boedicca
Uppity Water Nymph from the Land of Funk
- Feb 12, 2007
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What are they investing in to create jobs? If they were, we wouldn't be having this discussion.
They are sitting on cash due to uncertainty. Making Higher Taxes Certain will drive that capital overseas.
Corporate profits rose 29% in 2010, the fastest growth in 50 years. You mean with those kinds of numbers they're still whining that their fat-cat deal on corporate tax writeoffs might go away? Ironically, if American businesses expanded IN AMERICA thereby creating jobs, those greedy bastards might just realize that their profits would rise exponentially.
Call a Waaammmmbulance.
It's clear you think that punishing producers will solve the budget crisis. It won't.
Capital is on strike. Increasing taxes will just make it worse.