Political cartoon and meme thread for both sides of the spectrum.

[Antknot]

Sounds like we need increased corporate taxes and price ceilings. I'm gonna Email AOC

democrats are like idiots trying to dam up water. they just keep pasting together makeshift solutions to stop one leak at a time. just moving the problem to another spot. over and over and over.

republicans come along and say just let the water flow. it will seek its own level and you won't have to do all of this bullshit to control it.

Amazon paying no federal taxes is ok by you?

That's not a tax rate problem. It's a congress writing loopholes problem.

[Stapes]

Sounds like we need increased corporate taxes and price ceilings. I'm gonna Email AOC

democrats are like idiots trying to dam up water. they just keep pasting together makeshift solutions to stop one leak at a time. just moving the problem to another spot. over and over and over.

republicans come along and say just let the water flow. it will seek its own level and you won't have to do all of this bullshit to control it.

Amazon paying no federal taxes is ok by you?

That's not a tax rate problem. It's a congress writing loopholes problem.

And?

[CaptQuint]

Sounds like we need increased corporate taxes and price ceilings. I'm gonna Email AOC

democrats are like idiots trying to dam up water. they just keep pasting together makeshift solutions to stop one leak at a time. just moving the problem to another spot. over and over and over.

republicans come along and say just let the water flow. it will seek its own level and you won't have to do all of this bullshit to control it.

Amazon paying no federal taxes is ok by you?

That's not a tax rate problem. It's a congress writing loopholes problem.

So it's a problem, good to have you onboard.

[Antknot]

Sounds like we need increased corporate taxes and price ceilings. I'm gonna Email AOC

democrats are like idiots trying to dam up water. they just keep pasting together makeshift solutions to stop one leak at a time. just moving the problem to another spot. over and over and over.

republicans come along and say just let the water flow. it will seek its own level and you won't have to do all of this bullshit to control it.

Amazon paying no federal taxes is ok by you?

That's not a tax rate problem. It's a congress writing loopholes problem.

And?

Several options:1. go to sales tax only. 2. Flat rate income tax with no deductions. 3. Value Added Tax.

Number one will hurt those with less income. Number two will also unless a minimum income level before the tax takes affect is used. Number three has too many steps and places to "fudge" the numbers.

I thing a flat tax with a minimum income before tax applies. Applied to individuals and corporations and the elimination of ALL. other taxes and fees . And the state's should follow suit.

[Animal]

And?

and the problem is that you don't understand the Amazon example you bring up. I don't completely understand it. I know that the reason they paid $0 in income tax was a combination of a few things. Mostly:

1. They carried forward a loss from prior year(s). That's not a loophole. That's a legit thing. If you lose $1 million in profits, you can't get a refund for that, you have to carry it forward to offset earnings in later years. Its sort of like gambling losses. You can't deduct more in gambling losses than gambling winnings. If you lose more than you make, you have to carry them forward to put up against future winnings.

2. They got tax breaks for sinking cash back into R&D. Now, I don't know what that looks like or how it works, because I don't have R&D in my business. But I do buy equipment. Lots of equipment and it costs lots of money. And they money I spend for it helps other companies and employees and the economy as a whole. In exchange for that, the government will let me speed up the depreciation on that equipment. Its not a loophole, it just allows me to depreciate it in the same year that I bought it. I spend $500,000 on equipment, I can take a $500,000 depreciation deduction. Now that equipment is worth $0 on my balance sheet and my taxable income has dropped by $500k. No loophole. No change to taxes in the long run. It just helps in that year. And it incentivizes companies that make BIG profits to spend BIG money before the end of the year.

3. They got some kind of tax deferment for compensating employees with stock options instead of money. I don't understand this one either, but I assume it means the tax is delayed until the employees cash in the stock options.

So, bottom line is that even though it makes a great story for you and your girlfriends to rant about over coffee, its not tax cheating or doing anything illegal. Its cherry picking a tax year and using it as some kind of example to make a trollish point. And it has absolutely nothing to do with what any of your congresswomen are doing to raise taxes right now.

[Stapes]

Never said they were cheating El Jefe. I understand their army of lawyers and accountants work the system to their best advantage. Im saying it's a fucking problem when they have 11 billion dollar profits and it should annoy you just as much as giving 2 grand to out of work poor folk seem to

[Animal]

Never said they were cheating El Jefe. I understand their army of lawyers and accountants work the system to their best advantage. Im saying it's a fucking problem when they have 11 billion dollar profits and it should annoy you just as much as giving 2 grand to out of work poor folk seem to

and you still don't understand. they didn't make the tax due on the profit disappear. They either offset it will losses from a prior year or they deferred the payment until later. I know to you these sound like very complex tax strategies that require armies of lawyers and accountants. They are not.

[Stapes]

Flumpy is defemding amazon and Walmart but wants those foodstsmps for children to stop... Lol. Typical republican

[Animal]

Flumpy is defemding amazon and Walmart but wants those foodstsmps for children to stop... Lol. Typical republican

if "defending" means "explaining to a moron" in your world, then I guess that's what I am doing.

[Stapes]

Never said they were cheating El Jefe. I understand their army of lawyers and accountants work the system to their best advantage. Im saying it's a fucking problem when they have 11 billion dollar profits and it should annoy you just as much as giving 2 grand to out of work poor folk seem to

and you still don't understand. they didn't make the tax due on the profit disappear. They either offset it will losses from a prior year or they deferred the payment until later. I know to you these sound like very complex tax strategies that require armies of lawyers and accountants. They are not.

Sure big guy.... Lol. You sound like a moron seriously. You know nothing of their profits or losses... Your just spewing bullshit.

[Stapes]

Never said they were cheating El Jefe. I understand their army of lawyers and accountants work the system to their best advantage. Im saying it's a fucking problem when they have 11 billion dollar profits and it should annoy you just as much as giving 2 grand to out of work poor folk seem to

and you still don't understand. they didn't make the tax due on the profit disappear. They either offset it will losses from a prior year or they deferred the payment until later. I know to you these sound like very complex tax strategies that require armies of lawyers and accountants. They are not.

Sure big guy.... Lol. You sound like a moron seriously. You know nothing of their profits or losses... Your just spewing bullshit.

They must love little Republican Wanna B's like you being their corporate apologist. What a shame

[CaptQuint]

Where's Biker and his "BIG RETAIL" shill accusations?

[Animal]

Never said they were cheating El Jefe. I understand their army of lawyers and accountants work the system to their best advantage. Im saying it's a fucking problem when they have 11 billion dollar profits and it should annoy you just as much as giving 2 grand to out of work poor folk seem to

and you still don't understand. they didn't make the tax due on the profit disappear. They either offset it will losses from a prior year or they deferred the payment until later. I know to you these sound like very complex tax strategies that require armies of lawyers and accountants. They are not.

Sure big guy.... Lol. You sound like a moron seriously. You know nothing of their profits or losses... Your just spewing bullshit.

there are countless stories on exactly what their tax implications were for the year 2018, which is the year that every one of you trolls pull out when you run this story back up your flagpole of stupidity.

[necronomous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/com ... urce=share

The liberals here would definitely kill people if told to do so by father Biden.

[necronomous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/FuckTheAltWron ... urce=share

[Charliesheen]

GWB had both houses for his first term. He fucked us but good. Unfunded mandates. A war or two. And ballooned the goddamn deficit for no good reason.

I remain a fan of divided government.

[CaptQuint]

Great way to ensure nothing gets done as they collect their pay

[Animal]

GWB had both houses for his first term. He fucked us but good. Unfunded mandates. A war or two. And ballooned the goddamn deficit for no good reason.

I remain a fan of divided government.

well, he did have 9-11 land in his lap. i honestly don't think we ever got to see what his real plans would have been for a presidency.

[CaptQuint]

Well he was warned Osama was gonna attack with airplanes so maybe we did see his plans.

[necronomous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comme ... urce=share

[Charliesheen]

[CHEEZY17]

Thank God the girl next to him has a hat on. Maybe it served as a line of defense against an unwanted hair sniff.

[CaptQuint]

Trump would peek at her in the locker room

[necronomous]

https://www.reddit.com/r/walkaway/comme ... urce=share

You guys are so much alike, it would be funny if it weren't so sad.

[CaptQuint]

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