Biggest Issue Facing the US Today?

[The Rabbi]

so subsidizing corporations is a no no ?

good to know ... Exxon, Shell, and Chevron will disagree but they can kiss my ass.

As many times as this was debunked you continue to sling it. Why are you incapable of learning?

 

[The Rabbi]

Expert debunks claim U.S. corporate taxes are too high - CBS News

Funny the corporate tax is 35% yet on average corporations only paid 12%!

Other tax experts have made the same point as Kleinbard. A report by the advocacy group Citizens for Tax Justice noted that 111 of the 288 companies it examined paid zero or less in federal taxes in at least one year from 2008 and 2012.

The truth...

Close this loop hole and then I wouldn't have a problem with going down to 30% for the corporate. Paying zero is just cheating our fucking country out of money that is owed.

Close this loop hole

Which loop hole? Be specific.

What ever one that allows them to pay 0 or 12% when the corporate tax is 30%. Tell me why?

Show me one that pays 12% and I'll show you the error in your math.

20 big profitable US companies paid no taxes

freaking sad!

There are 20 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500, including drugmaker Merck (MRK), computer storage company Seagate (STX) and automaker General Motors (GM), which reported effective tax rates of 0% or lower in the second calendar quarter despite reporting a profit during the period, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. To be included, the companies also needed to report positive earnings before taxes including unusual items.

This analysis shows that while U.S. companies and investors constantly grumble about corporate tax rates, there are many companies that pay nowhere near the highest rates. This is the rule, not an exception. A 2013 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that profitable U.S. firms filing a Schedule M-3 paid federal taxes of 13% of pretax worldwide income. That's well below the top 35% statutory rate.

How many of them had loss carryovers from previous years?
You're just very ignorant, arent you?

 

[The Rabbi]

They pay huge taxes, where is the subsidy? Be specific.

the subsidies are paying their huge taxes ... subsidies being YOU

You think I pay Exxon's taxes?

I think you're too stupid to think about the deep pocket oil industry and how fast the government fills up their wallet everytime they open it ...

ok, dingleberry. list the subsidies that the oil companies get.

before you do it, look up the word subsidy.

here ya go redfishbrain


Broadly speaking, a fossil fuel subsidy is


any government action that lowers the

cost of production, lowers the cost of

consumption, or raises the price received

by producers. Types of fossil fuel subsidies

include financial contributions or support

from the government or private bodies

funded by governments, including direct

transfers of funds, transfer of risk such

as loan guarantees, foregone revenue

including through tax breaks, and provision

of goods and services aside from general

infrastructure.1

Oil Change International groups fossil fuel

subsidies according to three categories:

1. Exploration: support for expanding fossil

fuel reserves, including the discovery of

new resources;

2. Production: support to fossil fuel

companies for producing oil, gas, and

coal, usually in the form of special

tax deductions, low-cost access to

government land, and infrastructure

support; and

3. Consumption: support to consumers

to lower the cost of fossil fuel use. (U.S.

fossil fuel consumption subsidies are

listed in Appendix II but are not included

in the total subsidy estimates in this

analysis).




more? or do you feel stupid enough as it is?

You plagiarized some crap out of context and think you feel smart??

 

[ScienceRocks]

The truth...

Close this loop hole and then I wouldn't have a problem with going down to 30% for the corporate. Paying zero is just cheating our fucking country out of money that is owed.

Close this loop hole

Which loop hole? Be specific.

What ever one that allows them to pay 0 or 12% when the corporate tax is 30%. Tell me why?

Show me one that pays 12% and I'll show you the error in your math.

20 big profitable US companies paid no taxes

freaking sad!

There are 20 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500, including drugmaker Merck (MRK), computer storage company Seagate (STX) and automaker General Motors (GM), which reported effective tax rates of 0% or lower in the second calendar quarter despite reporting a profit during the period, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. To be included, the companies also needed to report positive earnings before taxes including unusual items.

This analysis shows that while U.S. companies and investors constantly grumble about corporate tax rates, there are many companies that pay nowhere near the highest rates. This is the rule, not an exception. A 2013 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that profitable U.S. firms filing a Schedule M-3 paid federal taxes of 13% of pretax worldwide income. That's well below the top 35% statutory rate.

How many of them had loss carryovers from previous years?
You're just very ignorant, arent you?

I support corporations unless they're cheating. Hell, I'd go as far as to say that I love their science and r&d enough to say that I am a big supporter. Just don't cheat is all that I am saying.

What is a better source then cnbc? That deals with issues like this all the time.

 

[deltex1]

The biggest issue the US is facing today? The Tea Party. They are terrorists who have already threatened to use women as human shields as their ilk threaten, on a daily basis, civil war and unrest because we have a President of a Darker Hue.

Why do the teapers have an army?

You have an unhealthy obsession with the TP.........expand your political mind, the TP isn't the boogeyman with all the power and influence your delusions about them subscribe! Since I don't really know you, consider this a PSA......

I forgot...Obama is the biggest issue...he pointed his index finger...that PROVES he is a terrorist muslim.

Fucking pathetic...the tea party is.

You ARE nutz.

 

[Siete]

the subsidies are paying their huge taxes ... subsidies being YOU

You think I pay Exxon's taxes?

I think you're too stupid to think about the deep pocket oil industry and how fast the government fills up their wallet everytime they open it ...

ok, dingleberry. list the subsidies that the oil companies get.

before you do it, look up the word subsidy.

here ya go redfishbrain


Broadly speaking, a fossil fuel subsidy is


any government action that lowers the

cost of production, lowers the cost of

consumption, or raises the price received

by producers. Types of fossil fuel subsidies

include financial contributions or support

from the government or private bodies

funded by governments, including direct

transfers of funds, transfer of risk such

as loan guarantees, foregone revenue

including through tax breaks, and provision

of goods and services aside from general

infrastructure.1

Oil Change International groups fossil fuel

subsidies according to three categories:

1. Exploration: support for expanding fossil

fuel reserves, including the discovery of

new resources;

2. Production: support to fossil fuel

companies for producing oil, gas, and

coal, usually in the form of special

tax deductions, low-cost access to

government land, and infrastructure

support; and

3. Consumption: support to consumers

to lower the cost of fossil fuel use. (U.S.

fossil fuel consumption subsidies are

listed in Appendix II but are not included

in the total subsidy estimates in this

analysis).




more? or do you feel stupid enough as it is?

You plagiarized some crap out of context and think you feel smart??

with you on the thread, hell yes.

 

[Nutz]

The biggest issue the US is facing today? The Tea Party. They are terrorists who have already threatened to use women as human shields as their ilk threaten, on a daily basis, civil war and unrest because we have a President of a Darker Hue.

Why do the teapers have an army?

You have an unhealthy obsession with the TP.........expand your political mind, the TP isn't the boogeyman with all the power and influence your delusions about them subscribe! Since I don't really know you, consider this a PSA......

I forgot...Obama is the biggest issue...he pointed his index finger...that PROVES he is a terrorist muslim.

Fucking pathetic...the tea party is.

You ARE nutz.

Did you see that thread? It was a serious thread from your teaper ilk. They claimed Obama is giving secret Islam signals because he pointed his index finger. SERIOUSLY...NO SHIT. Are you gonna call them crazy?

 

[Siete]

The biggest issue the US is facing today? The Tea Party. They are terrorists who have already threatened to use women as human shields as their ilk threaten, on a daily basis, civil war and unrest because we have a President of a Darker Hue.

Why do the teapers have an army?

You have an unhealthy obsession with the TP.........expand your political mind, the TP isn't the boogeyman with all the power and influence your delusions about them subscribe! Since I don't really know you, consider this a PSA......

I forgot...Obama is the biggest issue...he pointed his index finger...that PROVES he is a terrorist muslim.

Fucking pathetic...the tea party is.

You ARE nutz.

Did you see that thread? It was a serious thread from your teaper ilk. They claimed Obama is giving secret Islam signals because he pointed his index finger. SERIOUSLY...NO SHIT. Are you gonna call them crazy?

sad aren't they?

 

[Nutz]

The biggest issue the US is facing today? The Tea Party. They are terrorists who have already threatened to use women as human shields as their ilk threaten, on a daily basis, civil war and unrest because we have a President of a Darker Hue.

Why do the teapers have an army?

You have an unhealthy obsession with the TP.........expand your political mind, the TP isn't the boogeyman with all the power and influence your delusions about them subscribe! Since I don't really know you, consider this a PSA......

I forgot...Obama is the biggest issue...he pointed his index finger...that PROVES he is a terrorist muslim.

Fucking pathetic...the tea party is.

You ARE nutz.

Did you see that thread? It was a serious thread from your teaper ilk. They claimed Obama is giving secret Islam signals because he pointed his index finger. SERIOUSLY...NO SHIT. Are you gonna call them crazy?

sad aren't they?

An embarassment to true conservatives like myself. All of the nonsense...absolutely pathetic.

 

[The Rabbi]

Close this loop hole

Which loop hole? Be specific.

What ever one that allows them to pay 0 or 12% when the corporate tax is 30%. Tell me why?

Show me one that pays 12% and I'll show you the error in your math.

20 big profitable US companies paid no taxes

freaking sad!

There are 20 companies in the Standard & Poor's 500, including drugmaker Merck (MRK), computer storage company Seagate (STX) and automaker General Motors (GM), which reported effective tax rates of 0% or lower in the second calendar quarter despite reporting a profit during the period, according to a USA TODAY analysis of data from S&P Capital IQ. To be included, the companies also needed to report positive earnings before taxes including unusual items.

This analysis shows that while U.S. companies and investors constantly grumble about corporate tax rates, there are many companies that pay nowhere near the highest rates. This is the rule, not an exception. A 2013 report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that profitable U.S. firms filing a Schedule M-3 paid federal taxes of 13% of pretax worldwide income. That's well below the top 35% statutory rate.

How many of them had loss carryovers from previous years?
You're just very ignorant, arent you?

I support corporations unless they're cheating. Hell, I'd go as far as to say that I love their science and r&d enough to say that I am a big supporter. Just don't cheat is all that I am saying.

What is a better source then cnbc? That deals with issues like this all the time.

You didnt answer the question. How many of them had loss carryovers from previous years they used to offset that year's income?

 

[The Rabbi]

You think I pay Exxon's taxes?

I think you're too stupid to think about the deep pocket oil industry and how fast the government fills up their wallet everytime they open it ...

ok, dingleberry. list the subsidies that the oil companies get.

before you do it, look up the word subsidy.

here ya go redfishbrain


Broadly speaking, a fossil fuel subsidy is


any government action that lowers the

cost of production, lowers the cost of

consumption, or raises the price received

by producers. Types of fossil fuel subsidies

include financial contributions or support

from the government or private bodies

funded by governments, including direct

transfers of funds, transfer of risk such

as loan guarantees, foregone revenue

including through tax breaks, and provision

of goods and services aside from general

infrastructure.1

Oil Change International groups fossil fuel

subsidies according to three categories:

1. Exploration: support for expanding fossil

fuel reserves, including the discovery of

new resources;

2. Production: support to fossil fuel

companies for producing oil, gas, and

coal, usually in the form of special

tax deductions, low-cost access to

government land, and infrastructure

support; and

3. Consumption: support to consumers

to lower the cost of fossil fuel use. (U.S.

fossil fuel consumption subsidies are

listed in Appendix II but are not included

in the total subsidy estimates in this

analysis).




more? or do you feel stupid enough as it is?

You plagiarized some crap out of context and think you feel smart??

with you on the thread, hell yes.

LOL! You post crap you can't even source and then strut around like you've done something other than show how stupid you are.

 

[Siete]

I think you're too stupid to think about the deep pocket oil industry and how fast the government fills up their wallet everytime they open it ...

ok, dingleberry. list the subsidies that the oil companies get.

before you do it, look up the word subsidy.

here ya go redfishbrain


Broadly speaking, a fossil fuel subsidy is


any government action that lowers the

cost of production, lowers the cost of

consumption, or raises the price received

by producers. Types of fossil fuel subsidies

include financial contributions or support

from the government or private bodies

funded by governments, including direct

transfers of funds, transfer of risk such

as loan guarantees, foregone revenue

including through tax breaks, and provision

of goods and services aside from general

infrastructure.1

Oil Change International groups fossil fuel

subsidies according to three categories:

1. Exploration: support for expanding fossil

fuel reserves, including the discovery of

new resources;

2. Production: support to fossil fuel

companies for producing oil, gas, and

coal, usually in the form of special

tax deductions, low-cost access to

government land, and infrastructure

support; and

3. Consumption: support to consumers

to lower the cost of fossil fuel use. (U.S.

fossil fuel consumption subsidies are

listed in Appendix II but are not included

in the total subsidy estimates in this

analysis).




more? or do you feel stupid enough as it is?

You plagiarized some crap out of context and think you feel smart??

with you on the thread, hell yes.

LOL! You post crap you can't even source and then strut around like you've done something other than show how stupid you are.

remember in 2013 when Obama wanted to repeal the tax cuts for oil companies ?

tax cuts = government breaks = subsidies

and if you weren't a dumbass the c/p I posted came from an article bashing Obama.

but you ARE a dumbass soooooo

 

[candycorn]

Biggest issue facing america?

We have a black president and many are still stuck in the 60's and can't accept it.


When Obama beat McCain, I honestly thought that his administration would signal a "we've arrived" moment...much in the same way a man's mother accepts his wife as her own daughter. Or when a woman's kids accepts her new boyfriend as a father figure. If the last 6 years has taught us anything its not just the backwards folks in the South, members of Congress have revealed themselves to be just as brain dead and racist.

Save the argument that there are just policy differences.

Before Obama nobody demanded to see a President's birth certificate. Before Obama, nobody (in modern times) shouted "you lie" at the President during the State of the Union. This isn't policy; it's personal.

 

[Siete]

slobbering Rabid quips .....
LOL! You post crap you can't even source and then strut around like you've done something other than show how stupid you are.



there is an entire thread about people getting tax breaks for health insurance and those tax breaks are described by RW's as SUBSIDIES, which they are TOTALLY against.

Joe Twojobs, hell NO.

12$billion a quarter Exxon, hell yes,

Please feel free to climb a ladder and take a flying kiss at my ass.

 

[Wry Catcher]

I think the biggest issue is the economy. The terrible recovery has led to stagnant wages and lack of opportunity across the board. Income inequality has increased due to people in the middle and lower strata failing to get better paying jobs. This has also led to strains in the federal budget, as well as state budgets. Constraints on the miltary budget impede our efforts to win even diplomatically, as other countries perceive our weakness.
The way to reverse this decline is:
-Enact serious tax reform, lowering corporate taxes to competitive levels worldwide
-Simplify the tax code so less is spent on accontants and lawyers figuring out how to game the system
-Roll back the volume of regulations coming out of Washington
-Enact tort reform so honest mistakes do not bankrupt companies.
-Roll back the min wage so lower skilled workers can get hired and gain experience.

Biggest problem? People like Rabbi!

 

[Daryl Hunt]

It cannot be the economy, the loons from the left assure me the economy is doing wonderful.

I think the biggest issue is that we have two extremist parties that don't believe in getting along to promote America. One works to tar it down socially and the other economically.

Give that man a cupie doll.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

ok, dingleberry. list the subsidies that the oil companies get.

before you do it, look up the word subsidy.

here ya go redfishbrain


Broadly speaking, a fossil fuel subsidy is


any government action that lowers the

cost of production, lowers the cost of

consumption, or raises the price received

by producers. Types of fossil fuel subsidies

include financial contributions or support

from the government or private bodies

funded by governments, including direct

transfers of funds, transfer of risk such

as loan guarantees, foregone revenue

including through tax breaks, and provision

of goods and services aside from general

infrastructure.1

Oil Change International groups fossil fuel

subsidies according to three categories:

1. Exploration: support for expanding fossil

fuel reserves, including the discovery of

new resources;

2. Production: support to fossil fuel

companies for producing oil, gas, and

coal, usually in the form of special

tax deductions, low-cost access to

government land, and infrastructure

support; and

3. Consumption: support to consumers

to lower the cost of fossil fuel use. (U.S.

fossil fuel consumption subsidies are

listed in Appendix II but are not included

in the total subsidy estimates in this

analysis).




more? or do you feel stupid enough as it is?

You plagiarized some crap out of context and think you feel smart??

with you on the thread, hell yes.

LOL! You post crap you can't even source and then strut around like you've done something other than show how stupid you are.

remember in 2013 when Obama wanted to repeal the tax cuts for oil companies ?

tax cuts = government breaks = subsidies

and if you weren't a dumbass the c/p I posted came from an article bashing Obama.

but you ARE a dumbass soooooo

remember in 2013 when Obama wanted to repeal the tax cuts for oil companies ?

Yeah, he says a lot of stupid shit that idiots fall for. There you are!

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Biggest issue facing america?

We have a black president and many are still stuck in the 60's and can't accept it.


When Obama beat McCain, I honestly thought that his administration would signal a "we've arrived" moment...much in the same way a man's mother accepts his wife as her own daughter. Or when a woman's kids accepts her new boyfriend as a father figure. If the last 6 years has taught us anything its not just the backwards folks in the South, members of Congress have revealed themselves to be just as brain dead and racist.

Save the argument that there are just policy differences.

Before Obama nobody demanded to see a President's birth certificate. Before Obama, nobody (in modern times) shouted "you lie" at the President during the State of the Union. This isn't policy; it's personal.

We have a black president and many are still stuck in the 60's and can't accept it.

We have a terrible president, I don't care what color he is.

When Obama beat McCain, I honestly thought that his administration would signal a "we've arrived" moment...

It did. And then he opened his mouth and ruined it. That's what happens when you elect an inexperienced, community organizer.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

It cannot be the economy, the loons from the left assure me the economy is doing wonderful.

I think the biggest issue is that we have two extremist parties that don't believe in getting along to promote America. One works to tar it down socially and the other economically.

Socially and economically, that's the Dems both times.

 

[candycorn]

Biggest issue facing america?

We have a black president and many are still stuck in the 60's and can't accept it.


When Obama beat McCain, I honestly thought that his administration would signal a "we've arrived" moment...much in the same way a man's mother accepts his wife as her own daughter. Or when a woman's kids accepts her new boyfriend as a father figure. If the last 6 years has taught us anything its not just the backwards folks in the South, members of Congress have revealed themselves to be just as brain dead and racist.

Save the argument that there are just policy differences.

Before Obama nobody demanded to see a President's birth certificate. Before Obama, nobody (in modern times) shouted "you lie" at the President during the State of the Union. This isn't policy; it's personal.

We have a black president and many are still stuck in the 60's and can't accept it.

We have a terrible president, I don't care what color he is.

When Obama beat McCain, I honestly thought that his administration would signal a "we've arrived" moment...

It did. And then he opened his mouth and ruined it. That's what happens when you elect an inexperienced, community organizer.

If he is terrible, I would be most interested in seeing whom you claim is a "good" president let alone a great one. Care to give us names as to whom was good or great?

I think Obama was incredibly naive when he took office and you still see some of that today even. Every President in my lifetime has had some moments of "what was he thinking" I don't see more from Obama than the others.