the govt couldnt find $2.3 billion dollars on sept 10.....donald rumsfeld said he didnt know. The next day ept 11 happened. Recently we cannot find $9 billion.
whats the big fucking deal with the tax rate. if my tax rate was 99 percent id still pay less then buffet if he paid .1 percent. the rate doesn't matter its the amount paid
ummmm......@hoschi : Your an idiot. You just can't cover everything in a couple of minutes. AND he did cover GE. You obviously went into this blind, and refused to hear what the point was. WHY ARE WE GIVING AWAY AMERICAN MONEY WHEN WERE GOING BROKE?!?!
2 classes of wealth in the OS 1 represent by Buffet , the other by the Koch boys. I ironically both group earned their wealth the old fashion way. Buffet earned it, the Koch's inherited. For some stupid reason Americans listen to the Kochs, rather than Buffet. Buffet knows in time he & the Kochs will do better if we listen to Buffet. Buffet is willing to wait for it, the Koch's wanted it yesterday. They are going hungry dontcha know?
nice vid and speech of this "comentator",since you are on the corporation and on exxon ,let me ask you this......how about GE? they didnt payed any taxes either ,where is your rant on them?,or how about the Federal Reserve Bank? didnt hear anything about them in your speech ? oh and fyi the federeal reserve made $10B more in profit than Exxon in 2008 (i believe not sure),so how about you bash them for a change? and one more thing ,Federal laws apply's to every Manufacture/Producer not Oil only
Don't forget, corporations get tax breaks because "they are going to create more jobs" - but corporations are required to put the interests of their shareholders before ALL other interests (see Documentary "The Corporation"). So Large companies and their Board of Directors earn much MORE money if they move jobs overseas and get cheap labor. That's why we have "Free Trade", the corporations bring the items for sale back into the USA tax free.
If search Aaron Russo on Tax, it's actually true and in the constitution, that the people should never be taxed, only the corporations. This was made because the old leaders knew of the taxes and oncoming bankers. The only president who actuallymade bankers part of our problem was the one in 1913, which the fed developed the depression 20 years later. It's sad, but the constitution is actually the solution to these problems. Just the government of today doesn't practice it, or do with circles.
@thanatos101b Please see my video entitled "G.E.'s C.E.O. Jeffrey Immelt Gives Mission Statement", it's on my channel. They have over a thousand people working in their tax department to avoid paying taxes.
@brokkenstar Which has absolutely nothing to do with Cenk being bought off, or what his credibility is. In fact, Cenk has railed against G.E. both on his own show, and on MSNBC. So please, explain to me how, exactly and precisely, Cenk has been bought off and why, exactly and precisely, his credibility is nil.
@thanatos101b Well if you watched my video you would no how corrupt his boss is, in short, he's now just a corporate mouthpiece, and it's sad that we don't enforce antitrust laws anymore, because G.E. and companies like them, giant monopolies, would not be allowed to own a television network. By the way, the federal airwaves are property of the people, unfortunately we haven't yet charged these networks any rent to use our airwaves.
@brokkenstar I do not care how corrupt his boss is. Do you know why? Because Cenk is not his boss. But please, quite stating random (untrue) things, and show how Cenk is "just a corporate mouthpiece." Go on. Show it. I've now asked you to show it three times, so if it is a fact, then you should have explicit examples of it. Back up your words or you are just a tiny, little liar.
@thanatos101b Money has a calming affect, especially big money, surely they didn't pick him up because he was going to annnounce the ugly truth about the capitalists who have taken over our country and her government by bribery and lobbying with the Supreme Court's blessing!
@brokkenstar Wow, you are just a pretty little liar. Go off now, spread your lies elsewhere. There are probably people out there that are too lazy to bother confronting you with them.
@thanatos101b Why don't you ask him, ask him if being an employee of G.E. of Schenectady, N.Y., where I'm from by the way, and how they went from 40,000 employees to 5,0000 employees, yet went overseaas to China and elsewhere and opened sweatshops to fill the treacherous void of unAmerican behavior, you ask him and those in dozen cities like Schenectady which G,.E,. abandoned for cheap labor, no living wage, no health insurance, and no environmental laws.
The corporations don't pay their fair share in taxes. they should be paying atleast 40 percent income tax, and a much larger capital gains tax, since they control a share of government every time they put new and improved products on the shelves, get people to shop in their stores and hire security people many of whom are former law enforcement officers. therefore the corporations should be paying more in taxes to help decrease the national debt
I compiled a blog which includes my take on the declining corporate tax rates in the 34 OECD member countries. Just Google search: "Corporate Executives Deny 57 million Americans healthcare - by Bill Woollam" I surmise it is an orchestrated scam where International CEOs lobby member nations to lower corp. tax rates. Then, as one member country at a time reduces corporate tax rates, the pressure is put on remaining member countries to lower their corporate rates in order to compete "globally".
This is as much a democrat issue as republican. GE owns MSNBC and others. This is not Obama's "fault" nor was it Bush. But, jackasses like the fellow in this video who blame party not government are the issue. 261 + of our legally elected officials are multi-millionaires. They equally accept hundreds of millions in contributions. Most likely the turk is too much of a worthless coward to openly address this. Mature up. Gov not party is screwing us.
@calimar28 2/3rd'a of american companies pay zerp fucking taxes already and receive massive tax breaks; then cut jobs anyways claiming taxes are too high; stop being an ignorant shitheel
it's like right now in pennsylvania, where companys are trying to move in and get a hand on the natural-gas resources, and one of the states-representitives doesn't wan't to tax them and if, then just a minimal tax rate (on profits). in other countrys like bolivia, they get 80% of the profit made, from companys that come from overseas and want/buy their natural-gas resources! and the most important part is,...... they are STAYING!!!
why if they can only keep 20% .... because they NEED it!!
I love how as soon as KP cited these references, the "non-believers" shut up immediately. I know it's a generalization, but this is how a lot of the extreme conservatives "debate." Instead of trying to make an argument in favor of these ridiculous policies that they are indirectly supporting by electing conservative officials, they try to discredit the person making the claims. When they find that they can't do that, they simply quit the debate and move on to a different one.
i really don't think you can't blame these companies for doing what's best for them if it's legal. honestly, if anyone here complaining about how "evil" or "unamerican" these multi-national corporations are knew of any loop-holes in the tax code such they would be paying less in taxes, i doubt they would refuse to use them.
Why don't they talk about the (CAFR's) where all the GOVERNMENTs of America take ALL the TAX dollars and invest in the STOCK MARKET owning 80% of the stocks. They MAKE TRILLIONS and never report it on their BOOKS. Then they LIE and tell the American people they are BROKE> why don't the LYING media talk about that? Now you know why our schools suck and our infrastructure is falling apart. AMERICA YOU ARE BEING ROBBED!! GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE IT! IT IS CRIMINAL AND the media is LYING!
Why don't they talk about the (CAFR's) where all the gov't of America take ALL the TAX dollars and invest in the STOCK MARKET owning 80% of the stocks. They MAKE TRILLIONS and never report it on their BOOKS. Then they LIE and tell the American people they are BROKE> why don't the LYING media talk about that? Now you know why our schools suck and our infrastructure is falling apart. AMERICA YOU ARE BEING ROBBED!! GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE IT!
Do you know the main difference? Monetary policy. While the Bundesbank mandate is "stability", Fed´s mandate is promoting growth, which is an euphemism to justifiy enormous credit expansions. Germans have a vivid memory of hyperinflation in the 1920s
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Easy credit (not based on real savings in society) has nothing to do with a free market. Capitalism is about saving in first place. That´s why, believe it or not, some european countries are more capitalist than USA
What do you mean capitalism is about saving? Don't you understand how we got to this point in the first place? It is generations of saving which created lenders, who in a capitalist system have the most power, after all capital = power, who then manipulated the system outside of the market (i.e government) to be favourable to them, which in turn led to an entire economy based on credit.
@Seleucus84 Of course, remember the late 90s and first 2000s, when Germany was "done" because they grew 0% while America grew 4-5%. This is what happened: germans reduced wages and labor costs to gain competitivity and employment, reduced households and business debt and sacrified part of their standards of living. They became the world largest exporter. While America bet on easy credit, hyper consumption and high private debt, while trade deficits skyrocketed and many high skilled jobs flew
Minor point: corporations are made up of individuals.
I do not support tax breaks - which is just another form of central economic planning by politicians - but taxes on corporations are taxes on share holders, employees, etc. Not some faceless inanimiate object.
@TheBasicFreedom Without corporate taxes, what is stopping some very wealthy individual from evading taxes by owning a corporation, and having all of the stuff he owns, all his income, owned by the corporation?
In open competition, profits need to put into use in a way that satisifies customer demand better than before or the competition. Taxing corporate profits, is taxing the productivity of the corporation; which is an indirect tax on customers, employees, stock holders, etc - and the living standards of all individuals.
I am in favor of a fair tax system - including profits on small business "vs". corp, rich "vs" poor, etc.
@TheBasicFreedom There is no such thing as open competition. You know what happens? One side plays unfairly, and becomes dominant in that marketplace. WIth or without govenrment assistance.
But, explain how "one side plays unfairly"? If someone can't compete with someone elses prices - how do you objectively say they are playing unfair - maybe it's the other way around?
Getting alot of market share, should be a result of continually satisfying more customers, increasing productivity, investing capital smartly, etc. Without gov. help - this takes a lot of work from a lot of individuals.
@TheBasicFreedom - Uh, no. In the REAL world, the business uses the country, state, and local infrastructure to do their business. Just the shipping alone on large trucks wears out our roads and they need to be repaved much more often. They don't pay for the infrastructure they use at all.
We the people are a charitable organization saving them their infrastructure investment free and clear. It is corporate welfare.
@TheBasicFreedom - Did you miss the point that they are paying like -1% and even those who pay taxes pay no where near what you and I do in terms of percentage? Yet they can spend millions to lobby Congress and the White House. They litigate in our courts. They expect law enforcement to respond to their companies and protect their assets. Same with the fire department. The list goes on and on.
Let them pay the cost of entry like everyone else. They are tax evaders expecting corporate welfare.
@AntigoneRisen I'm not in favor of any regressive or progressive taxation. If corporations are paying less than other small businesses, etc - I disagree with this, just like you. (My comment was just saying what I would like to see - fair tax system).
Yep, too much money is spent on decreasing competition, instead of producing anything of value - but government is to blame too, obviously, since they write the rules, etc. (We agree here too).
@avatarmn a loan price (interest) and amount is based upon risk vs. reward from the POV of the lender, etc. Loaning a multi-million-dollar loan to an individual, like me, would be very risky on the part of the lender - they most likely would not get their money back; and would only lend it if I had a use for it that could yield a (high) return; or had income to pay-off the (low) interest rate. This is not true for some established business that brings in million-dollars of revenue, etc.
@Castropher Buffett's business model is an economically viable model. Instead of buying up factories and cutting them up and selling them off, he does his research and buys up companies that are underperforming in the marketplace, and then allowing the experts in their fields enough initiative to make their own decisions.
@Accisma In my talks with alot of libertarians they act like they are against big business, but noreso because their ideology convinces them that a truly free market would keep business from getting so big and corrupt.
You know how to them the invisible hand fixes everything. Now if in this world, most people would ideally be completely informed and caring about "every" decision they make. But thats simply not practical or even possible and you cant expect business to tell you the truth anyway.
I guess it's no wonder future generations are screwed, cause they'll flip the bill on this one....damn I wonder how these people sleep at night knowing they're drying up everyone's money to pay them?
@aaronsande gee, i thought that was against the ideas of you idiots, IE let the rich and corporations pay as little tax as possible, give corporations that don't need it lots of bail outs to reward them for their own malpractices so that they'll give billions of bail out money as bonuses to executives. and then up the tax rate for everyone who actually needs the money. and then praise the republicans.
@Finiras What idiots do you think I am a part of? You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger progressive than I.
So how about you back that truck of yours up and rethink what you say to me. Sounds like we agree. And I understand your anger, thinking I'm a Pug or a Tea Party idiot.
I used "anti-American" to throw their own accusations against them. Is that too subtle for you?
@Finiras Ya know I really hate when people resort to rhetoric and name-calling over actual arguments, but what you said is so true that I'm ok with it
There has to be a way to fix this and I don't pretend to know what that is. But just applying more taxes to corporations without stopping them from passing on their taxes to the consumer helps no one. There has to be a system that has everyone paying a fair share without it inflating costs to a point where the choices are a) raise prices, or b) layoff employees. If anyone has the answer to that, pass it along; I'd love to learn what is the right answer and then push my reps to vote for it.
imho this is why you see pre-emptive fear of raising taxes on high income earners. when they say they will raise taxes on people who earn more than, say, $1million a year, the working ppl say "but we'll lose jobs!". um, if your boss owns a company, HE pays his OWN taxes. the company isn't impacted AT ALL. its all relative as well. increasing taxes for the top 10% sounds mean, until you find they are cap'd at %34 or something. you have to know where it starts. I agree witcha.
Let the so called 'Certified Public Accountants' of these companies be employed by the gov't and have an online gov't acctg system for them and the big banks. Perhaps we'll see the real profits, not the figures they want to show.
What the shocking part. American Conservative ignorant about purpose of taxes and when to apply them. All conservatives have been taught about taxes are Taxes bad.
@bumfire007 Did you know that the United States has the highest corporate tax rates among the western countries? While most european countries overtax individuals and the fruit of their labor. Europeans have made everything to reduce the labor costs for corporations at the expense of workers, who pay 40-50%. Particularly in last 10 years, to become more competitive. The best example is Germany, whose domestic demand is depressed.
@dangerouslytalented I was being sarcastic ^^ I know that if they KNEW the truth they would go out there and protest until hell froze over, but sadly Beck and Rush have them enthralled.
One also notes how the host here talks about income instead of earnings, two very different things in business. They don't just want to tax profits, but any income a business may have, even if the business loses money. The left hates the private sector and considers it the enemy. And is determined to tax it out of existence.
Oi, where to begin. Only an international leftist would equate patriotism with how much can be taxed off of the productive. They see more taxes as more money to redistribute to the moochers. One also notes how the host here considers American exceptionalism to being a sucker, rather than the hope of the world, and advises the US to adopt the same policies that are wrecking the rest of the west.
@franksnow79 It is US taxpayers who are getting ripped off here, that means YOU. Not me, I am an Australian, so it kind of benefits me that Exxon Mobil pays tax here and not in America.
Warren Buffet pays less percentage of his taxes compared to his secretary, yet he pays a LOT more because of his income. I don't like when non-economist talk about taxes, high taxes does nothing but hurt the economy.
@Teromi High taxe on the consumer class (regular people) is bad because they drive the economy.High taxes on the wealthy give the gov more money, also rich people spend less buying super expensive things than all of america shopping at the dollar store. if you want proof of this try researching the great depression. (funny he is an "economist" yet he does not know much about the economy)
I never claimed I was an economist, I was referring to Cenk, who is a progressive therefore biased in this issue. High taxer on the producer class (non "Regular People" ) Hinders production and acts as a deterrent towards innovation and entrepreneurship.
@Teromi The "producer" class only invests money in production when there is a potential profit to be had in making things. Otherwise they will put money into dirivitives or tulip bulbs or whatever investments promise the greatest return on their money.
A consumer buys stuff, clothes and insurance and whatever else Berkshire Hathaway sells.
Put a greater share of the tax burden on the consumer, then they will not buy clothes and insurance and the other stuff Berkshire Hathaway makes, and there will be no profits to be had.
@prankwatcher Only you have mentioned socialism or socialist system so far
Liberals and Progressives and most socialist seeming countries actually believe in the use of a market system, just not through austrian styles economics or laissez faire
Also, you shouldnt judge all govs based on the extremely corrupt american government
Because a politician doesnt go for your exact beliefs doesnt mean they arent serving other non-business voters over you
@waltermh111 It's telling to observe how the push is always to label Dems/ Progressives in the most extremist terms. It's all cognitive dissonance, lying, and a direct projection of what it factually means to be a Republican.
@waltermh111 In fact i think some european countries are more capitalist and pro-market than America. Since capitalism is about saving in first place, while America bet on easy credit (based on no real savings), hyper consumption and high private debt. There are also more "austrian" politicians and economists in Europe.
@waltermh111 Also, according to Pew, Liberals are the second largest demographic (out of 9 demographics) to own businesses and to trade stocks and bonds. Maybe liberals want regulation because they think it will help all people (business and non-business). Furthermore, Liberals are the demographic that shows the strongest support for balancing the budget and reducing the deficit.
@prankwatcher Everyone wants to blame someone else. People don't realize that simply by writing to your congress people, you're taking your government into your own hands. I'm going too write Obama about this. It's a very reasonable thing, to ask these giant corporations to pay their fair share.
the North Amercian tax system is a joke, both in the States and in Canada where someone making millions of dollars can pay a lesser tax rates then someone who has to choose between rent or healthcare.
gosh.. is this a surprise ? hell no..u have to be a idiot to not have known that most corporations have their profits hidden ..most rich people do the same thing.. hid their assets in the Cayman Islands or Switzerland..bury the assets in all manner of legal shelters..the only people that pay taxes are the little people
Uhhh, if the (natural) major "tax providers" don't pay any taxes how are the conservatives supposed to lower the ammount of taxes that the corporations have to pay so America becomes actractive again for them to produce their goods in? Paying less then nothing is impossible : /
By the way, is it possible to write off political funding against tax?
Huh? look, if you don't pay taxes, you don't deserve help from the police or fire department. The soldiers don't fight for you either. you need to understand all these things are all socialist and need taxes to be paid for.
@blackmage665 police and fire department could be conducted by private hired companies. Which would drive cost(taxes) down, since competition drives efficiency. Government is monopoly-force. look up 'Police Arresting Innocent People For Quotas'.
I dont want soldiers murdering for me...''Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy''--Henry Kissinger
Shouldn't the so called liberal media be sharing this story? Shouldn't Fox's anchors and commentators be freaking out about this? Shouldn't Rush Limbaugh be outraged? Of coooooooouuurse they won't. Our corporately owned and operated media machine will never bite the hand that feeds it. Actually thats not even a good analogy. The media isn't owned by corporations. It is an arm of our corporations. This game is rigged and its rigged for the few against the many.
Shouldn't the so called liberal media be sharing this story? Shouldn't Fox's anchors and commentators be freaking out about this? Shouldn't Rush Limbaugh be outraged? Of coooooooouuurse they won't. Our corporately owned and operated media machine will never bite the hand that feeds it. Actually thats not even a good analogy. The media isn't owned by corporations. It is an arm of our corporations. This game is rigged and its rigged for the few against the many.
@geoff2204 yeah right. They don't tell them this on Fox news. I know people in the Tea Party. Not the brightest bulb on the tree. If it isn't on Fox it never happened. They only believe "We need less regulations."
I'm surprised at how TYT and other liberals can still believe in capitalism while knowing all of this. The rules of capitalism - the basic brickwork of it - is based on greed, which is an evil. You can't regulate out the evil lying at the very core of a system. Don't give Dracula a makeover; kill the bastard. Kill capitalism.
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i think its wrong for us to penalize our most succesfull citizens for achieving the american dream and making this country stronger, cenk and the libs may hate small buisness but i dont think any buisness owner should pay any taxes because they worked hard and through faith in god, achieved much on earth. unlike the lazy welfare queens who sit on their hands and cry "free money free money give give it im poor"
@tehant1liberal No it's called paying your fair share, jackass. Reagan was a corporate whore that really destroyed this country with the elites failed policies. WAKE-UP.
@tehant1liberal "i think its wrong for us to penalize our most succesfull citizens for achieving the american dream "
So they can't get taxed because they make money, so us unsuccessful non-millionaries should pay more taxes to make up the difference? That's bullshit. You would have a shit fit if Obama said that everyone not making a million has to pay 50% more taxes just so some corporate fags and buy an extra yacht.
please can you answer this anyone? how much money did the lobbyist use in total in 2009? anyone knows? please, it would help me with my article about lobbyism in america. It's only a normal oral presentation, but it would help me greatly=) We could chose a subject about america and i chose lobbysim, and my main source has been TYT, but if anyone has some input, i would graciously accept it=)
and if u fail to file your 300 dollar taxes u may be jailed etc..
republicans are not "patriots" they are enemies of the sate, they only use that word to brainwash the majority of stupid Americans to support what is used against their own principals.
boy, you would expect these to be allover the news media but apparently FOX is one of their biggest brainwash fuck ups
Wal-Mart DOESN'T just operate in the US. It also operates under other names in other countries. In Japan, for instance, SEIYU is part of the Wal-Mart chain.
If they pay low taxes in The States, they probably also pay low taxes elsewhere.
@1000Demons They pay whatever they get away with, and they get substantial subsidies, so they don't have to pay their workers as much.... Quite a few of their full time workers have to remain on welfare.
I do know the reason government feels it is unfair to tax corperations and those getting dividends so they try to lower rates on the "right" income. With loopholes for companies and trusts for individuals there is a serious problem. The correct solution is to close all the loopholes at the corperate level, increase rates to highest income individual and make dividends tax free for integration.
GE is the one that surprises me the most. I'd like to know what their subsidies are for, and where all the taxable income from NBC, MSNBC and their other TV channels goes. Seriously could you imagine anyone on MSNBC talking about this; they would instantly get the David Shuster / Ashleigh Banfield treatment.
Corporate tax rates have done nothing but DROP in the last many decades, for many years corporations flourished at rates over 75% but due to many factors this high of rate would not work as well in current times. One must remember, it's a tax on profit not income, and the current highest rate for the richest corporations today is 35-39%. Critics conveniently argue against the numbers and not the difference in tax systems when comparing us to other nations. Raising it WILL NOT affect job growth.
people say that corporations are good and that the government shouldnt egulate them because the corporations are doing a better job without them. the corporations have put the world economy into the fucking gutter, Thats not a good job!
Republicans talk about protecting "small businesses" in America. But it is a complete sham. Does anyone actually think that Congress is looking out for a mom & pop store in rural Iowa? They have no lobbyists or representation. But big business has a bunch of lobbyists. So they pay congress a bunch of money to make their businesses even more profitable through deregulation and tax breaks. This allows them more financial capital to gobble up and destroy small businesses.
the govt couldnt find $2.3 billion dollars on sept 10.....donald rumsfeld said he didnt know. The next day ept 11 happened. Recently we cannot find $9 billion.
jamesgambino 1 month ago
@jamesgambino Im sorry I meant trillion LMAO
jamesgambino 1 month ago
whats the big fucking deal with the tax rate. if my tax rate was 99 percent id still pay less then buffet if he paid .1 percent. the rate doesn't matter its the amount paid
zooders 4 months ago
@zooders sure the rate does not matter if your looking to let the rich keep most of their money.
BloodJunkie11 4 months ago
@BloodJunkie11 yeah cause you sure pay millions a year...
zooders 4 months ago
ummmm......@hoschi : Your an idiot. You just can't cover everything in a couple of minutes. AND he did cover GE. You obviously went into this blind, and refused to hear what the point was. WHY ARE WE GIVING AWAY AMERICAN MONEY WHEN WERE GOING BROKE?!?!
dekecds 4 months ago
Cenk's an idiot
claton95 6 months ago
@claton95
No you are an idiot.
searching4dtruth 3 months ago
2 classes of wealth in the OS 1 represent by Buffet , the other by the Koch boys. I ironically both group earned their wealth the old fashion way. Buffet earned it, the Koch's inherited. For some stupid reason Americans listen to the Kochs, rather than Buffet. Buffet knows in time he & the Kochs will do better if we listen to Buffet. Buffet is willing to wait for it, the Koch's wanted it yesterday. They are going hungry dontcha know?
donyunger 7 months ago
nice vid and speech of this "comentator",since you are on the corporation and on exxon ,let me ask you this......how about GE? they didnt payed any taxes either ,where is your rant on them?,or how about the Federal Reserve Bank? didnt hear anything about them in your speech ? oh and fyi the federeal reserve made $10B more in profit than Exxon in 2008 (i believe not sure),so how about you bash them for a change? and one more thing ,Federal laws apply's to every Manufacture/Producer not Oil only
Hoschi0913 7 months ago
Don't forget, corporations get tax breaks because "they are going to create more jobs" - but corporations are required to put the interests of their shareholders before ALL other interests (see Documentary "The Corporation"). So Large companies and their Board of Directors earn much MORE money if they move jobs overseas and get cheap labor. That's why we have "Free Trade", the corporations bring the items for sale back into the USA tax free.
CI9TK 8 months ago
If search Aaron Russo on Tax, it's actually true and in the constitution, that the people should never be taxed, only the corporations. This was made because the old leaders knew of the taxes and oncoming bankers. The only president who actuallymade bankers part of our problem was the one in 1913, which the fed developed the depression 20 years later. It's sad, but the constitution is actually the solution to these problems. Just the government of today doesn't practice it, or do with circles.
enlighteneveryone 9 months ago
I usually disagree with the Turk, but on this topic, he's dead right.
lovejazz42 10 months ago
Remember, G.E. who paid no taxes on 14 billion profit, now employs this youngturk. So he's been bought off, and his credibility is nil.
brokkenstar 10 months ago
@brokkenstar Really? Care to explain how?
thanatos101b 9 months ago
@thanatos101b Please see my video entitled "G.E.'s C.E.O. Jeffrey Immelt Gives Mission Statement", it's on my channel. They have over a thousand people working in their tax department to avoid paying taxes.
brokkenstar 9 months ago
@brokkenstar Which has absolutely nothing to do with Cenk being bought off, or what his credibility is. In fact, Cenk has railed against G.E. both on his own show, and on MSNBC. So please, explain to me how, exactly and precisely, Cenk has been bought off and why, exactly and precisely, his credibility is nil.
thanatos101b 9 months ago
@thanatos101b Well if you watched my video you would no how corrupt his boss is, in short, he's now just a corporate mouthpiece, and it's sad that we don't enforce antitrust laws anymore, because G.E. and companies like them, giant monopolies, would not be allowed to own a television network. By the way, the federal airwaves are property of the people, unfortunately we haven't yet charged these networks any rent to use our airwaves.
brokkenstar 9 months ago
@brokkenstar I do not care how corrupt his boss is. Do you know why? Because Cenk is not his boss. But please, quite stating random (untrue) things, and show how Cenk is "just a corporate mouthpiece." Go on. Show it. I've now asked you to show it three times, so if it is a fact, then you should have explicit examples of it. Back up your words or you are just a tiny, little liar.
thanatos101b 9 months ago
@thanatos101b Money has a calming affect, especially big money, surely they didn't pick him up because he was going to annnounce the ugly truth about the capitalists who have taken over our country and her government by bribery and lobbying with the Supreme Court's blessing!
brokkenstar 9 months ago
@brokkenstar Wow, you are just a pretty little liar. Go off now, spread your lies elsewhere. There are probably people out there that are too lazy to bother confronting you with them.
thanatos101b 9 months ago
@thanatos101b Truth hurts! So long, hope you don't get too brainwashed by the corporate mouthpieces that inhabite our land . . . .
brokkenstar 9 months ago
@brokkenstar Too bad you've been exposed as a liar. Run along little hobbit.
thanatos101b 9 months ago
@thanatos101b Why don't you ask him, ask him if being an employee of G.E. of Schenectady, N.Y., where I'm from by the way, and how they went from 40,000 employees to 5,0000 employees, yet went overseaas to China and elsewhere and opened sweatshops to fill the treacherous void of unAmerican behavior, you ask him and those in dozen cities like Schenectady which G,.E,. abandoned for cheap labor, no living wage, no health insurance, and no environmental laws.
brokkenstar 9 months ago
@brokkenstar well, we know that it wasn't because of high taxes, don't we?
yourlovingmother 7 months ago
@thanatos101b Oh, also, G.E. owns NBC and MSNBC.
brokkenstar 9 months ago
The corporations don't pay their fair share in taxes. they should be paying atleast 40 percent income tax, and a much larger capital gains tax, since they control a share of government every time they put new and improved products on the shelves, get people to shop in their stores and hire security people many of whom are former law enforcement officers. therefore the corporations should be paying more in taxes to help decrease the national debt
EMOTIONALLOGICABLE 10 months ago
I compiled a blog which includes my take on the declining corporate tax rates in the 34 OECD member countries. Just Google search: "Corporate Executives Deny 57 million Americans healthcare - by Bill Woollam" I surmise it is an orchestrated scam where International CEOs lobby member nations to lower corp. tax rates. Then, as one member country at a time reduces corporate tax rates, the pressure is put on remaining member countries to lower their corporate rates in order to compete "globally".
Chidanandaji 10 months ago
This is as much a democrat issue as republican. GE owns MSNBC and others. This is not Obama's "fault" nor was it Bush. But, jackasses like the fellow in this video who blame party not government are the issue. 261 + of our legally elected officials are multi-millionaires. They equally accept hundreds of millions in contributions. Most likely the turk is too much of a worthless coward to openly address this. Mature up. Gov not party is screwing us.
Downfurlife 11 months ago
buffet pays 16.5% on his earnings. Fire fighters are paying higher tax rates! Of course something is wrong
MaudsPas 1 year ago
USA =2% of worlds oil supply...
How long do you think that will last if we get cut off from mid east?
unlikely considering our military strangle hold.
MaudsPas 1 year ago
get rid of all corporate taxes....or else all companies will leave. So get rid of the taxes altogether
calimar28 1 year ago
@calimar28 2/3rd'a of american companies pay zerp fucking taxes already and receive massive tax breaks; then cut jobs anyways claiming taxes are too high; stop being an ignorant shitheel
utubeaccount00 11 months ago
it's like right now in pennsylvania, where companys are trying to move in and get a hand on the natural-gas resources, and one of the states-representitives doesn't wan't to tax them and if, then just a minimal tax rate (on profits). in other countrys like bolivia, they get 80% of the profit made, from companys that come from overseas and want/buy their natural-gas resources! and the most important part is,...... they are STAYING!!!
why if they can only keep 20% .... because they NEED it!!
fuckFOXpropaganda 1 year ago
I love how as soon as KP cited these references, the "non-believers" shut up immediately. I know it's a generalization, but this is how a lot of the extreme conservatives "debate." Instead of trying to make an argument in favor of these ridiculous policies that they are indirectly supporting by electing conservative officials, they try to discredit the person making the claims. When they find that they can't do that, they simply quit the debate and move on to a different one.
Dergleflatzfacebob 1 year ago 6
more progessive taxation, less regressive taxsation!!!
KangaKucha 1 year ago
i really don't think you can't blame these companies for doing what's best for them if it's legal. honestly, if anyone here complaining about how "evil" or "unamerican" these multi-national corporations are knew of any loop-holes in the tax code such they would be paying less in taxes, i doubt they would refuse to use them.
cristoballs 1 year ago
I think you need to site some source cenk. That seems a little too hard to believe...
Yewon2001 1 year ago
@Yewon2001 forbes.c om/ 2010/04/01/ge-exxon-walmart-business-washington-corporate-taxes.html
KPattonArt123 1 year ago
what? this guy is stupid; cite your references
erickthegreat98 1 year ago
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connecttro 1 year ago
When will the MSM report this, fucking toads.
Silvertrine 1 year ago
This must be the tax "discrimination" teabaggers talk about. These poor, poor corporations. People have the power my ass.
monkfan14 1 year ago
FUCKING A! Buy XOM! make that stock soar! I am gonna rake it in this year. BIG DOLLARS! Thx Prez. Obama! You my Nigga!
400lbGuerrilla 1 year ago
It is impossible to avoid corruption... especially in a democracy
jnastyism 1 year ago
This is scary cause its true...
rasmuswedin 1 year ago
This made me freaking VOMIT! Now I know why as an Independent why Ive been following this liberal channel.............TRUTH.
Yet another reason why I cant STAND THE OIL COMPANIES!
amarti9 1 year ago
Why don't they talk about the (CAFR's) where all the GOVERNMENTs of America take ALL the TAX dollars and invest in the STOCK MARKET owning 80% of the stocks. They MAKE TRILLIONS and never report it on their BOOKS. Then they LIE and tell the American people they are BROKE> why don't the LYING media talk about that? Now you know why our schools suck and our infrastructure is falling apart. AMERICA YOU ARE BEING ROBBED!! GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE IT! IT IS CRIMINAL AND the media is LYING!
ArkDiscoverydotCOM 1 year ago
Why don't they talk about the (CAFR's) where all the gov't of America take ALL the TAX dollars and invest in the STOCK MARKET owning 80% of the stocks. They MAKE TRILLIONS and never report it on their BOOKS. Then they LIE and tell the American people they are BROKE> why don't the LYING media talk about that? Now you know why our schools suck and our infrastructure is falling apart. AMERICA YOU ARE BEING ROBBED!! GOOGLE AND YOUTUBE IT!
ArkDiscoverydotCOM 1 year ago
fuck... i didn't know this.
XXXoXXoXXXX 1 year ago
Do you know the main difference? Monetary policy. While the Bundesbank mandate is "stability", Fed´s mandate is promoting growth, which is an euphemism to justifiy enormous credit expansions. Germans have a vivid memory of hyperinflation in the 1920s
xaviqaz 1 year ago
The gov would just spend it on bombs and bailing out incompetent firms anyways.
sheeplols 1 year ago
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metalreign81 1 year ago
Easy credit (not based on real savings in society) has nothing to do with a free market. Capitalism is about saving in first place. That´s why, believe it or not, some european countries are more capitalist than USA
xaviqaz 1 year ago
@xaviqaz
What do you mean capitalism is about saving? Don't you understand how we got to this point in the first place? It is generations of saving which created lenders, who in a capitalist system have the most power, after all capital = power, who then manipulated the system outside of the market (i.e government) to be favourable to them, which in turn led to an entire economy based on credit.
Seleucus84 1 year ago
@Seleucus84 Of course, remember the late 90s and first 2000s, when Germany was "done" because they grew 0% while America grew 4-5%. This is what happened: germans reduced wages and labor costs to gain competitivity and employment, reduced households and business debt and sacrified part of their standards of living. They became the world largest exporter. While America bet on easy credit, hyper consumption and high private debt, while trade deficits skyrocketed and many high skilled jobs flew
xaviqaz 1 year ago
By the way, Rand was an atheist. Little to do with modern Republicans
xaviqaz 1 year ago
Minor point: corporations are made up of individuals.
I do not support tax breaks - which is just another form of central economic planning by politicians - but taxes on corporations are taxes on share holders, employees, etc. Not some faceless inanimiate object.
TheBasicFreedom 1 year ago
@TheBasicFreedom Without corporate taxes, what is stopping some very wealthy individual from evading taxes by owning a corporation, and having all of the stuff he owns, all his income, owned by the corporation?
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@dangerouslytalented - not sure I understand what you mean.
In open competition, profits need to put into use in a way that satisifies customer demand better than before or the competition. Taxing corporate profits, is taxing the productivity of the corporation; which is an indirect tax on customers, employees, stock holders, etc - and the living standards of all individuals.
I am in favor of a fair tax system - including profits on small business "vs". corp, rich "vs" poor, etc.
TheBasicFreedom 1 year ago
@TheBasicFreedom There is no such thing as open competition. You know what happens? One side plays unfairly, and becomes dominant in that marketplace. WIth or without govenrment assistance.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@dangerouslytalented That is a long debate and I do disagree.
But, explain how "one side plays unfairly"? If someone can't compete with someone elses prices - how do you objectively say they are playing unfair - maybe it's the other way around?
Getting alot of market share, should be a result of continually satisfying more customers, increasing productivity, investing capital smartly, etc. Without gov. help - this takes a lot of work from a lot of individuals.
TheBasicFreedom 1 year ago
@TheBasicFreedom - Uh, no. In the REAL world, the business uses the country, state, and local infrastructure to do their business. Just the shipping alone on large trucks wears out our roads and they need to be repaved much more often. They don't pay for the infrastructure they use at all.
We the people are a charitable organization saving them their infrastructure investment free and clear. It is corporate welfare.
AntigoneRisen 1 year ago
@AntigoneRisen paying the same percentage tax on higher profits "evens" this out.
TheBasicFreedom 1 year ago
@TheBasicFreedom - Did you miss the point that they are paying like -1% and even those who pay taxes pay no where near what you and I do in terms of percentage? Yet they can spend millions to lobby Congress and the White House. They litigate in our courts. They expect law enforcement to respond to their companies and protect their assets. Same with the fire department. The list goes on and on.
Let them pay the cost of entry like everyone else. They are tax evaders expecting corporate welfare.
AntigoneRisen 1 year ago
@AntigoneRisen I'm not in favor of any regressive or progressive taxation. If corporations are paying less than other small businesses, etc - I disagree with this, just like you. (My comment was just saying what I would like to see - fair tax system).
Yep, too much money is spent on decreasing competition, instead of producing anything of value - but government is to blame too, obviously, since they write the rules, etc. (We agree here too).
TheBasicFreedom 1 year ago
@dangerouslytalented That happens but they use foundations instead.
kusari86 1 year ago
@TheBasicFreedom You try getting a multi-million loan at 0% interest, and then tell me that a corporation is treated the same as a person.
avatarmn 1 year ago
@avatarmn a loan price (interest) and amount is based upon risk vs. reward from the POV of the lender, etc. Loaning a multi-million-dollar loan to an individual, like me, would be very risky on the part of the lender - they most likely would not get their money back; and would only lend it if I had a use for it that could yield a (high) return; or had income to pay-off the (low) interest rate. This is not true for some established business that brings in million-dollars of revenue, etc.
TheBasicFreedom 1 year ago
Warren Buffet is truly the model for all wealthy people. He actually has character...unlike all his fellow corporatist blood suckers out there
Castropher 1 year ago
@Castropher Buffett's business model is an economically viable model. Instead of buying up factories and cutting them up and selling them off, he does his research and buys up companies that are underperforming in the marketplace, and then allowing the experts in their fields enough initiative to make their own decisions.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
socialism for the rich...
DcEatsItsYoung 1 year ago
Fucking unbelievable. I thought Americans didn't like being suckers??
JCRF 1 year ago 33
@JCRF Oh, you must have not seen any of the republicans or Tea Party members. They purposely screw themselves over.
SgtSprayin 1 year ago
@Accisma In my talks with alot of libertarians they act like they are against big business, but noreso because their ideology convinces them that a truly free market would keep business from getting so big and corrupt.
You know how to them the invisible hand fixes everything. Now if in this world, most people would ideally be completely informed and caring about "every" decision they make. But thats simply not practical or even possible and you cant expect business to tell you the truth anyway.
waltermh111 1 year ago
I guess it's no wonder future generations are screwed, cause they'll flip the bill on this one....damn I wonder how these people sleep at night knowing they're drying up everyone's money to pay them?
Mika20 1 year ago
:O wtf
disenchantedgrl 1 year ago
not surprising to me at all
dragonflychainsaw 1 year ago
We owe them money HAHAHA
Charmer4856 1 year ago
See? Exxon is a fucking anti-American company. So go get them, Tea Party.
Oh wait, you don't want *any* taxes paid to a "liberal" government. I forgot. Well, we're just fucked then.
aaronsande 1 year ago 32
yup like always
Roninlord25a 1 year ago
@aaronsande anti american company AHAHAHHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAHAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHHHAHAHAHAHHAAHHAAH ANTI AMERICAN AHAHAHHA RETARD
Finiras 1 year ago
@Finiras Bye troll. Your IQ is probably half of mine.
aaronsande 1 year ago
@aaronsande anyone calling anything "anti american" is a dumbass flag waving retard
Finiras 1 year ago 4
@Finiras What's "retarded" is to make a blanket rule like that and never use your brain to interpret each situation separately.
But you go ahead and do whatever works for you.
Me? I think if a country operates in the US it should pay some taxes in the US. You?
aaronsande 1 year ago
@aaronsande gee, i thought that was against the ideas of you idiots, IE let the rich and corporations pay as little tax as possible, give corporations that don't need it lots of bail outs to reward them for their own malpractices so that they'll give billions of bail out money as bonuses to executives. and then up the tax rate for everyone who actually needs the money. and then praise the republicans.
Finiras 1 year ago
@Finiras What idiots do you think I am a part of? You'd be hard pressed to find a bigger progressive than I.
So how about you back that truck of yours up and rethink what you say to me. Sounds like we agree. And I understand your anger, thinking I'm a Pug or a Tea Party idiot.
I used "anti-American" to throw their own accusations against them. Is that too subtle for you?
aaronsande 1 year ago
@Finiras Ya know I really hate when people resort to rhetoric and name-calling over actual arguments, but what you said is so true that I'm ok with it
zzyzx0788 2 months ago
@Finiras
I once called Osama Bin Laden anti-American. What does that make me?
MrJahka 1 month ago
There has to be a way to fix this and I don't pretend to know what that is. But just applying more taxes to corporations without stopping them from passing on their taxes to the consumer helps no one. There has to be a system that has everyone paying a fair share without it inflating costs to a point where the choices are a) raise prices, or b) layoff employees. If anyone has the answer to that, pass it along; I'd love to learn what is the right answer and then push my reps to vote for it.
hemlock10 1 year ago
@hemlock10
imho this is why you see pre-emptive fear of raising taxes on high income earners. when they say they will raise taxes on people who earn more than, say, $1million a year, the working ppl say "but we'll lose jobs!". um, if your boss owns a company, HE pays his OWN taxes. the company isn't impacted AT ALL. its all relative as well. increasing taxes for the top 10% sounds mean, until you find they are cap'd at %34 or something. you have to know where it starts. I agree witcha.
dreamcoyote 1 year ago
@prankwatcher Shocking news: America is less corporate friendly than the European Union. Look at the numbers
xaviqaz 1 year ago
Let the so called 'Certified Public Accountants' of these companies be employed by the gov't and have an online gov't acctg system for them and the big banks. Perhaps we'll see the real profits, not the figures they want to show.
jan9ice1 1 year ago
What the shocking part. American Conservative ignorant about purpose of taxes and when to apply them. All conservatives have been taught about taxes are Taxes bad.
bumfire007 1 year ago
@bumfire007 Did you know that the United States has the highest corporate tax rates among the western countries? While most european countries overtax individuals and the fruit of their labor. Europeans have made everything to reduce the labor costs for corporations at the expense of workers, who pay 40-50%. Particularly in last 10 years, to become more competitive. The best example is Germany, whose domestic demand is depressed.
xaviqaz 1 year ago
Hey? You don't 'tax' corporations that help you run drugs and destroy America.
endthedrugwar 1 year ago
s'cool. I'm sure pro fiscal responsibility tea party republicans are on this.
DrQuijano 1 year ago
@DrQuijano The problem is, they don't KNOW this. Or, they are being told that high corporate tax rates will cause price hikes.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@dangerouslytalented I was being sarcastic ^^ I know that if they KNEW the truth they would go out there and protest until hell froze over, but sadly Beck and Rush have them enthralled.
DrQuijano 1 year ago
haha paying taxes is the LEAST they can do. the LEAST.
bobbytomorow 1 year ago
u dont actually believe that the top 10% pay most of the taxes ..do you?
just do the math 10% 0f us pop. 30 mil x $50, 000 taxes(only) = 1.5 trilion
'09 total income tax revenue was 1.3 trillion
dangermous1968 1 year ago
@prankwatcher They can, and they do write the laws and set the tax rates, because they have the money to buy the politicians off.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
poli comes from the prefix poly -more than one as in many
tics from the word ticks --- small bloodsucking parasitic arachnids
therefore politics - many bloodsucking parasites sucking the life out of this country...lol ...that's my analogy...
dangermous1968 1 year ago
One also notes how the host here talks about income instead of earnings, two very different things in business. They don't just want to tax profits, but any income a business may have, even if the business loses money. The left hates the private sector and considers it the enemy. And is determined to tax it out of existence.
franksnow79 1 year ago
@franksnow79 That's ridiculous. The taxes for Exxon was during one of the largest PROFITS ever made by a corporation and they paid almost no taxes.
gwally31 1 year ago
@franksnow79 Profits ARE the income they are talking about.
And zero tax is zero no matter what the percentage is.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
Oi, where to begin. Only an international leftist would equate patriotism with how much can be taxed off of the productive. They see more taxes as more money to redistribute to the moochers. One also notes how the host here considers American exceptionalism to being a sucker, rather than the hope of the world, and advises the US to adopt the same policies that are wrecking the rest of the west.
franksnow79 1 year ago
@franksnow79 It is US taxpayers who are getting ripped off here, that means YOU. Not me, I am an Australian, so it kind of benefits me that Exxon Mobil pays tax here and not in America.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
Warren Buffet pays less percentage of his taxes compared to his secretary, yet he pays a LOT more because of his income. I don't like when non-economist talk about taxes, high taxes does nothing but hurt the economy.
Teromi 1 year ago
@Teromi High taxe on the consumer class (regular people) is bad because they drive the economy.High taxes on the wealthy give the gov more money, also rich people spend less buying super expensive things than all of america shopping at the dollar store. if you want proof of this try researching the great depression. (funny he is an "economist" yet he does not know much about the economy)
stupidtrooper501 1 year ago
@stupidtrooper501
I never claimed I was an economist, I was referring to Cenk, who is a progressive therefore biased in this issue. High taxer on the producer class (non "Regular People" ) Hinders production and acts as a deterrent towards innovation and entrepreneurship.
Teromi 1 year ago
@Teromi The "producer" class only invests money in production when there is a potential profit to be had in making things. Otherwise they will put money into dirivitives or tulip bulbs or whatever investments promise the greatest return on their money.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@Teromi His secretary is a CONSUMER.
A consumer buys stuff, clothes and insurance and whatever else Berkshire Hathaway sells.
Put a greater share of the tax burden on the consumer, then they will not buy clothes and insurance and the other stuff Berkshire Hathaway makes, and there will be no profits to be had.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@Teromi well look the clinton tax rates vs the Bush tax rates..... and tell me again that high taxes only hurt the economy... please do.....
CASH7860 1 year ago
@prankwatcher Only you have mentioned socialism or socialist system so far
Liberals and Progressives and most socialist seeming countries actually believe in the use of a market system, just not through austrian styles economics or laissez faire
Also, you shouldnt judge all govs based on the extremely corrupt american government
Because a politician doesnt go for your exact beliefs doesnt mean they arent serving other non-business voters over you
or maybe that your wrong
Dont be so ideological
waltermh111 1 year ago 12
@waltermh111 It's telling to observe how the push is always to label Dems/ Progressives in the most extremist terms. It's all cognitive dissonance, lying, and a direct projection of what it factually means to be a Republican.
Asymmatrix 1 year ago
@waltermh111 In fact i think some european countries are more capitalist and pro-market than America. Since capitalism is about saving in first place, while America bet on easy credit (based on no real savings), hyper consumption and high private debt. There are also more "austrian" politicians and economists in Europe.
xaviqaz 1 year ago
@waltermh111 Also, according to Pew, Liberals are the second largest demographic (out of 9 demographics) to own businesses and to trade stocks and bonds. Maybe liberals want regulation because they think it will help all people (business and non-business). Furthermore, Liberals are the demographic that shows the strongest support for balancing the budget and reducing the deficit.
MarmaladeINFP 1 year ago
I'm going to write Obama about this. Corporations should pay a fair rate of their share.
Gerpinator 1 year ago 3
@prankwatcher Everyone wants to blame someone else. People don't realize that simply by writing to your congress people, you're taking your government into your own hands. I'm going too write Obama about this. It's a very reasonable thing, to ask these giant corporations to pay their fair share.
Gerpinator 1 year ago
the North Amercian tax system is a joke, both in the States and in Canada where someone making millions of dollars can pay a lesser tax rates then someone who has to choose between rent or healthcare.
saintmarys68 1 year ago
This video shouldn't be surprising to anyone. Sad, but not surprising.
MrClawson9 1 year ago 12
gosh.. is this a surprise ? hell no..u have to be a idiot to not have known that most corporations have their profits hidden ..most rich people do the same thing.. hid their assets in the Cayman Islands or Switzerland..bury the assets in all manner of legal shelters..the only people that pay taxes are the little people
xadam2dudex 1 year ago
Holy Shit.
CommandoDude 1 year ago
Get the pitchforks and torches
Logicllp 1 year ago
@Logicllp Don't forget the guillotines. We need pitch forks, torches and guillotines.
bamboo4tameshigiri 1 year ago
Uhhh, if the (natural) major "tax providers" don't pay any taxes how are the conservatives supposed to lower the ammount of taxes that the corporations have to pay so America becomes actractive again for them to produce their goods in? Paying less then nothing is impossible : /
By the way, is it possible to write off political funding against tax?
TheAmazingSatirist 1 year ago
And their propaganda machine: faux news and GOP, are working hard everyday to help corporations keep ROBBING the middle class American people blind
normalais 1 year ago
This is FREEDOM!
athenasatanjesus 1 year ago
So is the argument here....we should all equally be slaves?
kusari86 1 year ago
Huh? look, if you don't pay taxes, you don't deserve help from the police or fire department. The soldiers don't fight for you either. you need to understand all these things are all socialist and need taxes to be paid for.
blackmage665 1 year ago
@blackmage665 police and fire department could be conducted by private hired companies. Which would drive cost(taxes) down, since competition drives efficiency. Government is monopoly-force. look up 'Police Arresting Innocent People For Quotas'.
I dont want soldiers murdering for me...''Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy''--Henry Kissinger
kusari86 1 year ago
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Shouldn't the so called liberal media be sharing this story? Shouldn't Fox's anchors and commentators be freaking out about this? Shouldn't Rush Limbaugh be outraged? Of coooooooouuurse they won't. Our corporately owned and operated media machine will never bite the hand that feeds it. Actually thats not even a good analogy. The media isn't owned by corporations. It is an arm of our corporations. This game is rigged and its rigged for the few against the many.
doctender77 1 year ago
Shouldn't the so called liberal media be sharing this story? Shouldn't Fox's anchors and commentators be freaking out about this? Shouldn't Rush Limbaugh be outraged? Of coooooooouuurse they won't. Our corporately owned and operated media machine will never bite the hand that feeds it. Actually thats not even a good analogy. The media isn't owned by corporations. It is an arm of our corporations. This game is rigged and its rigged for the few against the many.
doctender77 1 year ago 4
Don't worry. I'm sure the teaparty folks will be protesting about this...
HAHAHAHAHA!
geoff2204 1 year ago 11
@geoff2204 yeah right. They don't tell them this on Fox news. I know people in the Tea Party. Not the brightest bulb on the tree. If it isn't on Fox it never happened. They only believe "We need less regulations."
gwally31 1 year ago
I'm surprised at how TYT and other liberals can still believe in capitalism while knowing all of this. The rules of capitalism - the basic brickwork of it - is based on greed, which is an evil. You can't regulate out the evil lying at the very core of a system. Don't give Dracula a makeover; kill the bastard. Kill capitalism.
OHiOfiOviriiO 1 year ago
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i think its wrong for us to penalize our most succesfull citizens for achieving the american dream and making this country stronger, cenk and the libs may hate small buisness but i dont think any buisness owner should pay any taxes because they worked hard and through faith in god, achieved much on earth. unlike the lazy welfare queens who sit on their hands and cry "free money free money give give it im poor"
tehant1liberal 1 year ago
@tehant1liberal No it's called paying your fair share, jackass. Reagan was a corporate whore that really destroyed this country with the elites failed policies. WAKE-UP.
darealdjnutz 1 year ago 3
@tehant1liberal you're literally the most stupid fucking human being on this fucking earth. what is your level of education?
huckleberry12 1 year ago
@tehant1liberal ... So they should never pay for the government services they are getting, such as roads and police and defence and so forth?
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@tehant1liberal "i think its wrong for us to penalize our most succesfull citizens for achieving the american dream "
So they can't get taxed because they make money, so us unsuccessful non-millionaries should pay more taxes to make up the difference? That's bullshit. You would have a shit fit if Obama said that everyone not making a million has to pay 50% more taxes just so some corporate fags and buy an extra yacht.
blasphimus 1 year ago
please can you answer this anyone? how much money did the lobbyist use in total in 2009? anyone knows? please, it would help me with my article about lobbyism in america. It's only a normal oral presentation, but it would help me greatly=) We could chose a subject about america and i chose lobbysim, and my main source has been TYT, but if anyone has some input, i would graciously accept it=)
noesupert 1 year ago
@noesupert 1.4 million dollars a day, that's just the healthcare lobby. Lobbyists ounumber politicians outnumber politicians in Washington 6:1
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@dangerouslytalented
thank you=D
The facts you present are sickening
noesupert 1 year ago
wow. and on top of that they charge u $5 a gallon
and if u fail to file your 300 dollar taxes u may be jailed etc..
republicans are not "patriots" they are enemies of the sate, they only use that word to brainwash the majority of stupid Americans to support what is used against their own principals.
boy, you would expect these to be allover the news media but apparently FOX is one of their biggest brainwash fuck ups
Exprezu 1 year ago 7
@Exprezu Not to mention making sure there is a war to secure oil rights in Iraq...
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
@Exprezu go to opensecrets web site and look up the title
Room for Improvement in Lobbying Disclosure Highlighted in New Report from Congressional Watchdog
gwally31 1 year ago
I like the Venus Project. All these problems would just go away. But not likely in my life time. sigh :(
herpiethelovebug 1 year ago
oh the system is fixed alright just not the way you like
diamlierx 1 year ago
Cenk's kind of off, here.
Wal-Mart DOESN'T just operate in the US. It also operates under other names in other countries. In Japan, for instance, SEIYU is part of the Wal-Mart chain.
If they pay low taxes in The States, they probably also pay low taxes elsewhere.
1000Demons 1 year ago
@1000Demons They pay whatever they get away with, and they get substantial subsidies, so they don't have to pay their workers as much.... Quite a few of their full time workers have to remain on welfare.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
Yay for capitalism...
Fishdogpigsquirrel 1 year ago 3
be glad they dont move to mexico, then you would all run out of jobs
StarfireEKS 1 year ago
I do know the reason government feels it is unfair to tax corperations and those getting dividends so they try to lower rates on the "right" income. With loopholes for companies and trusts for individuals there is a serious problem. The correct solution is to close all the loopholes at the corperate level, increase rates to highest income individual and make dividends tax free for integration.
zxcvbnmjhgfdsa1 1 year ago
wow the companys realy pull fastone on you america
gooddarkjedi 1 year ago
GE is the one that surprises me the most. I'd like to know what their subsidies are for, and where all the taxable income from NBC, MSNBC and their other TV channels goes. Seriously could you imagine anyone on MSNBC talking about this; they would instantly get the David Shuster / Ashleigh Banfield treatment.
lilsorms202 1 year ago
@lilsorms202 GE's finance division is the one responsible for GE's financial troubles, not NBC or the electronics... They were massively exposed.
dangerouslytalented 1 year ago
Corporate tax rates have done nothing but DROP in the last many decades, for many years corporations flourished at rates over 75% but due to many factors this high of rate would not work as well in current times. One must remember, it's a tax on profit not income, and the current highest rate for the richest corporations today is 35-39%. Critics conveniently argue against the numbers and not the difference in tax systems when comparing us to other nations. Raising it WILL NOT affect job growth.
TheUSMetalhead 1 year ago
@Accisma
your thinking of right wing conservitives/republicans, they are all about helping big business. Libertarians aren't.
19TEC85 1 year ago
people say that corporations are good and that the government shouldnt egulate them because the corporations are doing a better job without them. the corporations have put the world economy into the fucking gutter, Thats not a good job!
trekkie108 1 year ago
Shit man, those numbers are scary.
Necromas 1 year ago
USA number 1
wooooooooooo
519ist 1 year ago
WOW...just wow
handofnergal 1 year ago
Republicans talk about protecting "small businesses" in America. But it is a complete sham. Does anyone actually think that Congress is looking out for a mom & pop store in rural Iowa? They have no lobbyists or representation. But big business has a bunch of lobbyists. So they pay congress a bunch of money to make their businesses even more profitable through deregulation and tax breaks. This allows them more financial capital to gobble up and destroy small businesses.
marley54fd 1 year ago