Awww that high Corporate Tax Rate...

Last year some Tea Party-ites ran a Tea Vee ad about how China will pass the US in corporate strength because all the money has been  drained from US corps by taxes. The trouble is... THEY DON'T PAY THOSE TAXES!!!

This is from Mother Jones, click on the image if you can't see the complete article.

Those Pesky Taxes

The Nokia company pays 49% of all taxes in Finland. Smaller corporations pay most of the rest. In the US, corporations complain that the taxes are too high, while many, like GE, pay NO TAXES!!!

This from Bernie Sanders:

Myths American Suckers Believe

This is from Mother Jones Magazine, I hope they won't object to me letting it have a slightly wider audience. It's one of the best I've read. (Note, to read, click on each page. Let me know if there's a problem.)

And here's the second page:

and the last one:

Pretty right, huh?

And the Teabaggers say Corporations pay too much in taxes

In the 50s, 33% of the US taxes were paid by corporations. This year, it was 9%. Too much for some people. And check this out. amNewYork paper featured this article about how corporations pay their CEOs more than they pay in taxes!! Only in America!





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Healthcare: Why I Hate The U.S. Reason 873

I left a Facebook discussion on Single Payer healthcare when it reached the Godwin's Law point. That's where I always pull out. (TWSS).

In the meantime, I got a great info sheet from PUBLIC CITIZEN that explains things. If you can't see the whole thing, click on it for a complete view.