Senate Republicans Vote Against American Jobs
 

This is a prime example of why I get sick and tired of people that try to make the false equivalency argument that both parties are equally bad.


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See any Democrats on that list?

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Hell no!

All fucking Republicans.

Though the practice of "inversion" is unseemly, the US tax code is the problem with its high corporate rates and designer tax breaks for those with deep pockets.

The top rate doesn't appear to be all that high from a historical standpoint. At least since WW2.

http://www.taxpolicycenter.org/taxfa...al_bracket.pdf

But obviously the designer breaks as you call are a travesty.


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We're competing with Ireland's 10% corporate rate (many of the companies practicing "inversion" are buying small Irish companies and moving only their headquarters there).

Two can play that game.

You wanna make your shit in Ireland, then sell your shit in Ireland. Don't go bringing it over here and put it on Wally World's shelves unless you pay a steep import tariff.

The same goes for China, or any of those low wage third world shitholes.

Again, it's our corporate tax laws causing this mess. The Democrats want to put a quick, high-visibility band-aid on the problem and not address the underlying cause. They know their approach is a non-starter, but it makes for good copy in an election year.

I imagine it's like Health Care.

A real solution, ie in the case of Health care, single payer, is impossible because of the Republicans.

So they tried for a band aid, like the ACA, and couldn't even get that.

You're not going to sucker me into that false equivalency crap finn. Might as well give up on it.

I'll give you credit for being a hard-headed ideologue - the kind who watches Ed Schultz.

Ed's awesome, but I don't have cable.

I get most of my news off the net.

As for being hard headed you're Goddamned right.

The Republicans are never going to give an inch.

So if the Democrats keep meeting them halfway all they accomplish is moving the country farther and farther to the right. And that's exactly what has been happening for the last 40 years.

I definitely feel that way about the 'Baggers and their ilk. OTOH, I like to look at issues on their own merits and our corporate tax code has very little merit.

I don't know much about the corporate tax code.

All I know is that they are not paying enough.

And that us ordinary schmucks are having to take up the slack.

http://www.aflcio.org/Corporate-Watc...Share-of-Taxes

I don't differentiate between baggers and other Republicans. They are all equally bad IMO. Therefore they are all baggers to me.

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I like me some Ed Shultz and Andy Sullivan. :) Charlie Pierce too.

I like Andrew Sullivan a lot. Smart guy. Ed Schultz is a blowhard that 'Baggers would be proud to identify with in terms of temperament. I got no use for him.

Yeah, he's extremely pro union. :rolleyes:

I'm not anti-union. I'm anti-public-sector unions doing much beyond planning the annual picnic. I share FDR's POV in this regard (except the picnic).;)

It's not a problem for the rich. These portions of the code are written to ensure they get richer.

I'm not much for public sector unions either.

As long as there are good strong private sector ones.

All workers, both public and private, union, and non union, benefit when that is the case.

However, that is not the case anymore. .

QFT well said

Look again. Begich (D) of the great state of Alaska is on that list. He voted against because Reid won't allow amendment votes.

OMG!

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It was 41-1 not 42-0!

That means it was Bipartisan!:rolleyes:

Just wanted to correct your error/oversight, and point out that a vote against may have other justification than just evil racists that want to obstruct.

That's a gross caricature of criticisms of the racist, obstructionist Republicans. Everyone knows they have other concerns and motivations that are important sometimes. Kissing what the oligarchs want kissed, for example. This falls into that category.