[The Pack Knight]

Good article. The other problem with Santorum's proposal is this: How do you determine what is manufacturing?

Think that's a simple question? Then answer this one:

Which of the following, if any, is a "manufacturing" business?

1. An integrated auto manufacturer.
2. An auto manufacturer that assembles cars from parts bought from China.
3. An auto dealer who buys cars without headlights, buys the headlights separately, installs them on site, and sells the cars.
4. An engineering consulting firm that designs cars.
5. A fast food restaurant.
6. A fast food restaurant's supplier.
7. A caterer.
8. A meatpacker.
9. A corn farmer.
10. A beef cattleman.
11. A dairy farmer.
12. A dog breeder.
13. A guy who makes cabinets by hand.
14. A toilet paper factory.
15. A software company.
16. A CD printing company.
17. A software company that owns its own CD presses and sells its software on CD-ROMs.
18. A movie studio.
19. A coal mine.
20. An oil driller.
21. An oilfield services company.
22. An oil refiner.
23. A homebuilder.
24. A prefabricated home manufacturer.
25. A mobile home manufacturer.

Then if you can answer that, then answer this: How is this not arbitrarily picking winners and losers in the economy and, if it is, when did it become okay for conservatives to do that? Also, why are the businesses for which you said "Yes" better for America than the businesses for which you said "No"? Why should the latter businesses have to pick up the slack for the former?

I'd like to see Santorum answer these questions. I'd like it even more if he rethought this nonsense and started acting like a conservative on this issue, because I generally like the guy and would love to support him.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: The other problem with Santorum’s proposal is this: How do you determine what is manufacturing?

Companies that provide some sort of services will not be classifying themselves as manufacturing companies.

MacDonalds and Burger King and even Hamburger joint will not call themselves burger manufacturers.

Starbuck “manufactures” coffee.

Heck even a software development company that makes “factory objects” will label itself a manufacturing company.

That’s what you get when you try to favor one segment of business over the other.

Better to simply CUT CORPORATE TAXES to one LOW, COMEPTITIVE LEVEL and get out of the way.

[itsahoot]

I'd like to see Santorum answer these questions.

I would like to see common sense applied to problems without the help of lawyers, but I likely won't get my wish. Too much money to be made by the lawyers.

I just won a big class action suit against NetFlix, my share will be a gift certificate which I can obtain by only filling out the twelve page form. The lawyers probably worked ProBono.</sarcasm>