not paying taxes. sinkingfeeling May 2019 #1

but corporations aren't people ... Yonnie3 May 2019 #2

Then must we all become "corporations"? BSdetect May 2019 #3

Until last year there was a corporate AMT onenote May 2019 #4