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I live in WA and I don't blame them. The state government is not on a pro-business bent right now; most of the discussion is about how to make corporations pay

I live in WA and I don't blame them. The state government is not on a pro-business bent right now; most of the discussion is about how to make corporations pay their "fair share". (also, the gross receipts tax is... pretty dumb) If there's a more business-friendly state, absolutely would take it in a heartbeat.

KirillPanov 5y ago
The kneejerk downvotes of this post make me ashamed of HN. > (also, the gross receipts tax is... pretty dumb) ... for manufacturers who aren't Boeing. It's true though. Taxing revenue instead of profit is a ridiculous policy which punishes manufacturers and favors every other industry at their expense. Giving one company (Boeing) its own special preferential revenue tax rate [1] of $\epsilon$ percent is not a solution. [1] https://j7dfh9pbumnyhazfmcsfgm9m.apnews.com/article/37d21240880df9b2e17bdea7c689e25f https://j7dfh9pbumnyhazfmcsfgm9m.apnews.com/article/37d21240... [*] [*] (apparently AP news is trying real hard to make their links look like malware or something)
- DoreenMichele 5y ago
  The kneejerk downvotes here make me ashamed of HN. Lots of subs on Reddit grew tremendously during the pandemic. I'm guessing HN did too and has a worse case than usual of "eternal September."
  - KirillPanov 5y ago
    Sadly, no; it's a side effect of how the HN voting system works -- it encourages virtue-signaling rather than curiosity.
    - JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
      Rather than that, maybe people on HN want corporations to pay their taxes?
0134340 5y ago
Are you saying it's not fair in comparison to individuals? Is it any more than individuals pay (see graph) [0]? Because I see so many complaints here about poor businesses and the taxes they do (don't) pay. Don't forget that businesses need people, it's a symbiotic relationship, one isn't more important than the other. 0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2015/10/31/a-brief-history-of-the-individual-and-corporate-income-tax/?sh=6e54a866b5b6 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2015/10/31/a-brief-h...

KirillPanov 5y ago

The kneejerk downvotes of this post make me ashamed of HN. > (also, the gross receipts tax is... pretty dumb) ... for manufacturers who aren't Boeing. It's true though. Taxing revenue instead of profit is a ridiculous policy which punishes manufacturers and favors every other industry at their expense. Giving one company (Boeing) its own special preferential revenue tax rate [1] of $\epsilon$ percent is not a solution. [1] https://j7dfh9pbumnyhazfmcsfgm9m.apnews.com/article/37d21240880df9b2e17bdea7c689e25f https://j7dfh9pbumnyhazfmcsfgm9m.apnews.com/article/37d21240... [*] [*] (apparently AP news is trying real hard to make their links look like malware or something)

DoreenMichele 5y ago
The kneejerk downvotes here make me ashamed of HN. Lots of subs on Reddit grew tremendously during the pandemic. I'm guessing HN did too and has a worse case than usual of "eternal September."
- KirillPanov 5y ago
  Sadly, no; it's a side effect of how the HN voting system works -- it encourages virtue-signaling rather than curiosity.
  - JohnJamesRambo 5y ago
    Rather than that, maybe people on HN want corporations to pay their taxes?

0134340 5y ago

Are you saying it's not fair in comparison to individuals? Is it any more than individuals pay (see graph) [0]? Because I see so many complaints here about poor businesses and the taxes they do (don't) pay. Don't forget that businesses need people, it's a symbiotic relationship, one isn't more important than the other. 0: https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2015/10/31/a-brief-history-of-the-individual-and-corporate-income-tax/?sh=6e54a866b5b6 https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2015/10/31/a-brief-h...