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White House on if Higher Taxes Kill Jobs: Businesses Have Lots of Resources, We’ve ‘Given Them a Lot of Subsidies’
Breitbart ^ | 03/09/2024 | Ian hatchett

Posted on 03/09/2024 12:24:53 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Balance of Power,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey responded to a question on whether the higher corporate taxes pushed by President Joe Biden will harm hiring by saying that “We need to make sure that the federal government has the resources that it needs to be able to do the things that it needs to do.” And that”businesses have a lot of resources, we’ve also given them a lot of subsidies and supports to go out there and invest.”

Co-host Joe Mathieu asked, [relevant exchange begins around 7:15] “[H]e talked about the need for higher taxes on the wealthy and on corporations, specific to the idea of a higher corporate tax rate, which I know is something that he has been pushing for some time and we have some movement there, I just wonder, what impact that might have on hiring, if any at all? Is that something that you’re able to model?”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; bidenregime; businesses; economy; higher; hunterbiden; taxes; whitehouse
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Heather is an economic retard
1 posted on 03/09/2024 12:24:53 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Then cut down on the subsidies to save money and tax citizens less. It is not complicated. Our garbage ruling class just wants their beak in every pie.


2 posted on 03/09/2024 12:26:47 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

As in:

We’ll take it from you and then give back what we think you need.

Sounds sorta communistic.


3 posted on 03/09/2024 12:28:55 PM PST by farmguy ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27
...We’ve ‘Given Them a Lot of Subsidies’

Government can give you nothing it does not first take away.

4 posted on 03/09/2024 12:30:14 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (The worst thing about censorship is █████ ██ ████ ████████ █ ███████ ████. FJB.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A PERFECT REASON WHY TRUMP -—A REAL BUSINESSMAN-—NEEDS TO BE PRESIDENT.

DEMS JUST KEEP SHUFFLING PROBLEMS AROUND THE CHESS BOARD.

“IF THEY GIVE BUSINESSES SUBSIDIES-—THEY CAN TAX THEM MORE”????????????????????

BIDEN ADMIN==== MENTAL PERVERTS LOOSE IN THE POPULATION


5 posted on 03/09/2024 12:31:17 PM PST by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Was she born that stupid or did she have to train for it?


6 posted on 03/09/2024 12:34:06 PM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

You know this administration is lying when they never......and I mean NEVER take responsibility for ANYTHING negative they are responsible for.


7 posted on 03/09/2024 12:34:16 PM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

For the umpteenth time: Corporations do not pay taxes. Their customers pay those taxes, it’s built into the cost of their products and services. It’s a line item on their income statement.


8 posted on 03/09/2024 12:35:25 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Heather is an acolyte of Wesley Mouch.


9 posted on 03/09/2024 12:36:24 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

For those unaware, subsidies in Government’s view is their money. Because what the government can create “money” the government can taketh away.


10 posted on 03/09/2024 12:40:32 PM PST by Jarhead9297
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To: ChicagoConservative27
"We’ve Given Them a Lot of Subsidies"

And gotten a lot of kickbacks in return no doubt.

11 posted on 03/09/2024 12:45:01 PM PST by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: Night Hides Not

True. I hope Trump and other Republicans will talk about this in the upcoming campaign.

I remember Ronald Reagan had said this as well.

And what is never talked about is that many businesses operate on narrow profit margins. Increasing the cost of doing business will result in higher prices to be charged for whatever goods and services a business provides.

Unlike the federal government, businesses cannot absorb operating losses indefinitely.


12 posted on 03/09/2024 12:46:15 PM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Circular logic in need of a circular firing squad.


13 posted on 03/09/2024 12:50:37 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: Night Hides Not

Absolutely true. I have run my own softeare development company for 30 years. I have a detailed spreadsheet to calculate my prices and taxes are part of it.


14 posted on 03/09/2024 12:52:04 PM PST by Calvin Cooledge
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To: Jarhead9297

Each American is a dollar battery as far as gubmint sees it.


15 posted on 03/09/2024 12:52:27 PM PST by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
...businesses have a lot of resources, we’ve also given them a lot of subsidies and supports to go out there and invest. So, we’re seeing this investment boom at the same time that we’ve been focusing on making sure that we’re enforcing the laws and raising taxes on, as the President likes to say, wealth and not work.

Yeah, the gov't invests in what IT wants, not the American people. Solindra comes to mind. How about cutting taxes on ALL business and let the market determine which businesses need to expand to meet US consumer demand.

16 posted on 03/09/2024 12:53:51 PM PST by econjack
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To: wildcard_redneck

In order to get the subsidies then the business has to do exactly what the government wants. This forces business’s to do evil things.


17 posted on 03/09/2024 1:03:18 PM PST by Revel
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Where is my free bubbleup and rainbow stew?
I’ve gotten nothing, zilch, and did not expect it ,,,,
Must be the wrong flavor of favors, not denizen


18 posted on 03/09/2024 1:07:51 PM PST by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They don’t even realize the problem is unethical spending in D.C. and that the goal should NOT be to ‘maximize’ federal revenue. They always believe they have a right to more.


19 posted on 03/09/2024 1:37:58 PM PST by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: ChicagoConservative27
we’ve also given them a lot of subsidies and supports to go out there and invest.”

Subsidies almost without exception go to companies that are first Large and Second have the resources necessary to get them, namely lawyers and lobbyist.

Where does this money come from to give out subsidies?

It comes from taxing others; individuals and other possibly the very competitors of the company getting the subsidies.

Taxes and subsidies pervert and harm the economy.

These practices are Fascistic.

20 posted on 03/09/2024 1:54:51 PM PST by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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