<pearl@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:ef542b07.a04bf061@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hey, Corporate America! Show Taxpayers Some Appreciation!
> By Ralph Nader
>
> If you work for a corporation, ask your own employer to support
> Taxpayer Appreciation Day. (We’ve included contact information at the
> end of the article.)
>
> Take Action Now! April 15 is just around the corner. Please let us know
> what action you’ve taken and what type of response you receive at
> taxday@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that April 15th of each
> year be designated Taxpayer Appreciation Day, a day when corporations
> receiving taxpayer subsidies, bailouts, and other forms of corporate
> welfare can express their thanks to the citizens who provide them.
Hey nimrod, over 100 million aren't on the income tax roll at all.
Shouldn't
they be thanking me?
Those who earn less than $20k are almost exclusively income tax free.
Should
I expect a wink and a nod, maybe a hearty handshake?
> Though corporate America insists it must file yearly income taxes just
> like everyone else, it is responsible for a sharply decreasing portion
> of federal tax dollars -- despite record profits. Despite record
> profits, corporate tax contributions to the federal budget have been
> steadily declining for fifty years and now stand at a mere 7.4% of the
> federal government income because of the loopholes they driven into our
> tax laws. The average citizen pays more than four to five times that in
> federal income tax revenues (with the single exception of payroll
> taxes).
Outright lie. Unless you wish to clarify your murky statement. The
'average'
citizen pays more than four to five times that - that being what
precisely?
7.4%? BWAHAHAHA.
Tax day sucks enough without having to wade waist deep through this class
envy manure.
Venger


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