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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:06 AM Original message |
Fox’s Brit Hume Is Left Speechless When Asked About G.E. Paying Zero Federal Taxes |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
1. williams will be looking for another job.... |
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jerseyjack (369 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. His sorry ass will be out the door by 9 a.m. tomorrow. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
26. No, he is their token black and token liberal. They will keep him on the air. n/t |
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harmonicon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
70. i never got the "token liberal" part. |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #70 |
71. You're right. He's not that liberal, except by Fox standards he is an outright |
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bongbong (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:27 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. Juan will be sent to the detention room |
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Ikonoklast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
64. ....and Bingo was his name-O! |
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EC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
12. Nope |
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ReggieVeggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:10 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. nothing will happen to williams either way |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
63. It's probably OK to slam GE, because they are competitors to FAUX...nt |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:04 AM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I think you are correct..... |
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juajen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. The lack of US taxes that GE pays is because they have outsourced |
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iemitsu (524 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. yes, the WTO needs to be broken. |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:35 AM Response to Reply #3 |
60. The WTO is just shorthand for rogue capital.. Money going where money |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. To some extent due to outsourcing, but its the tax code itself. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:16 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. juajen was right: |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. The tax code should be changed, |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:29 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. ....... |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
5. I know, but....GE is the parent of NBC and MSNBC. I watch both a fair amount daily, yet |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Didn't Rachel discuss this? |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:31 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. Yes, and she even mentioned GE and NBCs affiliation. n/t |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. They HAVE to mention the affiliation. If they forget, they apologize later. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:45 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. It was on MSNBC that I first heard about |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:11 PM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Before or after Jon Stewart did the story? And did folks on other GE networks do the story? |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Before |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. You may have seen a follow up story by Stewart, not his first. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #34 |
43. I'm not defending GE or NBC |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:58 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. What's your point? |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Responding to your comment: |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. How is your question a response to my saying I first heard about it via Daily Show? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
42. I fault them for the coup of 2000. That means they'll never get a pass from me. |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 07:06 AM Response to Reply #5 |
62. Comcast owns NBC now |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
10. He stared at the camera like an actor who forgot his lines. n/t |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. He IS an actor |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:02 PM Response to Reply #32 |
44. Bad actors, too. They think angry yelling equals giving a damn. They don't. |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:56 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Very, very bad actors indeed |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 03:52 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. I wonder if meGYN kelly gets little wisps of smoke coming out of her tiny ears |
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Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
13. Really??? "cutting taxes will actually lead to increased tax revenue." |
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PatSeg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:49 AM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I know, makes your head spin doesn't it? |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:06 PM Response to Reply #13 |
22. They've been repeating a meme for years without knowing that govt. revenue *is* taxes. Sigh. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:20 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. Meh. I think most of them know very well. It's not called "Faux" News for no reason. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
38. Screw Fox News! I prefer the FKN NEWZ, voice of the landless peasant slaves: |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:19 PM Response to Reply #13 |
28. The theory is that cutting taxes will stimulate more business activity which will lead to |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:48 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The theory really breaks down when any business activity generated occurs overseas. |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:05 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. It's allowed so much money to be sucked out the economy that it's suffocating. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
40. Well, it never has.... |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
59. if you let the rich keep their money, they'll invest it thus creating more jobs |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 08:57 AM Response to Reply #13 |
65. Sometimes I think there must be a worm hole to an alternate universe... |
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Marr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
69. It hasn't yet, but they'll keep on saying it until |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
14. bill maher brought this up last friday |
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JJW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
16. Normally FOX would endurse no taxes |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Ummm... |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
29. The look on his face was priceless. 'I like no taxes, but I hate GE because I think NBC is liberal, |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. Don't they pay less than zero? Don't they in fact receive a refund? |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Stewart said a "tax benefit." I think he would have said "refund"if that had been the case. |
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LiberalAndProud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. Don't you have to realize a loss to carry it forward? |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
39. A lot of people just don't get it |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 01:35 PM Response to Reply #39 |
47. Exactly, as I said in #27 above, |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:42 PM Response to Reply #39 |
52. here's how they get away with not paying.... |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 12:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. Remember the flak when Rather mentioned GE? Jack Welch had nothing to do with 2000! Nothing! |
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creeksneakers2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 10:24 PM Response to Original message |
50. The wingers never complained when many Fortune 500 |
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ElsewheresDaughter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-03-11 11:35 PM Response to Original message |
51. rut roh whatja gonna do for a job now Juan? |
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calimary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
53. See? You take them outside of their talking points and their GOP-issued blast-faxes |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 12:35 AM Response to Original message |
54. keep that coming! n/t |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
55. so, if corporations are people |
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Keith Bee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 02:47 AM Response to Original message |
56. "Fox personality" |
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kimsarah (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 03:01 AM Response to Original message |
57. Bathroom break |
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ScottLand (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:00 AM Response to Original message |
58. Beautiful indeed! Someone should frame that look on Hume's |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 05:37 AM Response to Original message |
61. We should be so lucky as to see him truly rendered speechless. |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 09:16 AM Response to Original message |
67. Another, common-sense way to get higher revenue |
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jimlup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-04-11 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
68. Hume is a straight party line guy isn't he |
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