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The advocacy group Progressive Maryland raised ethical questions yesterday about Ehrlich deciding on the tax bill, noting that Ehrlich's wife, Kendel Ehrlich, is an employee for Comcast; in a story on Delaware loopholes published last month, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Comcast uses 400 Delaware subsidiaries to avoid taxes. Kendel Ehrlich said yesterday that she was not familiar with the tax issue and had not talked to her husband about it.
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said by Prairie Dog :

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And the esteemed Governor of Pa, Ed Rendell still works for Comcast. Isn't that special.

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said by MoviePhreak9 :

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Knew they were cheap bastar*s but didnt know they went this low

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said by Prairie Dog :

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And the esteemed Governor of Pa, Ed Rendell still works for Comcast.

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Philadelphia Daily News
May 23, 2003

Gov. Rendell's administration has endorsed a no-bid contract that would turn over management of the Pennsylvania Convention Center to a subsidiary of Comcast-Spectacor, center officials said.
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"in a story on Delaware loopholes published last month, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Comcast uses 400 Delaware subsidiaries to avoid taxes."

Knew they were cheap bastar*s but didnt know they went this low

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said by MoviePhreak9 :

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"in a story on Delaware loopholes published last month, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Comcast uses 400 Delaware subsidiaries to avoid taxes."

Knew they were cheap bastar*s but didnt know they went this low

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I see nothing wrong with avoiding taxes legally. There are a lot of Comcast practices I don't like, but avoiding taxes is not one of them. Why should any entity pay more taxes than absolutely necessary?

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"in a story on Delaware loopholes published last month, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported that Comcast uses 400 Delaware subsidiaries to avoid taxes."

Knew they were cheap bastar*s but didnt know they went this low

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said by MoviePhreak9 :

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Hmm i did some research---Delaware is the richs way of hiding taxes....

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said by russizm :

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The only tax advantage that I know of is the free Sales Tax, everything else is raised to make up for it.

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said by Floppy :

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It's a fact that Delaware caters to businesses; they'll never institute sales tax. Compared to other states they are among the highest in income taxes, so the people who live in DE pay the difference.

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said by Floppy :

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That's why every Fortune 500 company does business in Delaware.

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said by Prairie Dog :

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hmmmm, why not, I think I will vote it up as well. I find it interesting how politicians get away with this stuff. You know the old saying, if you don't like something, don't read it!

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COMCAST CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RANKS LOWER THAN THE IRS
according to a recent study by the American Customer Satisfaction Index

Customer service issues are an appropriate topic for this forum. While Comcast isn't alone - satisfaction for the entire cable industry stinks - it makes me wonder: How can these companies survive with such poor ratings?

Commentary for the study states two reasons: monopoly and technology.

It's true, cable offers many advantages if your plant is clean. But is that enough? Maybe the monopolistic aspect is key.

Which leads us to the topic of regulation.

Which leads us to the topic of regulators.

Which (according to this topic) leads us to Comcast.

Thanks for the lead newview!

'tis a very important topic, imo

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said by Nightfall :

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As I said before, users looking for important Comcast information when it comes to broadband rule changes, equipment, caps, and so on will find none here.

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said by Prairie Dog :

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hmmmm, why not, I think I will vote it up as well. I find it interesting how politicians get away with this stuff. You know the old saying, if you don't like something, don't read it!

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said by Prairie Dog :

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Congratulations on your appointment to moderator, I am sure the rest of the moderators are glad you are here to tell them how to do their job, even though they have not officially been told you are a moderator. Once again, if you don't like something don't read it. Just another case of comcast giving people of influence jobs. The feds should investigate them, but with Michael Powell in office, forget it. Another patronage appointment courtesy of daddy Colin Powell.

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Who cares if the Gov's wife works for Comcast. Much ado about nothing.

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Cheney used to work for an oil company before his elevation to VP. Why dont you complain about that fact......

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Something that's been nagging at me about this is that well, what SHOULD she do instead? With a background that warrants working for Comcast, wouldn't she just have a job with some other telecom company that people would raise a stink about as well? Heck whatever job the Governor's wife has could possibly be an influence be it from pizza delivery to waste management. How many thousands of people does Comcast employ? I mean, it's just a job folks, let the woman earn some money.

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During his brief remarks before the crowd of about 300, Ehrlich said the lack of Republican influence "has led to the paybacks, retribution, spending, spending, spending, partisan judicial nominations, spending, spending, scandal and spending in Annapolis."

During his speech, Ehrlich singled out Comcast, the party's sponsor, as a "great corporate name that gives back to the community."

Comcast, which is also the major sponsor of the Republican National Convention, is headquartered in Philadelphia and does a lot of business in Ehrlich's district. It was in the news recently for acquiring the naming rights for the new University of Maryland College Park arena in exchange for providing cable service to campus dorms. "Comcast has been the sponsor of a number of host events, and we hosted this party because [Ehrlich] is a member of Congress within a prime market," said Comcast spokesman Keith Haller.

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Comcast, wife's employer, may have benefited, it says

A liberal advocacy group has asked the attorney general's office to investigate whether the governor had a conflict of interest in vetoing a tax bill that could have cost his wife's employer money.

Tom Hucker, executive director of Progressive Maryland, said yesterday the group wants Attorney General J. Joseph Curran Jr. to examine Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s veto of a bill that would have prevented corporations from shifting assets to Delaware to avoid taxes.

Records show that Comcast Cable Communications Inc. has hundreds of subsidiaries incorporated in Delaware, and first lady Kendel Ehrlich is a part-time Comcast employee.

"For the governor to veto a bill, and by vetoing it presumably makes millions of dollars for his wife's employer, it looks like a conflict of interest to the average person," Hucker said.

The attorney general's office did not have an immediate response yesterday to Hucker's written request.

Progressive Maryland, a coalition of labor, religious and community groups that advocates for living wage laws and other issues, was a strong supporter of the loophole-closing bill, which was expected to generate at least $35 million in tax revenue for the state. Ehrlich rejected the bill last month, knocking the state budget out of balance.

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