Motorola Decides to Stay in Chicago
Big business--
Breaking the backs of taxpayers and stifling the economy with more taxes and regulation....... ðŸ¤
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island-guy said:
Breaking the backs of taxpayers and stifling the economy with more taxes and regulation....... ðŸ¤
Considering that Motorola makes more money in a month than entire Illinois state budget for the year, I think it's fair to say that Moto is the "big" in this equation. Calling Illinois "big government" is like calling the geico lizard Godzilla.
But I do agree with your point. Ordinary citizens should not hold the burden of paying for big government. That doesn't mean that corporations should get away without paying what they owe and "taxpayers" are paying out the wazoo for the subsidies that companies like Motorola get every year. I actually believe in a free market society so I think the...
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muchdrama said:
--avoiding taxes since the beginning of time.
Not really, since you can't tax a business, you can only tax people. Sure, there are "corporate taxes," but when you tax a business, the business gets that money by either: a) raising prices on the product they sell, in which case the CUSTOMER pays the tax; b) finding different suppliers for the parts that their product requires, in which case the SUPPLIERS pay the tax in the form of lost revenue, and possibly the customers if the product suffers in quality; c) paying their employees less, in which case the EMPLOYEE pays the "corporate" tax, or d) paying the executives or shareholders less.
Follow the trail long enough, and eventually a perso...
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