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Old 08-14-2014, 04:20 AM
 
Location: the very edge of the continent
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Switzerland is a conservative country (that American liberals would love America to be like.)
Yes, and as the Washington Post noted, Switzerland's DIRECT taxes (income, payroll, etc.) are extremely regressive.

Conservatives would love America to have highly regressive taxes like Switzerland. It means everyone contributes to pay for the cost of government services and benefits, so there are no takers or leeches:

Other countries don’t have a “47%” - The Washington Post

And more on socially liberal European countries' regressive tax systems:

The liberal case for regressive taxation

The Liberal Left's Dirty Little Secret: The Middle Class and Poor Pay For the Entitlement State
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Old 08-14-2014, 04:32 AM
 
Location: Las Vegas,Nevada
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Maybe people aren't buying the "trickle down" theory anymore.
Trickle down of wealth or trickle up poverty..Which do you want?
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Old 08-14-2014, 04:44 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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People keep saying a lower corporate tax will boost the U.S economy. So why hasn't it been lowered?
So why hasn't it been lowered?......because its nearly impossible to get the fascist liberals to lower a tax, they would rather add a new tax, than to lower a tax
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Old 08-14-2014, 08:48 AM
 
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We need to lower corporate taxes to that of other countries, but at the same time close loopholes.
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Old 08-14-2014, 08:51 AM
 
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So why hasn't it been lowered?......because its nearly impossible to get the fascist liberals to lower a tax, they would rather add a new tax, than to lower a tax
Are Republicans fascist liberal now?
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Old 08-14-2014, 09:59 AM
 
Location: Long Island
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Are Republicans fascist liberal now?
if you took your blinders off , you might find the truth

bush1 was quite liberal


only one group is pushing for "keeping the high rate, while 'giving' breaks to individual companies"...the use of discrimination for the left is factual
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