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egbertowillies

(4,058 posts)
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:04 PM Sep 2017

Here is the fact: Corporate Tax Cuts Boost dont boost jobs just CEO Pay

When President Donald Trump launches his tax cut campaign today in Missouri, he will no doubt repeat the Republican mantra that slashing the corporate tax rate will lead to more and better jobs. He has proposed cutting the statutory federal corporate tax rate from 35 to 15 percent, while House Speaker Paul Ryan has called for a 20 percent rate.

To investigate this jobs claim, the Institute for Policy Studies has analyzed the employment records of the 92 publicly held U.S. corporations that exploited loopholes to pay less than a 20 percent effective U.S. tax rate from 2008 through 2015, despite making a profit every year.

https://egbertowillies.com/2017/09/08/corporate-tax-cuts-boost-ceo-pay/

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Here is the fact: Corporate Tax Cuts Boost dont boost jobs just CEO Pay (Original Post) egbertowillies Sep 2017 OP
When that and "trickle down economics" work I will buy a hat BigmanPigman Sep 2017 #1
High tax spurs investment -- I see it in my own company unblock Sep 2017 #2

BigmanPigman

(51,590 posts)
1. When that and "trickle down economics" work I will buy a hat
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:14 PM
Sep 2017

and eat it. Too bad so many ignorant people still buy into that BS during election time. I have a bridge to sell them by the way. I also heard coal is making a comeback.

unblock

(52,208 posts)
2. High tax spurs investment -- I see it in my own company
Sat Sep 9, 2017, 08:25 PM
Sep 2017

We've launched an effort to open a new market -- investing is easier knowing that if we lose money, it reduces our taxes by 35 cents for each dollar lost.

And if we make money eventually? Yeah, the government will get 35 cents on every dollar of profit, but hey, a profit is a profit.

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