[NohSpinZone]

Scratching my head on that. It should be the other way around as large cap companies have more means to lower their effective tax rates. I’m a pass-through sole proprietor and I have to pay both ends of social security. My effective tax rate is substantially higher than most corporations. My only recourse around this is to shelter a lot of gross income in tax-deferred retirement accounts.

[Mike-o-Matic]

>> My only recourse around this is to shelter a lot of
>> gross income in tax-deferred retirement accounts.

Grand, ain't it? But of course, "tax-deferred" ain't the same as "tax exempt" so you'll be paying it eventually anyway.

>>I’m a pass-through sole proprietor and I have to pay
>>both ends of social security. My effective tax rate is
>>substantially higher than most corporations.

Yep, as well as Mediscare. I agree with you 100%, it's inherently harmful and punitive to small business owners... the backbone of American commerce. But I guess small business doesn't have (or rather, can't afford) the right lobbyists.

[Sam Gamgee]

It is total bullshit, and I feel for you as an entrepreneur. Is the America of the inventors and creators or the America of the Robber Barons?