tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post8359757408712717583..comments2024-03-28T19:45:08.560-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): How corporations avoid paying income taxesMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-78218751116691435782015-03-14T16:46:39.806-05:002015-03-14T16:46:39.806-05:00I'm reminded of the post "The Monty Hall ...I'm reminded of the post "The Monty Hall Problem Explained". The solution in the "choosing one of 3 doors" is counterintuitive there. The same here. And it is for the same reason: not thinking outside of the preconceptions and presumptions and biases we come with when approaching the problem.<br /><br />Here the rational is that big corporations profit and working class people suffer.<br /><br />Yet that is untrue. The working class work for these corporations, and there is nothing more equitable than earnings tied to profits, or at the very least, a corporation that remains afloat because it pays less taxes and thus has more liquidity with which to exist. <br /><br />The problem -- and I am no economics savant -- is that liberals, certain tax reformers, anti-capitalists and socialists -- many of whom are extremely well-educated -- fail to recognize that what they know is only part of the puzzle, not the whole of it.Robohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420073439879219853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11831952803922585682013-12-20T12:11:19.690-06:002013-12-20T12:11:19.690-06:00Part of the problem with the answers is that it is...Part of the problem with the answers is that it isn't easy to do anything about when the system enters a feedback loop. In the end, it's the people (literal people, not corporations) who are responsible for the governments they have. In some ways, Claire Wolf was right: "America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-10251941055801922322013-12-18T17:02:27.502-06:002013-12-18T17:02:27.502-06:00Excellent questions. Now we need to answer them an...Excellent questions. Now we need to answer them and do something about the situation. Corporations are NOT people. This tax evasion has to stop.Barbwirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17375742473254773675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-11725096374711665082013-12-17T17:35:49.882-06:002013-12-17T17:35:49.882-06:00How can you change laws when the very politicians ...How can you change laws when the very politicians who can do that are in the pockets of the corporations gaining from the laws that need changing? Moreover, how can you restrict politicians from corruption when they willingly give away money that isn't theirs to garner votes to stay in power?Nathannoreply@blogger.com