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bongbong

(5,436 posts) Mon Apr 9, 2012, 06:57 PM Apr 2012

I HATE this repig Talking Point [View all]

"If you raise taxes on corporations, they'll just pass the cost on to you!"

If that's so, why didn't consumer prices drop during the many years that corporate taxes went down? (and seemingly keep going down)

And why didn't consumer prices go up when corporate taxes went up (the many decades ago when lies didn't rule repigs)?

I HATE lies & repig Talking Points.

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I HATE this repig Talking Point [View all] bongbong Apr 2012 OP

Yeah they'd like us to believe that guitar man Apr 2012 #1

and the logical outcome is quinnox Apr 2012 #2

I hate that people give in abelenkpe Apr 2012 #3

Nobody ever calls them on this shit, either. We need to counter with facts! nt gateley Apr 2012 #4

Yeah, keep lowering taxes on corporations so no one has the money to buy your product. chowder66 Apr 2012 #5

I, too, hate that talking point; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2012 #6

Too many facts bongbong Apr 2012 #8

It's funny ... 1StrongBlackMan Apr 2012 #10

So how did that work when we had a 94% maximum tax rate? saras Apr 2012 #7

For almost everything else, they claim that Ilsa Apr 2012 #9

Also when corporations give money to Republican politicians is that cost passed on to us? K8-EEE Apr 2012 #11

Very good observation. nt mistertrickster Apr 2012 #12