And, according to the IRS 45% of all income filers paid no income tax. Do you also take issue with that?

Did they get their withholding amounts back?

They sure did and do. Tax refund season has become almost equal to holiday shopping.

They paid NO federal income tax. So, would the answer not be YES.

I don't think so. Re-read your tax information and you will find out your mistakes.

What tax information?

The problem is that we have way too
many people in this country not producing anything of value,
and at the same time we have way too many taking
out and not putting anything into the pot!

There are a lot of folks that want higher income,
but they are reluctant to work for it, and why should they,
if they can get a check from the government for doing nothing.
Plus many people make a good living knocking out babies,
all at tax payer expense!

And, Obama only wants everyone to pay their fair share. So, I can only assume that he thinks that the 45% of workers that pay NO federal income tax have a fair share that amounts to ZERO.

This describes a fair number of posters on the forum. They may not be knocking out babies, but they do nothing other than live off of their parents, or grandparents, government checks.

Yes they do, a single mother can receive benefits equaling $60,000 a year.

That's what happens when women get to make decisions and vote. You end up with these unsustainable programs.

Huh? the posters ere are the grandparents being lived off of.

Whatever you say. Keep repeating that mantra and I am sure you will believe it eventually. No one else will, but you will. And Kasich is no conservative. Maybe a RINO, but no conservative. But, he did win one state.....:thumbup:

"The United States has the third highest general top marginal corporate income tax rate in the world at 39.1 percent, exceeded only by Chad and the United Arab Emirates."
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The top ten highest income tax rates in the world are ALL socialist countries. And it is not the wealthy paying for socialism in those countries, it's everyone.

Since Carrier HVAC is moving to Mexico whee there is a much lower corporate tax rate and they will be paying employees $6 per hour instead of $34; do you believe 1) will they be selling their products for much less than they do now and 2) will their corporate executives take huge pay cuts since the tax rates and labor costs are much less than in Indiana?

Do you think that anyone has the right to mandate prices, other than the competition with Free Trade? Trump says that he will charge import taxes on Carrier if they insist on moving to Mexico. That seems legit to me. On the other hand, I do not think that the Federal gov be allowed put a price cap on products or mandate a wage scale. It is not Free Enterprise if the gov puts stipulations on trade.

What corporations pay their employees, such as bonuses is up to them, not us. I see no problem if I own a business and decide to give a giant bonus to the ones that bring me a profit. The gov gives big bonuses for doing nothing. I've seen it. Ask Hillary how many bonuses she has given to her staff in the State Dept.

The bonuses and salaries the Fed Gov gives it's employees is peanuts to that of corporate executives. Top pay for a Fed employee is around $177,000 while corporate executives would sneeze at that salary. Top bonus in the Fed gov is around $40,000.

You are right that the government does not tell private companies what to pay their executives. The only pay mandate is minimum wage. Unions take care of the rest - as they should.