Poll for leftists.....Did you pay your FAIR SHARE?

[jc456]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

I already pay my fair share... the rich should pay theirs.

how do you know it's fair? who determined that? You? LOL. can't make this up.

 

[jc456]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

I already pay my fair share... the rich should pay theirs.

Study Tax Law. I pay no income tax and don't even have to file. I made my small fortune in my salad years and have already paid all the taxes I owe.

nope.

 

[jc456]

/——/ Prove they don’t already pay their fair share. This link will help in your research How Much Do the Wealthy Pay in Taxes Each Year?
No need to thank me, I’m here to help.

Doesn't matter. they still aren't paying their fair share.

We need to fix that.

They were paying their fair share before Reagan started mucking it up, shifting the tax burden onto the working class. When they paid their fair share, we had fantastic public works and unprecedented prosperity... we need to go back to that.

again, what is a fair share? define that for us all please, otherwise shut the fk up.

 

[jc456]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

I already pay my fair share... the rich should pay theirs.

/——/ I say you need to pay 100% income tax. Do it for the children.

is that your definition of fair share? I agree, every leftist should pay in 100%, that's only fair.

 

[jc456]

/——/ This is the land of opportunity not the land of oppression. What gives you the moral authority to confiscate other people’s property?

The question becomes, whose property is it, doesn't it. It seems like after the rich steal the profits of work from the people who actually performed the physical labor, you live in mortal fear that the government might take that money back and redistribute it.

This hasn't been the land of opportunity in some time. If you ain't the lead dog, the view stays pretty much the same.

/——/ No dumbass, it was an example of what people do to protect their income. What moron keeps working only to have the Gubmint seieze most of it?

Again, you are laboring under the delusion that the rich are actually creating the wealth, and not just stealing it. YOu mistake a parasite for a vital organ.

We did just fine when the rich paid 90%. If you really want to make Hollywood Actors the standard, well, okay, they only did four films a year, but those were some great films, as opposed to the CGI crap that gets churned out now.

 

[jc456]

/——/ What’s your idea of fair share? You realize, of course, if you start taking more and more, the rich will simply stop earning once they get to a certain point.

You mean the rich might stop being greedy.

Here was the thing, we had our greatest prosperity when the Rich paid a 93% top marginal rate, the workforce was 33% unionized, and government spent a lot of money on infrastructure under that dirty stinking commie Dwight Eisenhower.

In WWII, actors were taxed at 90%. They could do maybe 4 movies a year before hitting the threshold. Once they approached that highest tax level, they stopped working for the year. FDRs snatch and grab failed miserably.

And today, most big name actors only do 1 movie a year. Maybe two. So what is your point? Meanwhile, your rank and file SAG member might do a bunch of movies, but they don't get paid much above scale.

you are truly a bitter human.

 

[bripat9643]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

On income over ten million go ahead and tax me. It puts a cap on greed

How is keeping what you've earned "greed?" Wouldn't wanting what others have earned fit the definition better?

 

[sealybobo]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

On income over ten million go ahead and tax me. It puts a cap on greed

How is keeping what you've earned "greed?" Wouldn't wanting what others have earned fit the definition better?

We've had this conversation a million times. Call it greed and ignorance of your surroundings.

I can't explain it over and over to you. Put it this way. When you were still living in your fathers balls we had a progressive system. We agreed that system worked best and it worked for you because here you are rich. You made it in that progressive system.

But NOW you want to do what we decided a long time ago wouldn't work, isn't right and isn't fair.

That's why. Because a flat tax won't work. If it won't work it's not fair. Stop it.

 

[bripat9643]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

On income over ten million go ahead and tax me. It puts a cap on greed

How is keeping what you've earned "greed?" Wouldn't wanting what others have earned fit the definition better?

We've had this conversation a million times. Call it greed and ignorance of your surroundings.

I can't explain it over and over to you. Put it this way. When you were still living in your fathers balls we had a progressive system. We agreed that system worked best and it worked for you because here you are rich. You made it in that progressive system.

But NOW you want to do what we decided a long time ago wouldn't work, isn't right and isn't fair.

That's why. Because a flat tax won't work. If it won't work it's not fair. Stop it.

I never agreed to it, moron. No amount of demagoging will get you around that irrefutable fact. I couldn't give a flying fuck what some corrupt politicians decided 100 years ago. None of you socialist douchebags have ever come up with a good argument as to why anyone is obligated to pay a bigger percentage of their income to the government simply because they have earned more.

 

[ThisIsMe]

Did you refuse to pay anything because it’s your hard earned money and not the government’s? We both payed more than Amazon and other massive corporations. Isn’t that something?

/----/ "We both payed more than Amazon and other massive corporations."
My God man - you paid more than $412 million in 2015?
Does Amazon Pay Taxes? Contrary to Trump Tweet, Yes
The company, in its latest annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, said that it paid $177 million in income taxes in 2014, $273 million in 2015 and $412 million last year.
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What % of the companies income is that ?

/---/ Don't answer a question with another question. Did you pay more than Amazon who paid $412 million?

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

The numbers I've seen said they paid $412M, which is about 1/4th of what they should have paid. Accounting for certain deductions, it would still be a lot less than required. However, if you've seen that they paid 1.5B, then that would be right in line with what they should have paid.

 

[ThisIsMe]

/----/ "We both payed more than Amazon and other massive corporations."
My God man - you paid more than $412 million in 2015?
Does Amazon Pay Taxes? Contrary to Trump Tweet, Yes
The company, in its latest annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, said that it paid $177 million in income taxes in 2014, $273 million in 2015 and $412 million last year.
View attachment 249778

What % of the companies income is that ?

/---/ Don't answer a question with another question. Did you pay more than Amazon who paid $412 million?

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

/——/ You’re debating a libtard who doesn’t know or care about facts. It’s just bash corporations 24/7

Lol, I'm not a liberal. I do however think that companies should pay what is required. Not a high rate, 21% seems fine and right in line with what the rest of the world pays.

 

[Cellblock2429]

What % of the companies income is that ?

/---/ Don't answer a question with another question. Did you pay more than Amazon who paid $412 million?

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

/——/ You’re debating a libtard who doesn’t know or care about facts. It’s just bash corporations 24/7

Lol, I'm not a liberal. I do however think that companies should pay what is required. Not a high rate, 21% seems fine and right in line with what the rest of the world pays.

/----/ Corporate taxes are counterproductive. I'm not talking about sales and use taxes or property tax, I'm talking about a tax on profits. All that does is drive up consumer prices.

 

[Timmy]

/---/ Don't answer a question with another question. Did you pay more than Amazon who paid $412 million?

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

/——/ You’re debating a libtard who doesn’t know or care about facts. It’s just bash corporations 24/7

Lol, I'm not a liberal. I do however think that companies should pay what is required. Not a high rate, 21% seems fine and right in line with what the rest of the world pays.

/----/ Corporate taxes are counterproductive. I'm not talking about sales and use taxes or property tax, I'm talking about a tax on profits. All that does is drive up consumer prices.

And individual taxes drive down consumer spending .

Fact is that military whiz jets and fema payments to red states cost money . The country can’t run on smiles and sunshine.

 

[Bruce_T_Laney]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

I wi right after Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, and I promise...

 

[Thinker101]

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

/——/ You’re debating a libtard who doesn’t know or care about facts. It’s just bash corporations 24/7

Lol, I'm not a liberal. I do however think that companies should pay what is required. Not a high rate, 21% seems fine and right in line with what the rest of the world pays.

/----/ Corporate taxes are counterproductive. I'm not talking about sales and use taxes or property tax, I'm talking about a tax on profits. All that does is drive up consumer prices.

And individual taxes drive down consumer spending .

Fact is that military whiz jets and fema payments to red states cost money . The country can’t run on smiles and sunshine.

Yep, I'm sure that 70% tax rate for the New Green Deal will get consumer spending to shoot through the roof....dumbass.

 

[jc456]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

On income over ten million go ahead and tax me. It puts a cap on greed

How is keeping what you've earned "greed?" Wouldn't wanting what others have earned fit the definition better?

We've had this conversation a million times. Call it greed and ignorance of your surroundings.

I can't explain it over and over to you. Put it this way. When you were still living in your fathers balls we had a progressive system. We agreed that system worked best and it worked for you because here you are rich. You made it in that progressive system.

But NOW you want to do what we decided a long time ago wouldn't work, isn't right and isn't fair.

That's why. Because a flat tax won't work. If it won't work it's not fair. Stop it.

I never agreed to it, moron. No amount of demagoging will get you around that irrefutable fact. I couldn't give a flying fuck what some corrupt politicians decided 100 years ago. None of you socialist douchebags have ever come up with a good argument as to why anyone is obligated to pay a bigger percentage of their income to the government simply because they have earned more.

sure they have, it's called nanny nanny booboo, and they are upset that someone makes money over their dead bodies. just remember that.

 

[jc456]

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

/——/ You’re debating a libtard who doesn’t know or care about facts. It’s just bash corporations 24/7

Lol, I'm not a liberal. I do however think that companies should pay what is required. Not a high rate, 21% seems fine and right in line with what the rest of the world pays.

/----/ Corporate taxes are counterproductive. I'm not talking about sales and use taxes or property tax, I'm talking about a tax on profits. All that does is drive up consumer prices.

And individual taxes drive down consumer spending .

Fact is that military whiz jets and fema payments to red states cost money . The country can’t run on smiles and sunshine.

Yep, I'm sure that 70% tax rate for the New Green Deal will get consumer spending to shoot through the roof....dumbass.

yep, let's take everyone's money and see how they spend what they have left. folks, you just can't make this nonsense from the left up. it's impossible. their rate of stupid is exponential

 

[buckeye45_73]

Of course you weren't taxed at 70 to 90 percent so did you do the right thing and send in that extra 50% of your income?

Did you refuse to pay anything because it’s your hard earned money and not the government’s? We both payed more than Amazon and other massive corporations. Isn’t that something?

Funny how the leftwing companies like GE and Amazon get the no tax plan......hmmmmm

 

[jc456]

/----/ "We both payed more than Amazon and other massive corporations."
My God man - you paid more than $412 million in 2015?
Does Amazon Pay Taxes? Contrary to Trump Tweet, Yes
The company, in its latest annual report to the Securities and Exchange Commission, said that it paid $177 million in income taxes in 2014, $273 million in 2015 and $412 million last year.
View attachment 249778

What % of the companies income is that ?

/---/ Don't answer a question with another question. Did you pay more than Amazon who paid $412 million?

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

The numbers I've seen said they paid $412M, which is about 1/4th of what they should have paid. Accounting for certain deductions, it would still be a lot less than required. However, if you've seen that they paid 1.5B, then that would be right in line with what they should have paid.

you have no idea on what they were supposed to pay. stop that. quit acting like a fking know it all.

 

[jc456]

What % of the companies income is that ?

/---/ Don't answer a question with another question. Did you pay more than Amazon who paid $412 million?

I have to admit, it is a valid question. Percentage wise, they are not even close.

Looks like their net revenue for 2018 was 234 billion. If all they paid is 412 million that's like .18 percent. At the 21 percent number, they should have paid almost 50 billion in taxes. Sure. There will be some deductions for payroll and a few other things, but not enough to wipe away 99% of their tax burden.

I agree in that respect. They should pay what they are required to. If 21% is the number then that is what they should pay.

Or did I get my math wrong...?

234 billion is their gross revenue, moron. Their pretax income was $11 billion. They paid about $1.2 billion in income tax. At the 50% rate they would have paid about $5.5. billion.

/——/ You’re debating a libtard who doesn’t know or care about facts. It’s just bash corporations 24/7

Lol, I'm not a liberal. I do however think that companies should pay what is required. Not a high rate, 21% seems fine and right in line with what the rest of the world pays.

what is required? How do you get to that statement. what is the requirement exactly? point to the document.