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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:02 AM Original message |
G.E. gets $3.2 billion tax refund - |
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KathieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
1. This makes me sick. |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. and who is it that has the president's ear on important economic matters? nt |
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snappyturtle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:10 AM Response to Original message |
3. I don't think I want breakfast anymore. Lost my appetite. nt |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
4. That is OBSCENE |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. Crazy.. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Took The New York Times long enough to cover corporate tax-dodging. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Ugland House |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 10:02 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Here's some more on offshoring, courtesy of Lucy Komisar and DU... |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:32 AM Response to Original message |
8. Tax exemptions are unfair period |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. If 5.1 Billion is profit from U.S. operations, then 3.2 Billion Refund will add more than.. |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #9 |
33. But when Obama helps get GE that massive loan to underwrite |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:38 AM Response to Original message |
10. It is the return on their investment in government. |
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CanonRay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sadly, this is nothing unusual |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
12. Not bad for someone who doesn't even pay taxes! |
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Stuart G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks for posting this... Everyone needs to see it....nt |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:05 AM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Occasionally I check the propoganda papers to see what is going on |
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realFedUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. Wonder if anyone on MSNBC will cover this NYTimes story today? |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:24 AM Response to Original message |
16. Corporate welfare at its finest! |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Mar-26-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #16 |
32. + |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:37 AM Response to Original message |
17. Corporate Welfare...been around for a long time... |
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Volaris (479 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
18. we need a Tax code for this country that fits on 3 index cards... |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:14 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Flat taxer eh? |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
19. The Repukes are pushing a big corporate tax credit plan in Iowa - |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
20. As I sit here trying to think of a way to |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
21. So the NYT thought they were issuing a hit-piece on the Prez, and accidentally let the truth.. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Who knows what the motivation is with the Times - |
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truebrit71 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Agreed. I think it shows two things though, one is a deeply flawed tax-code, amd the other is Obama. |
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ProgressiveProfessor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
22. This is the classic result when taxes are used for social engineering by well meant people |
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Chris_Texas (707 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
27. WooHOOO!!!! Good times right? |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
28. ain't that america |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 12:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. But we don't even get the little pink houses anymore ... |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
30. This kind of thing makes me a mushroom cloud laying motherfucker. |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Mar-25-11 02:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Many big corporations don't pay taxes and they |
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Quantess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Mar-27-11 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
34. But, taxing them would be "punishing success". |
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