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This Is Where I’d Lose Faith In Humanity If I Hadn’t Lost It Already
First I lure you in with an adorable photo of a baby eating cake:
Then I encourage you to click on the link because she has a really good point (once you can get through all the references to child abuse and anti-fat hate).
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JP Morgan Investor Report: Huge Corporate Profits Resulted Directly From Reducing Wages And Benefits
As ThinkProgress previously reported, since 2009, 88 percent of income growth has gone to corporate profits, and only 1 percent has gone to wages.
They’re not creating jobs, they’re creating profits. Tax those profits, I say! Give them a reason to put it into the employee’s hands if they don’t want the government to have it.
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Dan: Uh, I’m going to need a couple more weeks on that loan payment…
(Roseanne opens door)
Mike Summers: Hi, I’m Mike Summers, your state representative. How ya doin’?
Roseanne: (unenthusiastically) Great.
Mike: Good, I’m going door-to-door, trying to get to know my constituents.
Roseanne: Oh, door-to-door, huh? That takes a lot of time. Why don’t you just go down to the unemployment office and see everybody at once?
Mike: I hear ya. And you’re right.We can’t let this area’s work-force lay idle. That’s why bringing in new business is my number-one priority.
Roseanne: How?
Mike: Through tax incentives. See, we’re gonna make it cheaper for out-of-state businesses to set up shop right here in Lanford.
Roseanne: So they get a tax break?
Mike: Yeah, that’s why they come here.
Roseanne: Well, who’s gonna pay the taxes that they ain’t paying?
Mike: Well, you… you will. But you’ll be working. Good, steady employment.
Roseanne: Union wages?
Mike: Well, now, part of the reason these companies are finding it so expensive to operate in other locations is—
Roseanne: (cuts him off) Soooo, they’re gonna dump the union, so they can come here and hire us at scab wages, and then for that privilege…we get to pay their taxes?
Mike: Is your husband home?
Roseanne: Well, he’s on the phone tryin’ to keep us from losing our house. Hey…let’s talk about that. See, we’re broke. I can’t even afford to buy groceries unless it’s double-coupon day.
Mike: Mm-hm. You know, we should talk about that. Oh! But, I have several houses I have to get to before I quit go—
Roseanne: (cuts him off, grabs coat) Oh, hey, great! I’ll come with ya. Boy, it’s gettin’ rough out here Mike. It’s getting so my son’s gonna have to wear my daughter’s hand-me-downs; for real this time, not just for fun. -
29 Companies Had More Cash Than The U.S. Treasury As Of July 13
Check out this handy chart:
Bank of America, JPMorgan, Freddie Mac, General Electric… Wait a second, isn’t that the very same General Electric which paid $0 in taxes for 2010?
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Prayer Rally Dwarfed By Texans Who Flock To Nearby Convention Center, Desperate For Free School Supplies
Only a few miles down the road from Jones, her governor prayed alongside 30,000 people for all those “who have lost hope.” He did not see fit to mention either the thousands of his constituents lined up for free back-to-school items or the multi-million dollar cuts his budget will inflict upon the Texas education system.
Reminds me of a Bible verse:
“And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Assuredly, I say to you, they have their reward.”
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Looks like people want a mix of liberal and conservative solutions. Too bad congress is too immature to do such a thing as compromise.
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Small-Business Owners Say Millionaire's Surtax Won't Affect Hiring
“It’s not in the top 20 things that we think about when we’re making a business hire,” said Ian Yankwitt, who owns Tortoise Investment Management. Yankwitt says deciding to bring on another employee is all about return on investment. Will adding another person to the payroll make his company more successful?
“If my taxes go up, I have slightly less disposable income, yes,” said Burger, co-owner of CSS International Holdings, a global infrastructure contractor. “But that has nothing to do with what my business does. What my business does is based on the contracts that it wins and the demand for its services.”
“I, like any other American, especially a business owner, I want to make as much money as I can and I want to keep as much money in my pocket as I can, but I also believe in the greater good,” says Deborah Schwarz, who owns LAC Group, an information management firm with offices nationwide and in London.
Genderqueer with a touch of happy humanism.
