How much tax did GE pay? Murdoch's corp.? (I'll throw in Buffett for good measure)
Zero, I don't know, less than his secretary.
(Zero is correct, $4.8 Billion over the last 5 years is the answer, Zero is the answer)
The answers are zero, -$4.6 billion at -46% for the past four years and $6,938,744 at 17.4%. News Corp is a little harder to pin down. I found several sites that said it was negative but by different amounts.
Who are the wealthy?
Those having annual incomes of over $1,000,000 and/or a net worth of over $100,000,000.
(What if they make $900,000 per year? Not wealthy? What if the 2013 dollar is worthless? Then who is wealthy?)
Pick your own number if you don't like mine.
What is their fair share?
39%
(Why 39%? Do you feel the government deserves this 39%?)
Can you give me a % amount that you consider "fair"? If not, you really have no complaint.
See above.
(Why isn't 40% or 38% fair?. Do you really feel you have the expertise to set these rates?)
See above.
What % is "fair for the poor, (0%) the middle income, (15%) the high middle income, (20%) the comfortable but not wealthy? (25%) Have you figured all this out?
(ditto)
See above.
In my opinion a certain % flat tax should be paid by everyone. And I do mean everyone. Everyone should have a real "stake" in our country.
You would take 20 or 25 cents out of the only dollar a guy earned? Even a guy with no legs and one arm?
(No, but I would take something. Probably starting at a few pennies. We would all be better off if we all had a stake in our country. If you told us you had "no money", we wouldn't want to see you standing around in front of the library puffing on cigarettes, would we?)
A flat tax means we all pay at the same rate. He can't just pay a few pennies. That rate won't be enough for all of us. Are you seeing the problems and changing your mind about a flat tax and starting to think some progressivity is good?
Corporations are publically owned companies by definition. Do you realize that no business actually pays taxes? It is their customers that pay those taxes. When taxes are raised on any business, they must either raise their prices, cut their quality, lay off workers, go overseas, or go out of business? All taxes 'trickle down'. We've really had this discussion before. Libs never learn."
We understand the fallacy of this but are unable to get it into the closed minds of the conservatives.
(Fallacy? Explain your reasoning. Otherwise, its' just an opinion. And a stupid one at that. By the way, I do listen to logical arguments. I do not listen to "liberish")
You pay little attention to facts and logic either.
Who are you today?
Same as yesterday. Can't say about tomorrow.
