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You are certainly fiesty today. I wish John were here to help you amuse yourself.
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What does "?" mean at the end of a sentence?
You are certainly fiesty today. I wish John were here to help you amuse yourself.
Yes i wish John were here to spew some more nonsense that you will buy hook, line, and sinker.:)
Just tired of the "absolutist" comments by you. Thats all. But sure having fun. Arent you? :)
SHIFTED OFFSHORE.
Addressing the Economic Club of New York on Monday, Republican House Speaker John Boehner told reporters that Congress should be “looking seriously at a territorial tax code,” according to CQ Today.
Under a territorial system, the offshore profits of a U.S. corporation would be exempt from U.S. taxes.
A recent report from Citizens for Tax Justice explained that this would cause serious problems.
First, corporations would have a greater incentive to engage in profit-shifting, meaning practices used to disguise U.S. profits as foreign profits. A common example is the manipulation of transfer pricing to shift corporate profits into tax havens (countries that do not tax, or that barely tax, certain types of profits).
Second, corporations would have a greater incentive to shift actual operations — and jobs — to other countries.
Our current system already encourages these practices because U.S. corporations are allowed to “defer” their U.S. taxes on their offshore profits. But the incentives would be even greater under a territorial system, in which corporations would NEVER pay U.S. taxes on their offshore profits.
Other countries that have adopted territorial tax systems are experiencing these problems, and the European Union is considering adoption of a different system to allocate profits among EU member states.
As CTJ’s report explains, the best alternative would be for Congress to repeal the rule allowing U.S. corporations to “defer” their U.S. taxes on offshore profits. Corporations could continue to get a credit for any taxes paid to a foreign government (just as they do now) which prevents any profits from being taxed more than once.
Possible Amnesty for Corporate Tax Dodgers
Some corporate leaders have argued that if Congress does not permanently exempt their offshore profits, then lawmakers should temporarily exempt them with the sort of tax holiday for repatriated corporate profits that Congress enacted in 2004. Boehner expressed openness to this idea on Monday.
Several studies of the 2004 effort showed the repatriated profits went to shareholders and not to job-creation, despite the promises made by corporate lobbyists. An economist with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently admitted that any attempt by Congress to attach job-creation requirements to the tax holiday simply will not work.
Read more about the proposed repatriation tax holiday.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/d...y/Agh/OsHJglKw
Calls for Slashing Public Services, But No Revenue Increase from Profitable Corporations
Speaker Boehner also said that the corporate tax should be reformed but should not raise any more revenue than it does today. This came during a speech in which Boehner demanded that “trillions” be cut from public services — a goal that would be impossible without sharply cutting Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid — but refused to consider any revenue increases.
A recent report from CTJ explains why corporate tax reform should be “revenue-positive,” meaning we should raise more tax revenue from corporations than we do today.
Almost two-hundred organizations have signed onto a letter urging Congress to adopt a revenue-positive corporate tax reform.
The letter notes that a 2007 report from President Bush’s Treasury Department found that the share of profits paid in taxes is lower for U.S. corporations than the average for OECD countries.
http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/d...jXbgh/OsHJglKw
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The rape and pillage of this country continues, compliments of conservatives.
I thougt you apologized for misreading the post, and you still think that comment was meant for you? Hey, listen, I've got to get ready to teach 4th and 5th grade kids chemistry for a science olympiad. Just another aweful thing for good old S&L.Quote:
Originally Posted by Havakasha
You're funny about John. Good one.
Boehner your personal hero too?
Enjoy Chemistry class. Good thing it aint Political Science or those poor kids.... :)
"Good thing it aint Political Science or those poor kids."...
Now, that's real funny, raaht there.
Hey Atypical. Sorry to occupy your time with a bunch of silliness, but thanks for the compliment.
Take over from here please. :)
Havakasha
You ain't silly - you're my brother.
No, I'm depressed enough for the day.
lol. Why depressed? SXM is skyrocketing. You should be a little happy.
Good one on the poly sci quip - Kudos. No, I'm not a big fan of Boehner. That's just a stupid assertion coming from, well, someone who may very well be stupid as the subject has been discussed (or some unreasonalbe facsimile thereof). Or maybe I'm stupid because I hold different thoughts than you two. That's the way it works in high school.
Actually, I am teaching the kids about personal responsibility, and they seem to be getting it. Any contempt for that Atypical? Does it make me an empathy-less pig? An idealogue? Unworthy of your discourse? Which should it be? Any? All?
I'd like to come to some common ground here and make this fun, but it appears that I'm "arguing" with a highly partisan political blow hard (that would be you Lloyd) and a seemingly enigmatic malcontent who seems to hold his view as the truth - no gray areas - just his facts or wrong facts.
I'm just telling it like it is.
I will agree with Lloyd though that SIRI is kicking ass, and certainly a reason to celebrate.... for now anyway.