w8liftinglady
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:10 AM
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Top 275 corporations received 1.75 trillion in Tax breaks/3 years |
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This report outlines how much the corporations are making,what tax breaks they are getting.In light of the House getting ready to cut a lot of program spending,I thought we needed to know where the real money is going(as if we didn't already know) http://www.ctj.org/corpfed04an.pdf
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:12 AM
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1. That would be TRILLION...with a "T" |
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:13 AM
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2. Boycott! Boycott! Boycott! |
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Their expenses are fixed, taxes and sales are not. If they refuse to pay taxes for their bloated military, then stop buying their crap!!!
Support America, boycott corporations!!
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:17 AM
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3. WE THE PEOPLE, should demand this extortion be stopped now!!! |
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extortion
n. obtaining money or property by threat to a victim's property or loved ones, intimidation, or false claim of a right (such as pretending to be an IRS agent). It is a felony in all states, except that a direct threat to harm the victim is usually treated as the crime of robbery. Blackmail is a form of extortion in which the threat is to expose embarrassing, damaging information to family, friends or the public.
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:17 AM
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4. That would pay for both Katrina and Iraq... |
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...just to put it in perspective.
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Thu Oct-20-05 05:21 PM
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27. That would pay for Iraq for 15 years or Katrina 8 times over. |
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Or they could give everyone free healthcare for a year.
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w8liftinglady
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:20 AM
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5. the companies who paid no tax in 2003 |
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company/profit/taxes paid/tax rate
Boeing $ 1,069 $ 1,700 159.0% Entergy 562 758 135.0% Pepco Holdings 138 127 92.0% Nucor 79 59 74.9% Graybar Electric 14 8 57.3% CenterPoint Energy 660 288 43.7% CSX 179 70 38.8% NCR 103 39 38.0% Dillards 20 5 27.0% Unisys 151 39 25.6% ITT Industries 283 66 23.4% Baxter 818 142 17.4% OGE Energy 215 36 16.6% Public Service Enterprise Group 1,369 208 15.2% FPL Group 1,282 181 14.1% Consolidated Edison 852 120 14.0% Reebok 32 4 13.7% KeySpan 718 90 12.5% AT&T 2,723 343 12.6% Kelly Services 18 2 12.6% Toys R Us 147 16 10.9% Reliant Resources 138 14 10.4% Marriott International 384 38 9.9% Ikon Office Solutions 146 11 7.7% Pitney Bowes 623 44 7.0% Valero Energy 634 41 6.5% Ingram Micro 9 1 6.0% Manpower 52 3 5.7% Newell Rubbermaid 249 14 5.5% SBC Communications 8,941 476 5.3% Danaher 553 23 4.1% Disney, Walt 1,764 59 3.4% Time Warner 4,224 140 3.3% Caremark RX 475 13 2.8% Pfizer 6,088 168 2.8% Ryder 149 4 2.7% Saks 108 3 2.6% Lehman Brothers 1,825 39 2.1% Timken 52 1 1.8% Computer Sciences 558 8 1.5% Burlington Northern Santa Fe 1,226 18 1.5% Caterpillar 485 6 1.3% Principal Group 924 11 1.2% Lexmark 307 2 0.8% Shaw Group 15 0 0.3% Sysco 1,264 TOTAL $ 42,622 $ 5,438 12.8%
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:22 AM
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6. This is the WELFARE that really needs cutting! |
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Corporate welfare costs so much more than the rethug stereotype "cadillac queen" first popularized by Ronald Raygun in the 1980s.
How about a new "talking point:
Do you like paying more taxes than Reebok, etc etc? or "the real reason the middle class tax burden is so high"
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Thu Oct-20-05 02:34 PM
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13. Talk about welfare queens - Bet Rush never mentions these |
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Thu Oct-20-05 02:46 PM
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14. Yeah but the rank and file repugs will tell you that Corporate welfare |
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is A-Okay because these corporations use their tax cuts to create new jobs so they can hire more people. Swear to gawd! They really believe that is true, if their moronic leaders say it, it HAS TO BE THE TRUTH! Never mind that the jobs these Greedy Corps are creating are over seas or in Canada or Mexico or where ever else they can get away with not having to provide health care benefits or living wages, etc. Corporate welfare and corporate fraud is just fine and dandy with Joe and Jane repug, so long as those "welfare queens' aren't getting free sh*t, and living off their tax dollars. Never mind that social welfare is something like 1% whereas Corporate welfare, well I think the OP just showed how much that amounts too. These morans never get it, do they?
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Thu Oct-20-05 05:31 PM
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29. Nah, haven't you heard? Nader is the anti-christ sent to destroy the |
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democratic party. He is just pure evil and, therefore, all of his issues are the work of satan!
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:24 AM
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7. Look at all the energy companies -while our rates rise |
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:26 AM
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8. So, we just go in and reverse the controls next year. That should take |
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Edited on Thu Oct-20-05 11:27 AM by leveymg
care of much of the budget shortfall and deficit problem.
You see, solutions can be so easy. Any problem they've made for us, we turn on them.
Oh, and one more thing -- no new offshoring. You want to sell your stuff here, you make most of it here, as well.
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Thu Oct-20-05 11:28 AM
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9. And what is the size of that national debt? |
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Thu Oct-20-05 12:14 PM
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10. But it's the Welfare Queens that are hurting the country! |
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Thu Oct-20-05 01:58 PM
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11. the corporations are the real welfare "queens" |
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Thu Oct-20-05 03:19 PM
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15. I'll recommend because.... |
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this is information people need to know. They need to know what Republicans really stand for, contrary to all their partisan bullshit and propaganda.
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Thu Oct-20-05 03:29 PM
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Thu Oct-20-05 03:33 PM
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17. Did Big Oil Get a Break Too? |
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Thu Oct-20-05 04:21 PM
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21. EXXON rec'd 4 billion in tax breaks |
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Thu Oct-20-05 03:36 PM
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18. Corporations are a serious threat to the American way of life.n.t |
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Thu Oct-20-05 03:54 PM
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19. Thank you so much for posting this, Lady. |
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:hi:
This needs to be shown to the American people, not hidden away in some grossly oversized pdf file while the media ignores it.
Wat
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Thu Oct-20-05 03:56 PM
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20. and look how much better |
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our economy is doing!
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Thu Oct-20-05 04:21 PM
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22. Enough to pay for the gutting of Medicaid 35 times over. |
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Thu Oct-20-05 04:25 PM
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23. Corporate Welfare. Where's the reform! |
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Thu Oct-20-05 04:45 PM
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25. kick for the night crowd |
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Thu Oct-20-05 05:03 PM
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26. But our "family values" are safe! Vote repug |
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and give our country away lock stock and barrel.
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Thu Oct-20-05 05:26 PM
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28. This is just WRONG....Huge issue for the '06 elections!!!! |
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Thu Oct-20-05 05:35 PM
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30. Why reports like this don't cause riots I'll never know |
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This should make the masses madder than hell, but for some reason it doesn't.
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Thu Oct-20-05 05:59 PM
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31. imagine what PEOPLE could do with those tax breaks! |
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Thu Oct-20-05 06:14 PM
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32. omg, just imagine how different the world would be if |
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we did something useful with that money.
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Thu Oct-20-05 06:42 PM
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34. WOWEE! I can't wait for the trickle down to reach me. |
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They use that money to make America stronger. Now they don't have to outsource and lay off American workers. What? Do you think they just pocket the tax break money and laugh at us? Is that what you think? Well then. I can tell I am a far superior SAP than you are. Indeed!
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Fri Oct-21-05 08:41 AM
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36. That's $6000 per American, $2000 per year FOR them FROM us. /nt |
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