Comments by "" (@michaelhill8441) on "How much should the rich be taxed? People in AOC's district weigh in | Digital Original" video.

  1.  @wolfmantroy6601  they never pay 40%. That's just fiction. After they use deductions and loopholes they generally paying squat.
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  2. My taxes are high because the 400 billion in capital flight from America every year is never taxed. Along with the trillions held in offshore accounts. The other reason is our tax code allows corporations to pay next to nothing. No tax base from the rich so the middle class has to pick up the slack.
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  3.  @amgirl4286  that's the reason for the minimum tax rate internationally. All we are doing as countries is one big race to the bottom by giving the wealthy all they want. If the tax rate was doubled they would still work and innovate because that's what they do.
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  4. No they don't. That's the problem
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  5.  @FKA_Skull  did you drive to work on a road, take a shower with water or use electricity to watch your TV? How about the ability to call police, fire or ambulance if you need them? All from our taxes.
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  6. Ugh, it's well known corporations pay little if anything in taxes.
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  7.  Sarge Rattlesnake  sorry I just re read you post. Well it looks like she may have an ethics violation to defend. Doubt it will come to much though.
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  8.  @bimini1216  that's personal taxes. The wealthy leave their money in their corporations that pay little to no taxes.
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  9.  @amgirl4286  ok, so you admit the wealthy are screwing Americans out of jobs right? They are doing it for their personal benefit right? Then why don't you want to tax the hell out of them. They're the ones bleeding us dry.
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  10.  @amgirl4286  my problem is the entire way people view the rich. People see them as job providers so we should give them anything they ask, including favorable tax rates and construction of pass through companies. I don't, I see them as citizens who are talented and will get more out of life than ones who are not. What I don't see is the reason we give them any special advantages tax wise, over anyone else. They have already created a market that small businesses cannot compete with. Try opening a hardware store these days. Just their buying power alone can keep them at the top. We don't need to give them more.
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  11.  @googleplaynow9608  you are only quoting personal taxes paid. The real tax avoidance is within their companies where most of their holdings are.
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  12.  @jeffa7671  electricity. I could have easily said blender and made the same point. Keep up please
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  13.  @cranbers  problem with that is they don't contribute taxes that go to rebuilding infastructure their companies use to do business.
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  14.  @cranbers  it's easily found online the amout their corporations pay. Usually little to nothing. Meanwhile my corporation, because I don't need to expand, hire or buy equipment has to pay taxes
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  15.  @ruffkuntry2574  that is one of the hypocracies I point out all the time. That's why I don't generally use party names when talking about the past. Too confusing for some. The reason they still hold the confederate flag to a high regard is because it's a conservatives flag. Liberals never owned the south, conservatives did.
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  16. Their charitable contributions are 100% deductible.
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  17.  @Godzilla-r9d  he got called racist because he only banned Chinese nationals from flying to and from China. If you were American or Japanese for that matter you never had a ban.
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  18.  @Audi2Gunz  so why was it ok for anyone else other than Chinese nationals, to travel to and from China. Even the Wuhan province
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  19.  @elric58  sorry I should have been clearer. It's their corporations not paying taxes. They use their corps as slush funds and piggy banks because the money can be deductible. Directly avoiding paying taxes on that money that was essentially used for personal reasons.
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  20.  @southernparadise9896  well, with money it's easier to make more money. Without money you're left with no options to help create more wealth. Why would you think those with options should pay the same as those without?
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  21.  @cranbers  I agree with what you said but there is no way any company that does a billion dollars in business is going to leave 10 million to be taxable. They could just as easily, and most likely would, buy a Gulfstream jet or other asset and take the write off. Leaving them to have made earnings and grow, without contributing to the tax base.
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  22.  @cranbers  first off I am a big proponent of a flat tax. Just the simplicity will save billions a year. Along with these ease of calculating for a small business who would need to keep a running tally so they can pay their share at the end of the year. Second, a Corp who does a billion a year in business who needs 10 million for taxes could easily get a loan or sell an asset to make up the shortfall. Just like a small business would. This is only my opinion though. I don't see enough will in government to ever see this happen.
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  23.  @cranbers  thanks for the nice conversation. I like throwing ideas around with people that have a different perspective
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  24.  @jp92382  who are the "these people" you're referring to in your comment with chad? Are you saying you have some superior ideas that makes my point moot, or are you just a snooty liberal that's no better than one who would call me a MAGA for having different ideas? 🤔
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  25.  @jp92382  you are right in your first reply. Legal loop holes and tax avoidance is something that needs to be looked at. But let's get some perspective here. Of the total tax revenue America collects around 45% comes from personal income tax. Of that 45% the rich pay a big share of it. That's not the problem. The problem is corporations on make up 3.5% of the gross tax revenue. It's within those corporations is where the rich hold most of their wealth. If you include that, then one can only conclude they are not paying enough.
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  26.  @charlieschultz9232  I would be all for a flat tax with zero deductions.
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  27.  @ruffkuntry2574  so of the 40% of the people not being sent back 70% of them took the vaccine. They were all offered but some chose not to take it.
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  28.  Bendover so you tube can fuc% you And little kid#  history shows conservatives have always owned the south.
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  29.  Bendover so you tube can fuc% you And little kid#  I don't tell jokes online. Hard to get the punchline across.
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  30.  Bendover so you tube can fuc% you And little kid#  really? What was not factually correct, that I wrote.
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  31. We should do that aswell not instead of.
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  32. Just because you're on disability doesn't mean you're correct
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  33.  @microcheese56  she didn't pay for ANY of that. Her ticket was donated by vogue magi,one and the dress was donated by the dress maker.
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  34.  @Godzilla-r9d  so an American couldn't go to China, become infected, and bring it back? Think about it
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  35.  @Godzilla-r9d  one poll said that. One
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  36.  @Godzilla-r9d  still just one poll. Never look at just one, averaging out many polls gives you a better read on a topic.
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  37.  Sarge Rattlesnake  depends if it was given to her or loaned to her. The dress that is, the ticket isn't a material object so I don't think that's covered in the statute.
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  38. Blue counties contribute 75% of all tax revenue.
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  39.  @shawnhill3482  that's 100% factual truth right there. Brutal part is there are triple the red counties than blue ones. Kind of puts republican economic policies into perspective.
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  40.  @conspiracytheorist2192  that's actually wrong. Most service industry might be owned my mom and pop shops but when it comes to selling goods people cannot compete with the big box stores or amazon
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  41.  @JustSomeGuy98  sorry I should have been clearer. I was talking about their corporations.
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  42.  @emily4439  they don't just pay themselves one million. That would just be stupid from the tax perspective. They use Corp dollars for personal expenses and write it off as a corporate deduction. Never actually having the cash in their personal account to be taxed. Hell I do that but not nearly as well as people with more cash and better accountants do.
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  43.  chN  hell no. Dividend income is where they make most of their personal wealth. That and share value in their own companies
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  44.  @milopepper2559  my God do I need to spell my point out to you? Do you remember the point of the article. Democrats want the tax code changed. Jesus you're daft
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  45.  @milopepper2559  tell that to trump with his cars and apartments he let others use. Also tell every person who owns a corporation or pass through company that too. That's the problem here is that this happens all the time and the only people who can afford the accounting is the rich.
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  46.  @JustSomeGuy98  I agree, those taxes do get paid but are not what I am talking about. I am talking about the un taxed trillions in profit corps make.
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  47.  @milopepper2559  to be fair our finances were spirling out of control.when he took over. He spent quite a while righting the ship.
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  48.  @emily4439  of course I do and I'm sure you do too. That has nothing to do with the topic though.
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  49.  @tfilmyr  I agree. Tax evasion for the rich is not partisan. Both sides do it.
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  50.  @JustSomeGuy98  looking at the data, after payroll and all the other taxes that are deductible for the corporation they still make multi billion dollar profits they don't pay taxes on. Why is this ok to Republicans?
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  51.  @amgirl4286  I appreciate you being as thorough as you csn on this format. So, I am not sure what more we can do to make this a more business friendly environment other than actally breaking up monopolies like you said. Problem is every industry is now beholden to their respective monopoly. Not service industry obviously, but anything that sells goods is out due to big box stores and Amazon. Construction sector is the same way with the bigger guys having the buying power so they can produce buildings cheaper. I don't know if you can even fix this problem inside a capitalist system
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  52.  @brendonrookes1151  so you seem like another repuican willing to roll over for the rich. Why?
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  53.  @brendonrookes1151  that's is the reason behind bidens push for a minimum tax rate on corporations. The one that Republicans have mocked.
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  54.  @brendonrookes1151  ok, conservative then. Regardless of it being the US or Australia the super wealthy don't need any more help from us. If anything I think we should take back. Eliminate impoting goods that could be made at home. Cap the numbers of employees one person can have. Cap the overall market share of any company in their given field. Flat tax on everyone's gross pay. Maybe, cap the amount one person can own in stock share to a specific value. You can still go after the American Dream in a system like this, you just cap out and leave room for others to own in the industry. I'm just throwing ideas around here. The free capitalist markets have lead to far too much in equality even to those who work their hands to the bone.
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  55.  @brendonrookes1151  dude, I'm a millionaire. Thats not really a big deal these days if you own a home and business.
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  56.  @brendonrookes1151  what about the ideas I presented. People could be one a muti millionaire or maybe even billionaire in that system too.
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  57.  @johnchristman750  I do understand that. That's why I want the laws changed. Not sure what your point is
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  58.  @hendrixfan08721  federal, state and municipal level govermments.
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  59.  @deridramatthews76  how is she rich, she doesn't make that much in congress. Less than 200K a year
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