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The country has bigger fish to fry...Time to tax the fucking waltons!!!!
Yep, legislation to close the loopholes so that *all* of these corporations stop ripping off the taxpayer.
It's the governments tax code...The federal government screwed everybody, much bigger fish to fry.The country has bigger fish to fry...
Yep, legislation to close the loopholes so that *all* of these corporations stop ripping off the taxpayer.
What?
Yes. And do you know how to change the tax code? (Hint: the answer is in Post 818.)
There's another poster here who wants to go door to door scrounging a few dollars each out of the working poor. Your plan sounds a little less bizarre, but the question it raises is always the same:Time to tax the fucking waltons!!!!
Just ask liberals to voluntarily pay and extra $500 a month in taxes and you will have $300 billion a year to spend on your pet programs, way more money than the Waltons have. I'm sure libs will pay I mean they are passionate about helping the poor. /sarcasm
Why does your scenario make more sense to you than closing the loopholes that allow 20 major corporations to pay no taxes at all?
Why are y'all so terrified of angering the wealthy?
First we would have to cure your math issues, your ignorance of corporations and business, your ignorance of the tax code, and your tendency to drink liberal kool-aid. I'm brilliant but that's kind of a tall order.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
Yeah, I know. Asking any of you to back your opinions with facts is laughable. You can't supply what you don't have.First we would have to cure your math issues, your ignorance of corporations and business, your ignorance of the tax code, and your tendency to drink liberal kool-aid. I'm brilliant but that's kind of a tall order.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
^^^ (points and laughs)
First we would have to cure your math issues, your ignorance of corporations and business, your ignorance of the tax code, and your tendency to drink liberal kool-aid. I'm brilliant but that's kind of a tall order.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
Are you expecting us to believe you vote Republican?
First we would have to cure your math issues, your ignorance of corporations and business, your ignorance of the tax code, and your tendency to drink liberal kool-aid. I'm brilliant but that's kind of a tall order.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
Are you expecting us to believe you vote Republican?
I'm expecting you to stop thinking in binary, but that's about as likely as expecting any of you to back your cherished opinions with facts.
You do entertain, though.
Yeah, I know. Asking any of you to back your opinions with facts is laughable. You can't supply what you don't have.First we would have to cure your math issues, your ignorance of corporations and business, your ignorance of the tax code, and your tendency to drink liberal kool-aid. I'm brilliant but that's kind of a tall order.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
^^^ (points and laughs)
You're one of the few honest enough to admit it, anyway.First we would have to cure your math issues, your ignorance of corporations and business, your ignorance of the tax code, and your tendency to drink liberal kool-aid. I'm brilliant but that's kind of a tall order.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
Are you expecting us to believe you vote Republican?
I'm expecting you to stop thinking in binary, but that's about as likely as expecting any of you to back your cherished opinions with facts.
You do entertain, though.
Start with what in the Forbes article you feel is "ignorant."
(sigh) who do you think owns the corporations? Yes participants in your Democratic party public and private union pension plans.
They're not "my" Democratic anything. And I assume you can provide some data to support that.
Are you expecting us to believe you vote Republican?
I'm expecting you to stop thinking in binary, but that's about as likely as expecting any of you to back your cherished opinions with facts.
You do entertain, though.
In other words, you vote Democrat.
Just what I thought.
In other words, you vote Democrat.
Just what I thought.
Good lord what do you think they do with their pension fund money hide it under their pillow? I'm sorry if exposing the epic hypocrisy of the corporation hating left hurts. Its hilarious watching the left hate on the very corporations they own. I know why don't you tell the corporations to give your pension plan corporate profits to the workers
In other words, you vote Democrat.
Just what I thought.
In other words, you need to put people in little boxes with labels on them so you'll feel safe. It's a weakness you really shouldn't brag about.
I don't see how anyone can justify this.
Bernie Sanders says Walmart heirs own more wealth than bottom 40 percent of Americans
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Democrats, tweeted a startling statistic to his followers on July 22, 2012: "Today the Walton family of Walmart own more wealth than the bottom 40 percent of America."
Sanders speaks and writes frequently about wealth distribution in the U.S., a hot-button issue among liberals and a rallying cry of the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
The Waltons, of course, are members of the proverbial 1 percent. But are they really sitting on that much wealth? We decided to check it out.
First, what is wealth?
In economics, wealth is commonly measured in terms of net worth, and it’s defined as the value of assets minus liabilities. For someone in the middle class, that could encompass the value of their 401(k) or other retirement accounts, bank savings and personal assets such as jewelry or cars, minus what they owe on a home mortgage, credit cards and a car note.
It does not include income -- what people earn in wages. For that reason, someone who earns a good salary but has little savings and owes a lot of money on their house would have a negative net worth.
In fact, because so many Americans invest in real estate to buy a home, middle-class wealth has been one of the biggest casualties of the housing-driven recession.
From 2007 to 2010, typical families lost 39 percent of their wealth, according to the Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Finances, done every three years. In 2007, the median family net worth was $126,400. In 2010, it was $77,300, according to the survey.
Where the Waltons fit in
Six members of the Walton family appear on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans. Christy Walton, widow of the late John Walton, leads the clan at No. 6 with a net worth of $25.3 billion as of March 2012. She is also the richest woman in the world for the seventh year in a row, according to Forbes. Here are the other five:
No. 9: Jim Walton, $23.7 billion
No. 10: Alice Walton, $23.3 billion
No. 11: S. Robson Walton, oldest son of Sam Walton, $23.1 billion
No. 103: Ann Walton Kroenke, $3.9 billion
No. 139: Nancy Walton Laurie, $3.4 billion
They are rich and collecting tons of corporate welfare. My taxes go to their employees.So what? It is still their money. So if none of them even hold a position with the company, why are you bitching about them? Oh yes they are rich and you are not.We are discussing if they earned it. I think they were just lucky. None of them even hold a position with the company, that isn't earning.
Simple solution: if you don't want them receiving tax money, then end the programs that entitle them to receive it.
And like I said, just ending them is political suicide and won't happen. Stop living in fantasy land.
The claim that it isn't politically feasible is just a claim that you and your ilk oppose it.
Whether you approve isn't what we're debating.
Exactly. But if you close those loopholes, penalize companies that send American jobs overseas and reward those that keep the jobs here, the tax structure becomes more equitable.If you just exempted all corps with no strings the money would funnel to the rich.
I would let companies pay zero if they create lots of jobs, pay well, and have good benefits and retirement. Everyone else obviously should pay.
Who cares what you would do?
Well you should because it would actually be good for the country. Your plan has been an epic failure.
ROFL! Hardly. How is communism good for the country?
They are rich and collecting tons of corporate welfare. My taxes go to their employees.So what? It is still their money. So if none of them even hold a position with the company, why are you bitching about them? Oh yes they are rich and you are not.We are discussing if they earned it. I think they were just lucky. None of them even hold a position with the company, that isn't earning.
Nope. Your taxes are going to people who are so stupid and incompetent that they can't make enough money to pay their bills. Not a dime of it goes to Wal-Mart.
Yes but walmart gets rich off their work, not me. Since they are getting rich they should be providing for them, not me.
Nope. Because Wal-Mart makes a profit off of them doesn't mean Wal-Mart is obligated to them in any way other than to respect what they agreed to.
You keep repeating the same stupid bullshit over and over, and you never prove it.
========Do right wing working stiffs ever take a break from defending the rich and well born and large corporations? The ruling class won't be satisfied until America is back like it was before FDR and the progressives and the unions kicked their asses and formed the middle class.
Liberals hate corporations, liberal pension plans own corporations, liberals hate themselves.
========Why should Walgreens pay more taxes than the law requires it to pay? Can you explain that?
