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originally posted by: xuenchen
a reply to: debonkers
You could be right or you could be wrong.....
Companies Paying the Most (and Least) Taxes
Companies paying the most in income taxes
1. ExxonMobil
• Income tax expense: $31.05 billion
• Earnings before taxes: $78.73 billion
• Revenue: $428.38 billion
•1-year share price change: 6.56%
• Industry: Oil and gas
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: neo96
I see a lot of people paying more money for health care, when we were promised savings.
That money isn't coming from the rich and it isn't benefiting any of the rest.
originally posted by: Jamie1
originally posted by: BlueMule
Income inequality would almost certainly be worse today if we had a Republican president, according to an “exclusive analysis by the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, conducted at the request of The Washington Post” in July 2014, “that compared today’s income distribution with what it would look like if President George W. Bush’s tax policies were still in place.”
www.politicususa.com...
I can't believe people are falling for republican b.s.. they are a party of deception, obstruction, and greed.
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It's not income inequality that's the problem.
It's adding value inequality that's the problem.
A guy flipping french fries all day isn't adding much value.
A guy who started his own business and employs 100 employees adds a lot more value to society.
Why should their incomes be equal?
originally posted by: neo96
originally posted by: Flatfish
originally posted by: neo96
Seriously ?
How can a minority block ANYTHING ?
Answer THEY CAN'T.
That's a bald faced lie and you know it.
Just wait, next week you'll be ranting on and on when one man, (a minority in almost any room) rightfully vetoes the hell out of your precious Keystone pipeline legislation.
Bold face lie eh ?
The Democratic Party controlled a majority in both chambers for the first time since the end of the 103rd Congress in 1995. A
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110th congress.
Democratic MAJORITIES.
Both House, and Senate.
originally posted by: theMediator
originally posted by: neo96
Different work. Different pay.
Indeed, the harder the work, the worst the pay.
That right there is inequality and that's exactly how our upside down world works.
On top of that, people that move up in ranks go on until they suck at what they do, hence why they stopped going up in ranks. So we have a world full of incompetent superiors that make more money than the people under them for doing a #ty job.
It's for reasons like this that humans are barely more than animals.
originally posted by: jrod
a reply to: Merinda
So are you trying to tell us the driving force of inflation is increasing minimum wage?
Not really sure what you are getting at. Seems like the word 'burger flipper' is thrown around a lot when talking about the working poor. Why is that?
originally posted by: spiritualzombie
Yeah people are lazy. If you want to get paid more money, then work hard, become rich, and maybe one day you can buy your own government. That's the new 'merica. Get used to it. If you're not top first percent, you're bottom last.
"Fixing" income inequality is not a function of government.
There is no Constitutional authorization for such a ridiculous idea, and if people are unhappy with their income, the solution isnt to take from some to give to another. Want more money? Then make yourself more valuable.