Facekhan
join:2002-05-01
Gaithersburg, MD
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Re: Only People Pay Taxes - True
Corporations are people.
There is an award being given to the first judge that gives a corporation the death penalty. In the past corporations have been "imprisoned" mainly by having their assets frozen or by being liquidated and seized by the government. Courts can rule that a corporation or its officers/BOD who are supposedly responsible for the corporations actions can be imprisoned it just never happens because a corporation is basically trading an extra layer of taxation in exchange for getting a free pass. |
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pcscdma
Chocobo Chocobo Random Battle
Premium
join:2004-01-14
Winterset, IA
clubs: | reply to LegoPower77
Corporations are people.
There is an award being given to the first judge that gives a corporation the death penalty.
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/sbin/shutdown -h now |
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dddane
join:2002-01-10
Chicago, IL | reply to LegoPower77
Re: Only People Pay Taxes
well, duh. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
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It is/was/always will be part of their cost to provide DSL. As pointed out in the article it is just another way they are milking more money out of their customer's without making it look like they are jacking up the price. They are attempting to separate themselves from this "tax" to make it appear it is something being forced on them (poor them) so they must force it on their customers though they don't want to (yeah right).
Just like what was discussed when SBC pulled this. If it is a direct cost to the having the line, it should be advertised as such. I could care less what it cost, just be honest and truthful upfront without misleading the public. None of this get unlimited DSL for $1.99/month with the small disclaimers of hidden fees making it $26.99/month.
I am just waiting for the "Our pensions are down recovery fee" to be added to my bill. |
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Minister
join:2002-01-02
Fleeting | reply to LegoPower77
Feh!
So include it in the cost of the DSL line! |
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LegoPower77
Abecedarian
Premium
join:2002-08-03
Arlington, VA
| A tax on any company or corporation is always passed off to people. Since corporations are made up of people, it makes sense: only people pay taxes. The payment is either in the form of higher prices for the consumer, lower wages for the worker (fewer stock options for the eeevil management), or lower dividends to the investor. But only people pay taxes.
In this case, it makes perfect sense, like the myth that ½ of social security is paid by the employer, Verizon is only passing on all the cost of its tax burden. I know what people in this forum will say, since they love to bash eeevil corporations, but really they should be complaining to their congressman about the onerous taxes and regulation that ALL companies have to deal with these days.
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"Those who want to take our money and gain power over us have discovered the magic formula: Get us envious or angry at others and we will surrender, in installments, not only our money but our freedom"—Thomas Sowell. |
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