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To: koan who wrote (48202)7/8/2013 10:58:22 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 85487
 
yes real rates. American companies pay more.

I think that is exactly like going back to feudal lords and serfs and peasants.

A reduction in corporate tax rates equal "going back to feudal lords". You really take the cake when it comes to bizarre leaps of illogic.



To: koan who wrote (48202)7/9/2013 2:26:59 AM
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Go ahead and make the case for a country run by plutocrats


Keeeerist! you are an idiot! Tim has made it absolutely clear that he is 100% opposed to the country being run by plutocrats. The reason he is against big government is that it enables the plutocracy.



To: koan who wrote (48202)7/9/2013 12:36:03 PM
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Obama Campaign Bundler Avoids Criminal Charges Over Mysterious Disappearance of $1.6 Billion



Plutocrat?



To: koan who wrote (48202)7/9/2013 12:43:51 PM
From: longnshort  Respond to of 85487
 
[VIDEO] Businesses flee California over heavy, unfair tax burden
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CBN News reports on how businesses are fleeing California because of the heavy tax burden and regulations being imposed on them by the state. But even more than just a heavy tax burden, businesses are fleeing what they see as unfair taxation as well. In December of last year, California decided to cancel a tax break that businesses had been using and then decided to collect taxes from that tax break retroactively. So business who used the tax break for the past 5 years had to ‘reimburse’ the state of California for the entire 5 years of money they saved from that tax break. This has created an atmosphere of tremendous uncertainty is one of the reasons businesses are abandoning the state.

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