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Andrew Yang on CNN: "The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math."

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He also said his staff is trying to figure out what Trump's nickname for him will be and they've come up with "Comrade Yang."

George McGov... I mean, Yang is proposing $1,000 payment per year to every woman, man and child in the United States.

The best argument for that?

He asked the audience, "How much did Amazon pay in taxes last year?"

[b][big]"ZERO!!!"[/big][/b]
NataliaTF
I don't want to get involved in an argument, as it is not an area of much detailed knowledge, but if Amazon did not pay any tax last year, has the IRS identified actual EVASION? Or merely Amazon following to the letter, the arcana of the US Tax system.

So many people on SW seem to think that paying taxes is a moral virtue. Although the suspicion from their misunderstandings suggest they themselves are not taxpayers. In reality, taxation, however dressed up, is appropriation (theft!!!) of your hard-earned property. So your obligation, under the coercive power of the state, is to pay the minimum you are legally required to do. Not a penny less. But not a penny more.

Too many people think that tax is a black and white issue. But if you put together the tax code, the rulings, and countless years of litigation, no one - literally no one - has anything like a clear picture of who should pay what to whom and why, especially at corporate and rich-list level. Hence the overwhelming number of cases before the courts.
beckyromero36-40, F
@Thinkerbell [quote]Then why didn't either of the political parties change the tax code when they held majorities in both houses as well as the presidency?[/quote]

Yang was never in Congress.

He's proposing changes to the tax law.
Thinkerbell41-45, F
@beckyromero


[quote]Yang was never in Congress.[/quote]

And he'll never be in the White House either, at least not as president.

But look on the bright side... all he has to do is get a progressive democrat into the presidency, convince 218 House members and 51 senators (maybe only 50) to vote for his changes, and he's all set.
Thinkerbell41-45, F
@jackjjackson

[quote]...paying income tax at the corporate and personal level is double taxation...[/quote]

The government is no stranger to multiple taxation. Someday, I'll do a careful estimate of how much in taxes get paid if you buy a $100 item in a store. First of all, you have to earn about $135 before you are left with $100 to pay for the item, to cover income taxes, social security and medicare. Then you have to pay another $8 or so in sales tax. Part of the $100 goes to paying the sales clerk's salary, which gets taxed, part goes for paying the store rent, which gets taxed as part of the landlord's income, part goes in tax on the store's net profit, part goes for shipping, which gets taxed (driver's income, transport company's profits), part goes for the manufacturer price, which gets taxed, etc. I'm sure I've left some things out.
BlueVeins22-25
I don't know, an Asian man is scarcely ever one botched tanning session away from matching his appearance. Spot on in every other way though.
SimplyTracie26-30, F

 
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