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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 07:34 AM Original message |
WOOoooo...capitalists deserve profits because they take risks |
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loudnclear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 07:50 AM Response to Original message |
1. Risks with taxpayer subsidies and huge tax breaks.. |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 08:00 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I would support tax breaks |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 08:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
4. and without profits |
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sal (321 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 03:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
34. Right. Like that ever happened. |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 04:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
36. Corporate taxes have dropped like the 29' stock market. |
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livinontheedge (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 05:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Get a clue . . . U.S. corporations pay the second HIGHEST corporate tax |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 06:53 PM Response to Reply #40 |
46. here are some links. You need to get me a few too. |
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livinontheedge (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 07:15 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. You didn't address the issue . . . corporate tax rates of 35% is the |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-03 01:58 AM Response to Reply #47 |
50. oK, no prob. Just keep giving |
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bahrbearian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 09:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Hog Wash !! |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 09:15 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. HA HA, HA HA HA HA |
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BiggJawn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 09:20 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. But, how MUCH profit? |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 12:07 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. I didn't know that was what the discussion was about, |
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Isome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 06:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
45. It's about the fallacy that businesses take all the risks... |
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Dauerlauf (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 09:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Thank you |
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Nobody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:05 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. I object to living off the labor of others |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:23 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Then don't live that way |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. perhaps corporations should read |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:47 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. This is why the future is bleak for Walmart |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 02:27 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Wow. |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 05:50 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. And the government makes sure the unemployment rate is high |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
20. I agree those who create the profit deserve it. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:50 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Then workers should unite |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 11:00 AM Response to Reply #23 |
26. How? All the manufacturing is done overseas now. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 11:29 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Depends on what you do |
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w4rma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 04:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. I have an idea for a gadget. I'll hire an engineer from Inda to design |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:48 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. Whacked out values |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:55 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Risk |
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Mairead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 05:41 PM Response to Reply #25 |
41. You conveniently ignore the fact that it's generally someone else's money |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 06:26 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Their argument is always the same |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-03 05:44 AM Response to Reply #25 |
52. Why is your money more important than life? |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
5. qr123 and mmonk |
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teryang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
6. This is the government of monopoly capitalism |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 09:40 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Bingo |
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jumptheshadow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
10. You have to distinguish between businesses |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:22 AM Response to Original message |
14. Laissez faire Republicans, not corporations are bad. |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 01:43 PM Response to Reply #14 |
30. Interesting post (unintentionally, of course) |
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John_H (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 11:45 PM Response to Reply #30 |
48. You don't need a vast knowledge of American history, Richmiester |
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RichM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-03 08:44 AM Response to Reply #48 |
53. Re: "Per the dead wrong part I truly cannot cite a real world example..." |
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JanMichael (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. How very true. |
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livinontheedge (232 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
18. Capital at risk deserves a reward . . . period. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:51 AM Response to Reply #18 |
24. This is so much BS. |
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Muddleoftheroad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 11:28 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Not in the least |
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Occulus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 02:37 PM Response to Reply #18 |
33. If even one single employee in the company |
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indigo32 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 04:48 PM Response to Reply #18 |
38. Most Capitalists DO take risks |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 10:49 AM Response to Original message |
22. NWO capitalism "Heads Corporations win, Tails We the People lose" eom |
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Bushknew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
31. love it love it |
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Character Assassin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
35. What purposefully misleading BS. |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 04:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Yours is purposefully misleading BS |
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WhoCountsTheVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-01-03 06:28 PM Response to Reply #37 |
44. What CharacterAssassain said is purposefully misleading BS |
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9215 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-03 02:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Well, why don't you tell him that? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-02-03 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
49. you should say corporatists |
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