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The answer is to outlaw lobbyists, it would fix a lot of problems. That, and enact term limits for Congress. That will fix even more.

briandear 8y ago
I’m not sure what we are mad about here, that companies and individuals want good tax laws? I am not sure how Netflix’s alleged tax rate hurts anyone. Remember, 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax at all! How about we complain about that first assuming the goal is that everyone pay their fair share. There is no argument that is logical that can justify the top 20% of earners paying 70% of all income taxes. Nobody’s fair share is zero.
- 24gttghh 8y ago
  http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-look-at-who-does-and-doesnt-pay-u-s-income-tax/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-loo... Your 45% number is misleading on it's own. People don't pay income tax because they had so little income to tax in the first place.
jayko 8y ago
Can you just stop parotting Bernie Sanders nonsense and have an opinion of your own?
macspoofing 8y ago
>The answer is to outlaw lobbyists, it would fix a lot of problems. No it wouldn't. Our current regulated lobby 'industry' is an attempt to control something that would happen ANYWAY if it was made illegal. Furthermore, lobbying is necessary and a core part of any democracy. You need to be able to petition your representative government for changes, regardless if you're a regular citizen, an activist, a business owner, or even a corporate entity.
- 24gttghh 8y ago
  Speeding happens anyway even though it is illegal, but at least there are legal consequences for speeding to deter people.
  - macspoofing 8y ago
    Right, 'speeding' is an infraction that results from regulating traffic. Nobody suggests that lobbying should not be regulated (and guess what, it is!). OP suggested that lobbying should be illegal. The equivalent to that in your analogy is to ban cars.

briandear 8y ago

I’m not sure what we are mad about here, that companies and individuals want good tax laws? I am not sure how Netflix’s alleged tax rate hurts anyone. Remember, 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax at all! How about we complain about that first assuming the goal is that everyone pay their fair share. There is no argument that is logical that can justify the top 20% of earners paying 70% of all income taxes. Nobody’s fair share is zero.

24gttghh 8y ago
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-look-at-who-does-and-doesnt-pay-u-s-income-tax/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/10/06/a-closer-loo... Your 45% number is misleading on it's own. People don't pay income tax because they had so little income to tax in the first place.

jayko 8y ago

Can you just stop parotting Bernie Sanders nonsense and have an opinion of your own?

macspoofing 8y ago

>The answer is to outlaw lobbyists, it would fix a lot of problems. No it wouldn't. Our current regulated lobby 'industry' is an attempt to control something that would happen ANYWAY if it was made illegal. Furthermore, lobbying is necessary and a core part of any democracy. You need to be able to petition your representative government for changes, regardless if you're a regular citizen, an activist, a business owner, or even a corporate entity.

24gttghh 8y ago
Speeding happens anyway even though it is illegal, but at least there are legal consequences for speeding to deter people.
- macspoofing 8y ago
  Right, 'speeding' is an infraction that results from regulating traffic. Nobody suggests that lobbying should not be regulated (and guess what, it is!). OP suggested that lobbying should be illegal. The equivalent to that in your analogy is to ban cars.