tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post2084223001615338792..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Read Stuff, You Should Jonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-83576419839599863152012-08-23T12:37:15.890-05:002012-08-23T12:37:15.890-05:00UserGoogol - Fair point, although that's not t...UserGoogol - Fair point, although that's not true for all businesses.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-60842894718937059492012-08-23T02:45:07.339-05:002012-08-23T02:45:07.339-05:00Highest official rates, but the corporate income t...Highest official rates, but the corporate income tax has a whole lot of deductions and credits in it, so the effective corporate tax rate is fairly low.UserGoogolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07451696693372858067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-42453421972096125362012-08-23T00:41:27.161-05:002012-08-23T00:41:27.161-05:00CSH - I think you're forgetting that we have o...CSH - I think you're forgetting that we have one of the highest tax rates on Corporate income in the world.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-64959968248643819102012-08-22T13:12:25.742-05:002012-08-22T13:12:25.742-05:00Romney would balance the budget by selling Hawaii ...Romney would balance the budget by selling Hawaii and the Democrat-voting Pacific coast to Japan, keeping the Republican-voting inland. His reelection would be certain...Ambi Valenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03488247852564879628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-77389569544616540712012-08-22T11:31:48.845-05:002012-08-22T11:31:48.845-05:00purusha, I do believe our friend Ron E. was being ...purusha, I do believe our friend Ron E. was being sarcastic.<br /><br />I was thinking along the same lines recently. Long-term capital gains/dividends are usually taxed at 15%, much below the ordinary rate, because they are not paid by "ordinary" people, more often corporate-type entities. That's logical to the extent that capital can easily flow elsewhere if you tax it too much (much more easily than ordinary idiots like myself can relocate to Monte Carlo). Also cause corporations aren't people.<br /><br />I mean, its not like a corporation can get disability insurance! Ok, maybe if its a Detroit automaker. Or social security! Ok, maybe if they screw up their pension and dump it on the PBGC. Well, at least a corporation can't benefit from the common defense! Unless its something like United Fruit, which used the US military to overthrow a banana republic that was hindering its own sale of bananas.<br /><br />So maybe corporations <i>are</i> people. But people are not corporations! Then I thought about what Reid's Deep Throat alleged about how Romney got to an effective tax rate of 0%, and it occurred to me that, no, no, Lord Mittens is probably a corporation unto himself.CSHnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-55061553870979382112012-08-22T11:31:11.023-05:002012-08-22T11:31:11.023-05:00T.....M......I......T.....M......I......Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-27955335020393544512012-08-22T11:06:36.049-05:002012-08-22T11:06:36.049-05:00ahh I see. yeah, I was intimidated. not that I was...ahh I see. yeah, I was intimidated. not that I was all that into Valerie though. I was more the Farah and Cheryl Tiegs poster kinda kid.andrew longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-69514575731834296092012-08-22T10:04:10.342-05:002012-08-22T10:04:10.342-05:00No, I sort of meant on the show; I guess I had the...No, I sort of meant on the show; I guess I had the opposite reaction - I always thought that having America's Sweetheart as her younger sister made her the one to root for. Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-71987797591390821882012-08-22T09:58:09.810-05:002012-08-22T09:58:09.810-05:00Oh I mean just as an actress, a personality. I was...Oh I mean just as an actress, a personality. I was a pre-teen who loved One Day at a Time, but I was kind of afraid of her. And that and AG are pretty much it for notable performances. Later, when I realized who she was, I did feel sympathy for her.andrew longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-14179714940213850102012-08-22T09:43:33.510-05:002012-08-22T09:43:33.510-05:00Agree about Paul Le Mat, but he did have a good, a...Agree about Paul Le Mat, but he did have a good, albeit short, run. <br /><br />And...really? Mackenzie Phillips? How could you not root for her? Oh well.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-62400445452155574812012-08-22T09:33:49.413-05:002012-08-22T09:33:49.413-05:00Oh yeah, Mitt Romney's 0% tax rate is way too ...Oh yeah, Mitt Romney's 0% tax rate is way too high. The federal government should be paying him money for the privilege of having him extract money from the US economy and sending to various island tax shelters. It seems that there is no state of affairs too upside-down for tea party morons like Ron E. to want to make it worse.purushanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-10369369090771540162012-08-22T09:31:44.833-05:002012-08-22T09:31:44.833-05:00well yeah, I never really warmed to Mackenzie Phil...well yeah, I never really warmed to Mackenzie Phillips.<br /><br />I do wish Paul Le Mat had worked to his potential over the years.andrew longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-6291400193770363182012-08-22T08:53:04.548-05:002012-08-22T08:53:04.548-05:00Ah, life is good.Ah, life is good.Scott Monjenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-42854491350105725562012-08-22T08:47:00.229-05:002012-08-22T08:47:00.229-05:00You don't need to close tax expenditures to ac...You don't need to close tax expenditures to achieve revenue neutrality. You just cut taxes on job creators and watch revenues soar as the economy grows 6% a year and unemployment drops to 3%....Ron E.noreply@blogger.com