State Feeling Pinch of Lost Corporate Tax Revenue, expected to exceed 538 million annually starting in 2018

[TKO]

Originally Posted by GeneR

This is exactly the point although there are some in the political class who believe it's all about input rather than output. No matter the results, if more money is spent that must mean a problem is being solved. Intentions are more important than results.

Businesses (yes, even corporations) pay more attention to output (results). This is why capitalism is so successful because it is all about getting the most output for the smallest input. It is THE most efficient system in the world today.

And any successful business recognizes that they have to pay to attract those whose output is high.

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"Total tax collections were up more than 3 percent between July 1 and Dec. 31 from the prior year."

[Potential_Landlord]

Last I heard we are still one of the worst-recovering states from the Great Recession. Being at the bottom for 7 years and going seems to be a good reason to just go on with our policies and certainly not review anything. Ideology still trumps reality around here. How long do we want to do the same thing and expect different results? Another 7 years, or maybe 70 years? - Insanity at work for you.

[GeneR]

... this rate was good enough to rank Arizona as the No. 12 state for job growth as of October. Arizona ranked No. 13 in personal-income growth by midyear

Professor Lee McPheters, director of the JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU.

[Potential_Landlord]

Originally Posted by GeneR

... this rate was good enough to rank Arizona as the No. 12 state for job growth as of October. Arizona ranked No. 13 in personal-income growth by midyear

Professor Lee McPheters, director of the JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at the W. P. Carey School of Business, ASU.

You're joking with your data cherry-picking, aren't you?

[ftbowie]

Originally Posted by Zippyman

the system you envision allows only the wealthy to obtain education, even if their intellectual abilities would normally relegate them to bagging groceries. So people who aren't even capable of stringing together a sentence go to Harvard, and the poor get nothing, even if they're geniuses. That's an awesome system for the 1% - until the pleebs start chopping their heads off & burning their castles. We're already fairly close to your ideal if Bush the 2nd was any indicator.

What nonsense....The wealthiest people in this country mostly started from the bottom. Bill Gates, Steve Jobs,Zuckerberg,Mark Cuban, Warren Buffet and most of the others created their wealth....The Dems try to create class warfare by appealing to envy and jealousy in order to stay in power. It's disgusting.