Quote Originally Posted by dwalker460 View Post
I think you need to pull that bus over to the side of the Pretentiousness Highway. Republicans want lower taxes and to give business (also known in some circles as corporations) the ability to do business. This not only provides the goods and services we Americans enjoy, but also has a weird side effect of providing jobs. Tax breaks sometimes helps this, but should be used very sparingly. I know of many small businesses who receive tax breaks for relocation, purchase of new equipment etc. which enables them to do better business.

HOWEVER- this can be abused- GE is a perfect example, and I do NOT believe Romney or Ryan or pretty much any actual Republican agrees with any form of abuse.

Hey, BTW, want to know how to lower taxes? End all social programs. Thats what Churches and other organizations are for. End all subsidies for energy independence and other technological boondoggles. If the private sector thinks money can be made there, they will damned sure pay for the research. END as much of this dependence on the government to provide for over half of the population- which they do by taxing the crap out of the other half- and taxes will drop. Inflation might actually recede to reasonable levels.
I did get a giggle out of that, but I'm not sure how I was being pretentious. I'm just a little sick of paying (at least) my fair share and watching that amount increase (along with the deficit) to make up the difference for those who are receiving entitlements, breaks, and credits.

I agree with you, ending/limiting the handouts would ease a lot of the burden. The abuse, however, is not such a rare occurrence that we should just shrug it off by saying we don't condone it and then doing nothing to change it.

We pay for those goods and services we enjoy; they aren't given to us for free just because a company is enjoying the benefit of not having to pay taxes. If the company has a good business model, is providing a worthwhile product, and isn't pricing themselves out of the market just so the CEO can get another $1.2M bonus this quarter, they will thrive regardless of having to pay taxes like the rest of us, and jobs will still be created. It should not be my responsibility to pay more in taxes to keep the country afloat all in the name of allowing some company to maintain their 400% profit margin. That's the beauty of a free market. Grow or die.