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I'm conservative and i think its a travesty that GE paid no federal taxes. I wish Obama could go after them like he went after the "greedy" bankers. I think corporate loopholes are the worst!

Tax costs could be a area of the priority, yet sales are no longer. the federal government is spending too a lot money. particularly of nerve-racking approximately fund exemptions and loopholes, why do no longer you question the place spending might nicely be heavily decreased? question: how a lot money from companies and "the wealthy" do you sense this government is entitled to tax? 50%? 60%? 70%?

I'm a lifelong Republican and I agree with you. If I was dictator, I would phase out all subsidies over 5 years, cutting 20% annually to not disrupt the economy.

But the subsidies benefit a lot of industries. Corn and Ethynol subsidies, Wind Power and Solar subsidies are two areas the Dems would miss, but I'd like to get rid of oil subsidies, really all of them, it's just a way to buy votes.

I take advantage of everything I can to lower my taxes, I expect businesses to do the same.

Since it has been proven that Dems cheat on their taxes (the head of the IRS is a tax cheat, remember?) I don't understand the question being aimed at Republicans.

Most companies do not cheat on their taxes, they can be audited and cheating costs more than it saves.

Of course, I live in the Real World. I don't know how things are done on Lib's Fantasy Island.

Sadly, the liberals have turned this great county into such a shiitehole, I can't believe it's the same place?

Well, the record proves dem senators are the BIGGEST TAX CHEATS!! so I guess you;d have to ask Obama and his GE bud--and his dem congress who like being tax thieves--it's a way of dem life--

why pay taxes,, when the hard working republicans can carry all the mooches in democrat party?

Considering we have some of the highest corporate tax rates in the world, they need all the breaks they can get. What I have a problem with is renting a congressman, and having loopholes written to help that one person or company...that is just unethical.

Government regulations are routinely manipulated by people seeking to get "something for nothing". Vast fortunes have been made by playing games with government regulation. Government regulations provide shelters and loopholes for a "protected" few, which allows them to get rich, while ordinary citizens are kept from profiting in the same way. Government regulation is a "anchor" holding back the US economy. Taxes are government regulation.

Seems like they would rather follow FOX and demonize teachers and unions instead of the 2/3 of the American based corporations that paid no taxes. Hey why think when FOX does it for you right? That's just good efficiency.

I love the "we have the highest tax rate in the world' B.S. 35% but no one pays it! And these tards want that lower, 'cuz it's the highest in the world and the corporations won't create no jobs like that.'

GE got back billions and still they created more CHinese jobs than American jobs last year.

Joe the Republican - Credit to Jeff Parker

Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean and good because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications are safe to take because some stupid commie liberal fought to ensure their safety and that they work as advertised. All but $10 of his medications are paid for by his employer's medical plan because some liberal union workers fought their employers for paid medical insurance - now Joe gets it too. He prepares his morning breakfast, bacon and eggs. Joe's bacon is safe to eat because some girly-man liberal fought for laws to regulate the meat packing industry. In the morning shower, Joe reaches for his shampoo. His bottle is properly labeled with each ingredient and its amount in the total contents because some crybaby liberal fought for his right to know what he was putting on his body and how much it contained.

Joe dresses, walks outside and takes a deep breath. The air he breathes is clean because some environmentalist wacko liberal fought for the laws to stop industries from polluting our air. He walks to the subway station for his government-subsidized ride to work. It saves him considerable money in parking and transportation fees because some fancy-pants liberal fought for affordable public transportation, which gives everyone the opportunity to be a contributor.

Joe begins his work day. He has a good job with excellent pay, medical benefits, retirement, paid holidays and vacation because some lazy liberal union members fought and died for these working standards. Joe's employer pays these standards because Joe's employer doesn't want his employees to call the union. If Joe is hurt on the job or becomes unemployed, he'll get a worker compensation or unemployment check because some stupid liberal didn't think he should lose his home because of his temporary misfortune.

It's noontime and Joe needs to make a bank deposit so he can pay some bills. Joe's deposit is federally insured by the FDIC because some godless liberal wanted to protect Joe's money from unscrupulous bankers who ruined the banking system before the Great Depression. Joe has to pay his Fannie Mae-underwritten mortgage and his below-market federal student loan because some elitist liberal decided that Joe and the government would be better off if he was educated and earned more money over his lifetime. Joe is home from work.

He plans to visit his father this evening at his farm home in the country. He gets in his car for the drive. His car is among the safest in the world because some America-hating liberal fought for car safety standards. He arrives at his boyhood home. His was the third generation to live in the house financed by Farmers' Home Administration because bankers didn't want to make rural loans. The house didn't have electricity until some big-government liberal stuck his nose where it didn't belong and demanded rural electrification.

He is happy to see his father, who is now retired. His father lives on Social Security and a union pension because some wine-drinking, cheese-eating liberal made sure he could take care of himself so Joe wouldn't have to.

Joe gets back in his car for the ride home, and turns on a radio talk show. The radio host keeps saying that liberals are bad and conservatives are good. He doesn't mention that the beloved Republicans have fought against every protection and benefit Joe enjoys throughout his day. Joe agrees: "We don't need those big-government liberals ruining our lives! After all, I'm a self-made man who believes everyone should take care of themselves, just like I have."

Yes but Dem0craps don't.