Did you read the link?

Yes and it doesn't address the point. Will you ever refute it?

It proves that the statement that corporate taxes are a major driving factor in the cost of manufacturing being higher in the USA is a false one.

Maybe they should look at executive salaries and compensation. I read somewhere than a 1% reduction in the average CEO's salary could pay the salaries of 1000 people in most Fortune 500 companies.

The taxes themselves were never the issue. The costs associated with the taxes were.

The taxes themselves were never the issue. The costs associated with the taxes were.

If the taxes aren't an issue then why does every GOP candidate want to lower them even further?

I really don't care what they want to do.

The taxes themselves were never the issue. The costs associated with the taxes were.

If the taxes aren't an issue then why does every GOP candidate want to lower them even further?

I believe the GOP wants to lower the corporate tax rate and get rid of loopholes at the same time. In effect making it more appealing to companies to operate within the US since they don't have to hire lobbyists and the associated lawyers and tax accountants to get the best possible corporate tax rate money can buy. There is a reason why the Democrats oppose such measures. It's because a lot of lawyers and tax accountants will be looking for employment! But no one ever said that a nation could prosper on the backs of ambulance chasers and pencil pushers.

There is a reason why the Democrats oppose such measures. It's because a lot of lawyers and tax accountants will be looking for employment! But no one ever said that a nation could prosper on the backs of ambulance chasers and pencil pushers.

Ambulance chasers and pencil pushers, I can see you've got a nice UNBIASED opinion.

What else do they do that is a benefit to society?

Predicted responses:

Pat Garafalo, is that liberal nutjob Jeanne Garafalo's brother.

Thinkprogress Typical liberal rag.

You know old expression "You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink"

I have my own expression based on this one:

"You can lead a Rightie to the facts, but you can't make him think"

<<Let's name them. Also, let's name the ones that don't...and how much they actually pay percentage wise and dollar wise.>>

www.ctj.org/corporatetaxdodgers.corporattaxdodgersreport.pdf

or

www.ctj.org/corporatetaxdodgers50states/corporatetaxdodgers50statesreport.pdf

Or just google it.

So, America might have the highest corporate tax rate on paper, but it isn't actually enforced since those who make the most money have the most political influence over our bought and paid for politicians on BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.

How many total corporations were sampled?

Corporate taxes in the U.S., contrary to the constant protestations of conservatives, are at a 40 year low, with many of the most profitable companies paying nothing at all. CTJ noted that “had these 30 companies paid the full 35 percent corporate tax rate over the 2008-11 period, they would have paid $78.3 billion more in federal income taxes.”

This is why this argument is so stupid. The only companies that get away with paying far less in corporate income tax are the majors that are politically connected and have the means to hire the army of lawyers and tax accountants to make it possible. Nonetheless, even if these companies were to be taxed at the FULL 35 PERCENT it would only generate an extra 26.1 billion dollars per year in revenue. We are currently adding around 4 billion dollars in new debt PER DAY! Yes, that is per day. So that means that if the Left got their way and were permitted to tax companies at the fullest extent, it would cover a mere 6.5 days of government spending.

It's the same thing with the Buffett Rule. It would generate 40 some billion dollars in revenue over a DECADE! Yes, one day of debt per year, lol.

These ideas coming out of the Left are so dumb, ineffective, and not even worth the time of day that anyone supporting this should be tattooed with the word dunce on their forehead.

We need real solutions not rhetoric that panders to the moreons in this nation that can't see the writing on the wall. You won't address the budget issues or the debt without tackling entitlements which are our biggest cost drivers today and are expected to be even bigger moving forward. Democrats do not want to touch these and would rather keep their head buried up their as s and send this nation into bankruptcy.

This is why this argument is so stupid. The only companies that get away with paying far less in corporate income tax are the majors that are politically connected and have the means to hire the army of lawyers and tax accountants to make it possible.

We've already debunked this theory. Time to find a new spin.

Care to address the rest of my point? Didn't think so.