Abolish the Corporate Tax: It’s dumb, corrupt, onerous, and pointless.

National Review ^ | 09/04/2014 | Kevin D. Williamson

[I cannot think of a name]

I’m a couple of years older than you, but I still shoot very well and can hike 15 - 20 miles when I want to. So I say, if ever - now is fine. My biggest fear is for this to dribble on like it is and the real sh@t start when I’m in my 80’s.

[Socon-Econ]

There’s a third, hidden, tax in that consumers are forced to pay higher prices because businesses factor in taxes into their pricing strategies.

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Good observation. I can only add that ANY tax, hidden or direct,is ultimately going to transfer income away from consumers and toward the government. The better conservatives can explain this in their talking points,the more electable they will become.

[amnestynone]

“Corporations simply pass on the tax to consumers by raising prices. The tax also affects how much they pay their employees Is that why corporations are so adamantly opposed to taxes because they do not want to just pass them on to consumers? I think not before we lowered the taxes on the wealthy 30 years ago I never even heard of a "big government Conservatives". They seem to be a product of lower taxes. They don't have to pay so much so now they have no problems with spending. The country is controled by rich liberal gentry types. The GOP is controlled by wealthy corporatists and by their own admission they are “working to gether to get things done”. So there fore they should pay.

[amnestynone]

“There’s a third, hidden, tax in that consumers are forced to pay higher prices because businesses factor in taxes into their pricing strategies.

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Good observation. I can only add that ANY tax, hidden or direct,is ultimately going to transfer income away from consumers and toward the government. The better conservatives can explain this in their talking points,the more electable they will become.”

Not really that is controlled by the market and this is only one part of the market. If it were this simple then Business would not holler about taxes like the do, they would just pass it on. They would not move out of high tax states they would just pass the taxes on.

[muir_redwoods]

Corporations do not pay taxes; they collect it from their customers as a courtesy to the government. The high US rates puts US companies at a competitive price disadvantage in the world markets. Any other view is formulated without reference to reality. Our government is destroying our economy. This is not an accident.

[refermech]

Yup, it will be a bear to try to summon any strength at all at 80+. When you see pics of past wars and see the look in the old mens eyes, you know the mind was willing but the body was not.

[I cannot think of a name]

Well, when the big battle starts, people that post here on Free Republic and others that think like us will find ourselves outnumbered and targeted. That's actually OK with me. I've had a wonderful life and if it's time, it's time. I'd just like for it to happen when I still have the physical abilities to dispatch 8 to 10 of them before they get me (at least a clips worth.)

If every conservative takes 8 to 10 with ‘em, who knows, we might even be able to save the country.

[refermech]

That’s when the 75 rd drum will come in handy. I know it’s spray and pray but I think just the sheer noise and fury will be worth something. Problem is the barrel gets so damn hot.(which will be the least of my worries I know)