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In reply to the discussion: Graphic: Who Pays Taxes [View all]Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)24. I have never met you Dirk but I do admire George Gentley
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It's cheaper and easier for the govt to police a few corporations instead of millions of Americans.
grahamhgreen
Dec 2015
#6
You'd like the people who get millions in salaries to get it tax free?
muriel_volestrangler
Dec 2015
#15
id rather have the corporations collect them cause then if i decide not to buy their product
saturnsring
Dec 2015
#5
if their tax rate was 20% and no one bought anythng they had to sell who would pay their 20%
saturnsring
Dec 2015
#13
That's not really correct. Companies generally don't keep prices "low" out of the goodness of their
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#33
That only applies in a cartel or monopoly scenario, and in the cartel scenario it only
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#37
Yeah it is but you're a true believer and no amount of evidence will change your view
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#39
Nope. Corporations do not just "pass on" all the taxes they pay. They can't.
DirkGently
Dec 2015
#19
So you agree no economists think corporate taxes are "generally" passed on to consumers.
DirkGently
Dec 2015
#54
Economists establishing corporate taxes aren't passed to consumers was probably "the best."
DirkGently
Dec 2015
#73
I assume the material in this post was written by an academic "economist".
former9thward
Dec 2015
#51
If you look closely, you can just barely make out the system "fix" that Bill Clinton made
Bucky
Dec 2015
#4
I would agree to eliminating all corp. taxes in exchange for no corporate campaign contributions
Yavin4
Dec 2015
#26
Those "market forces" are working well for the corporations...for us, not so much...
Bigmack
Dec 2015
#64
They'll just whine that the $4,000 per year is letting them keep their own hard earned money - which
MillennialDem
Dec 2015
#35
Do the corporations get tax breaks for expense of lobbyists and politicians on the payroll?
Tierra_y_Libertad
Dec 2015
#46