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To: longnshort who wrote (140709)	7/16/2004 11:01:55 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Respond to of 281500

I am actually against corporate taxes; people should pay taxes, not corporations...Yet somehow I manage to get branded as part of the left :) Not that I am complaining.

To: longnshort who wrote (140709)	7/17/2004 12:57:45 AM
From: epicure	Respond to of 281500

It's super when it happens that way, isn't it? It's not so super when it's Enron, or the tobacco companies- situations where the government actually loses lots and lots of money (factor in subsidies and medical bills for big tobacco, ouch). So no, I don't think all corporate welfare is a super good deal for society. I'm sure some of it is, but how much? The poor actually need some services, or children will starve, and most people don't want to live with that- not only because it is inhumane (remember, we're big humanitarians in this society) but also because it makes society unstable. We want to give the poor enough to keep them relatively docile, right? If you factor in the fact that keeping the poor relatively content keeps them from tearing down society in much more costly ways, then I think your calculus of cost will change. You aren't fairly adding up all the costs and benefits, imo.