Profit from America, Just Don't Pay Your Share

[Indy]

[exploited]

It isn't fiscally responsible for Apple to lose their shareholders $60 billion because Indy demands patriotism.

Further, if you want the benefits of incorporation, then start a company, fill out all the required paperwork, and open an offshore account.

[Indy]

QED. The only thing that matters is... shareholders. What was I thinking?

Actually what I "demand" is that the 1% and corporations pay their fare share to keep the country running smoothly, the one they've profited immensely from.

Again I ask: why do these "people" get to pay a tax rate of 2.6% that's not available to us?

Oh because shareholders demand it. Right.

Love the idea that instead of fixing the system I should simply game it like the corporati... sorry "people" and the 1%.

[The Comrade]

isn't the US the only country in the world that levies taxes on profits made outside the US regardless of residency?

[Indy]

[exploited]

[fstarcstar]

Fair share vs reasonable share

American companies would keep their money here if grubby hands weren't always trying to take it. Any conversation about paying fair share gets bastardized by our ridiculous tax code.

[Indy]

2.6% isn't paying your fair share.

15% on capital gains isn't paying your fair share.

And of course you're going to spend all day shooting down any revision as "unreasonable" because of course they all are.

Inevitably, the moment this comes up people show up to start complaining how the corp... er "people" here are the victims, along with the 1%. Any increase is draconian, it's penalizing success, it's socialist, and all the other excuses/propaganda appear. And that's all it is: propaganda and excuses.

Our "tax code" has been created to give preferential treatment to the 1% and corporations, as they enjoy all the benefits of doing business in America. It's like some of you have Stockholm Syndrome.

[exploited]

Corporations have undue influence over the political system only because most people don't vote and don't engage. There really is nothing stopping people from altering the tax code, were they able to stay focused for longer than five minutes. Blaming corporations for pursuing their interests is silly - the problem isn't corporations looking for a bargain, the problem is a weak civil society that fails to pursue it's own interests.

That is, after all, how democracy is supposed to work. You can't seriously expect a corporate entity to ask to pay more. What is reasonable is expecting voters to pursue their interests with equal vigor.

[Indy]