| WOW I think it is awesome the double standard here. If your a person on food stamps or welfare your a worthless, lazy drain on society. If you are a large corporation who gets handouts for something you every actually do or accomplish you've earned it.... Dang them all to heck, worthless poor people. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
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| said by tlylework :I think it is awesome the double standard here. If your a person on food stamps or welfare your a worthless, lazy drain on society. If you are a large corporation who gets handouts for something you every actually do or accomplish you've earned it.... Dang them all to heck, worthless poor people.
Wasn't welfare-style "handouts" they got. Nothing different than your tax deductions on your tax forms when you file your income tax. Do those deductions you claim make you a "worthless drain on society?
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 brandonSome truth included in this post.Premium
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Hurley, MS | said by NormanS:said by tlylework :I think it is awesome the double standard here. If your a person on food stamps or welfare your a worthless, lazy drain on society. If you are a large corporation who gets handouts for something you every actually do or accomplish you've earned it.... Dang them all to heck, worthless poor people.
Wasn't welfare-style "handouts" they got. Nothing different than your tax deductions on your tax forms when you file your income tax. Do those deductions you claim make you a "worthless drain on society? Why is a tax deduction any less of a government handout than welfare? |
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NormanSPremium,MVM
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| said by brandon:Why is a tax deduction any less of a government handout than welfare?
Dunno. But everybody who files taxes claims them. So why is John Q. Public, who claims deductions on his taxes, not also considered a "lazy, worthless bum" for taking them?
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CXM_SplicerLooking at the bigger picturePremium
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kudos:1 | Don't know either, but then I wouldn't consider someone on welfare a lazy worthless bum for taking it. Of course, the glaring difference here is who can afford it the most. |
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Because a tax deduction is a reduction in the amount of taxes paid while a handout is getting something that you never paid.
USF is a government handout. |
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| said by sides14:USF is a government handout.
USF isn't even a tax. It is neither collected, nor distributed by an agency with powers of taxation.
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| said by NormanS:said by sides14:USF is a government handout.
USF isn't even a tax. It is neither collected, nor distributed by an agency with powers of taxation.
This statement, while technically true (sort of), really doesn't matter. It was meant to be a tax but was lobbied into oblivion and the end result is a private tax that telco's can collect under the advertised price and distribute or not distribute as they see fit ( again, sort of ).
A third party is supposed to distribute the funds. This third party as you can imagine is anything but.
And as far as I can tell this revenue is completely a write off. In many respects its worse than a tax. |
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| said by DataRiker:And as far as I can tell this revenue is completely a write off. In many respects its worse than a tax.
Indeed. But people keep returning the same Corporate lap dogs to the U.S. Congress.
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"Why is a tax deduction any less of a government handout than welfare?"
Seriously? You don't see a difference in paying less taxes out of YOUR income and recieving a handout from the government? I'm guessing you are a Obama supporter? |
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| said by Sam1212 :"Why is a tax deduction any less of a government handout than welfare?"
Seriously? You don't see a difference in paying less taxes out of YOUR income and recieving a handout from the government? I'm guessing you are a Obama supporter?
The general premise of a corporation was to give up liability in exchange for higher taxes and oversight.
ATT just got millions back on a tax refund while paying zero in.
The US practices "corporatism" which is not to be mistaken with capitalism. |
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