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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:46 PM Original message |
Business Leaders Speak Out on (Obama) Tax Crackdown |
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CJCRANE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Reccing for Obama |
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MarjorieG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:55 PM Response to Original message |
2. Tax havens a huge part of AIG London. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. Fantastic, Probably! |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
4. This will lead to massive inversions and would indeed hurt the US. |
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jaxx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Is that saying we're better off letting them evade taxes? |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:31 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. So we should just keep letting them blackmail us? |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
31. There is no blackmail. It is an issue of fairness. |
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Terry in Austin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:30 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Fairness is where everybody pays their share, not dodge it |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 02:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. It is not a loophole. |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Then... |
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CHIMO (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:50 PM Response to Reply #4 |
20. So Let |
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cosmicone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 10:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
30. No one is opposing paying taxes in the US |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Actually, most of them DON'T pay taxes here. GAO report: |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-19-09 01:41 PM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Let them go to Dubai. |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. What a SHOCK! |
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happygoluckytoyou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:38 PM Response to Original message |
8. and their answer is --------------> |
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mikeytherat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:43 AM Response to Reply #8 |
28. Now who can argue with that? |
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louis-t (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
9. And...it begins. "we can't compete, waaaaaah" |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
10. Awwww...let's play them a song on the world's smallest violin. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. Screw Them. n/t |
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strategery blunder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. Maybe they should've thought about that BEFORE doing illegal shit. |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. or they might not have built a business model that depends on tax avoidance |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:12 AM Response to Reply #12 |
24. News Flash |
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McCamy Taylor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
13. Go Obama! Businesses that evade taxes are criminal enterprises no different from the mob. |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. Toss a few hundred of them in jail. |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 12:28 AM Response to Reply #14 |
21. YES |
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ChromeFoundry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well.... |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Nothing like cutting your nose to spite your face... |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:25 AM Response to Reply #25 |
26. No rich guy ever gave me a job, either. |
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twitomy (756 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:40 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes I basically agree with what your saying... |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
17. MULTINATIONAL business leaders, that is |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-04-09 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
18. Thank GOD they were allowed a voice |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. In other news, serial killers claim that laws that make murder illegal |
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mbperrin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
23. Any actual void created by inversions or other abandonment of this |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
29. PLEASE people!! write to your CONGRESSPERSONS |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-05-09 11:17 AM Response to Reply #29 |
33. I've been doing this for some time, Mari....everyone should write. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-06-09 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
36. Good its about time that Apple paid their fair share... |
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