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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:27 PM Original message |
Last Year, 32 Corporations Spent More on Their CEOs Than They Paid in Income Taxes |
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John Paul Jones (126 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
1. Does that include the taxes the CEOs paid on their salaries? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Welcome to DU |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. I have an idea: Let's make doing that a felony |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Better idea - 150% tax on executive salaries over $1mil/year. |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 10:04 PM Response to Reply #2 |
17. I would suggest an Alternative Minimum Tax for Corporations based on income |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fucking thieves, every last god damn one of 'em! |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. They earned it. |
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FiveGoodMen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. If only we could build a Hell to put them in. |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 06:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Maybe we could collectively build the real robot hell from Futurama. |
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w0nderer (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. poetic justice...pull a 'trading places' on them |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Fucking shameful n/t |
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shraby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
9. Not only that, but the CEO salaries are deductible as a |
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w0nderer (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 06:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. but but but they earned it right? |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. It might be "silly sarcasm" but I think your logic makes more sense than theirs does! |
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w0nderer (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. and that is the truly scary part |
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Initech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. True, true. |
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ck4829 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-21-11 09:15 PM Response to Original message |
15. But... but... taxes are preventing corporations from creating jobs! |
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