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Old 04-07-2014, 04:40 PM
 
Location: Texas
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Old 04-07-2014, 04:51 PM
 
Location: Fredericktown,Ohio
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What do you mean the {D}s love corporate welfare see green energy. Or how about the 25 billion dollar bail out that is written into the Obamacare law. They never will do anything about it they had their chance when they had a majority and Obama at the helm.
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Old 04-07-2014, 04:53 PM
 
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No - look at Obama and the Democrats in control the first 2 years of his presidency. The GOP is not any better.
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Old 04-07-2014, 05:11 PM
 
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NO ONE has done a good job with this. Attempts to do anything about it are met with obstruction. Boehner and Reid need to lose their jobs, and we need some people in charge that want to lead and govern, not make money.
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Old 04-07-2014, 05:18 PM
 
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No, but neither have the Republicans, so why single out Democrats? They all feed from the same trough.
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Old 04-07-2014, 05:20 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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Corporate welfare is bipartisan.


The US has relatively high statutory corporate tax rates, but the effective rates are highly competitive.
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Old 04-07-2014, 05:28 PM
 
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Corporate welfare is bipartisan.


The US has relatively high statutory corporate tax rates, but the effective rates are highly competitive.
This is kinda the problem, the high statutory rates only apply to the smaller guys-get big enough and you too can hide your income and pay 0 in taxes.
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Old 04-07-2014, 05:55 PM
 
Location: Old Bellevue, WA
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Corporate welfare is primarily supported by Democrats and moderate Republicans. It is only tea partiers like Sarah Palin, and far-left liberals like Ralph Nader, who oppose the idea of corporate welfare.

Pres. Barack Obama is arguably the biggest advocate of corporate welfare in US history.

President Obama boosts corporate welfare.
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Old 04-07-2014, 05:59 PM
 
Location: Florida
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NO ONE has done a good job with this. Attempts to do anything about it are met with obstruction. Boehner and Reid need to lose their jobs, and we need some people in charge that want to lead and govern, not make money.
Totally and absolutely agree. Not only has no party done anything regarding corporate welfare--as long as 'corporations are people, my friend,' with the "free speech" allowance of giving as much money as they want to whomever they want, nothing will ever be done about corporate welfare by anyone. And the first candidate who is brave enough to be against it will have my respect and possibly my vote.
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Old 04-07-2014, 06:04 PM
 
Location: Florida
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Corporate welfare is primarily supported by Democrats and moderate Republicans. It is only tea partiers like Sarah Palin, and far-left liberals like Ralph Nader, who oppose the idea of corporate welfare.

Pres. Barack Obama is arguably the biggest advocate of corporate welfare in US history.
Sorry, but any of Palin's opinions on corporate welfare are hypocritically cancelled out by her sucking up a massive amount of government pork and welfare for Alaska when she was mayor and governor. You have to walk the walk -- and she most certainly did not.
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