At the Federal level, most major corporations not only don't pay any tax, they get a TAX CREDIT each year (they also get corporate welfare to boot), so paying between .1% and 3% in State taxes feels like a huge tax burden for these outfits.

Its only us working folks that tolerate tax rates of 25% (or more). If not for us, who would fund all of the corporate welfare programs for these outfits?

We have two tiers for workers and also two tiers for business. And it's legal thanks to big corporations and politicians.
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Can someone please tell me when/how things changed from long term strategic business planning, RTO of 12%-20% being very good, labor being important to productivity, shareholders return being measurement of GDP? Where inflation rate did not include food, energy and housing which are the major components of spending for average people?

I called around the heating oil prices on Thursday, found best rate and ordered on Friday and it has increased $.10 per gallon. What did the casino gamblers do yesterday? What a rip off costing me another $25. And to top it off I've been waiting over 10 years to invest in another energy efficient heating source but none have come to the market. Nothing on grid? Fuel cells I read about over 10 years ago and they said it would be 10 years before reach potential and be a sized to fit in your closet??? Where is it? Bloom Energy has what seems to be great source of green energy but not available to residential. Why? I suppose coal, oil, gas have killed these new energy sources just like they killed hemp industry, trolleys in first part of 20th century and then electric car in 1990's. We taxpayers have helped them get so wealthy and make billions in profit that they use those monies against anything that might put them out of business. Too bad they didn't use that money to innovate and find greener sources of energy. That is called exceptionalism???

Just more proof that the predators and kleptocrats WILL NOT LEARN until it is too late.

They will not learn until we either force them or they destroy the country and the world for One Extra buck of profit.

This is a life and death struggle against the forces of fascism - coming to a town near you - if not Already there.

The 1% want 99% profit. And they will not rest until they get it.
Of course, I don't know who their customers will be: all will be priced-out at some point...

Seize them by eminent domain.

The stance of these Corporations illustrates how, in giving over "The means of production" , to the Corporations the State is held hostage to the same.

Many seem to think that to end corporatism all one need to is remove the "Corporation as Citizen" ruling or put an end to the private financing of Political campaigns.

While this might help it will NOT end the undue influence of the Corporation over the political decision making process.

This was always at the heart of all those Free Trade deals that were pushed. They had very little to do with increasing jobs and while the enhanced profits were of great benefit , that was not the only reason free trade deals were pushed.

Corporations wanted them so that they could blackmail Governments with the threat of moving production elsewhere unless their demands were met.

So a mercantile exchange made over four billion dollars in one year for what? What did they manufacture? What did they build? What do they add to our economy? Wow, American business sure knows how to put the "CON" in eCONomy! Stop participating in this corporate con game. Stop investing in it, stop buying from it. Create a new life for yourself on a local level. Buy and sell local. Bank and invest local. Farm and eat local. Keep the money in you local economy. When you spend your money into the corporate con game, not only does the money leave your economy, but they use it to gain even more power to take even more of your money and resources. Off shore the whole stinking mess. They sent all the jobs out of the country, well they can just get the hell out of the country, and we can start building a better way. If they want to leave, show them the door. Stop living in fear!

Tax reform (not the kind the corporations and Republicans have in mind) should be right at the top of the agenda of all the protesters everywhere, starting with a financial transaction tax (FTT). Great article by Paul Buchheit, with a great title! It's high time that US Uncut (http://usuncut.org/) joins hands with the "Occupy" movement.

OWS should be in board rooms and not city parks.

This shit happens in every state. The solution is national laws, not piecemeal state-by-state differences which fosters this business bargain-hunting at the expense of government and public everywhere. There are too many weak-minded people out there who fall for the pro-business arguments.

in 2001, there was much hand wringing about the demise of the Pacific Stock Exchange (which had a branch floor in Los Angeles). Ten years later on, it is hardly missed at all.

It is no accident that Chicago Merchantile Exchange has had one of the highest, if not THE highest, profit margin on record. That exchange, along with its sister rackets, Chicago Commodities Exchange, and Chicago Board of Trade have been key players in driving the massively destructive speculation bonanzas over the past decade, relentlessly exploiting geo-political turmoil unleashed by criminal imperialists in Washing-town, a series of events that has not only destroyed the USA's reputation worldwide but has made it the world's leading pariah state. Quite a fall, you know they say nobody falls as hard as a high flyer.

The important point to take out of this is we have a lot more evidence than one might have imagined of the great superiority of the PEOPLE'S AGENDA over the elite agenda. The depth and breadth of elite corruption in Merka is absolutely mind-boggling. Chicago is largely responsible for the NAFTAized destruction of the Mexican farming economy. It is the policies set in Chicago that effectively enslaved Merkan farmers to glut-production of two narrow food plant varieties, korn & soybeens, not to "feed the world", but to fuel the growth of unsustainable destruction enterprises of petro-synthetic fertilizers and patented pyro-seeds, and diesel-fried super-machinery. The Merkan farmer-slaves are subsidized with record grain prices, and the output is played on the global poker table to destroy local production worldwide like local production was destroyed in Merka over the past fifty years. Unfortunately, Mexico's criminal elites fell for the bait. Other governments aren't so stupid/corrupted as Mexico's. This is why the throngs of Mexicans cross the border. Merkans have no idea it was Chicago that pushed them. There is no greater corruption on this planet than going down in Merka.

Wow, nobody doesn't like Sara Lee (0.0%) - until they have to make up for the taxes it avoided.

when one state competes with others for the lowest taxes on korperate income it is a race to the bottom, and we're almost there.socialism for the big and taxes for the little people.

Here we are, big corporations threatening to hold us hostage again for their profits, well if you don't want to pay your decent share of workable taxes get the fuck out! In the words of Merl Haggard, if you don't love it leave it. These G.W. Tax cuts for big Corp and the wealthy is simply not working. The Grover Norquist syndrome is destroying America.

Why do they do it? Because they get away with it. The brain dead bend over and take every screw job corporate America sends their way, say thank you, and ask, can we have some more? The public is getting just what they ask for, would you like some cheese and bacon on that? How about a super size diet soda,gotta watch that waistline don't you know. How could you possibly convince someone to drive three to four hours a day in bumper to bumper traffic for years? We waste peoples lives in other countries so we can waste ours in traffic jams. Yea we are the 99% and about 99% of us are total dumbasses. How do you wake up the brain dead? We need a necromancer for idiots. Oh well enough of that, time order a pizza with extra fat, grab a bud lite, turn on the game,and surf for porn during the commercials. American exceptionalism, yea what a life!

Good FKN luck Chicago-You elected Rahm Emanuel for mayor-SHAME on you!!! Don't you people know his involvement with the National Financial crises..He was one of the Key Players in the lead up to the 2008 financial crises, up to his neck in corruption ...How in the hell did that Reptilian predator wind up Mayor????

Emanuel's role in the subprime lending crisis:

Emanuel was appointed to the board of scandal-plagued quasi-governmental mortgage giant Freddie Mac by President Clinton. [6][7] While Emanuel was on the board, Freddie Mac misreported its net income in 2000 by 30.5 percent, in 2001 by 23.9 percent and 2002 by 42.9 percent according to the SEC. Freddie Mac's failure is regarded as one of the precipitating events of the Financial Crisis of 2008.

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