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    Corporate Tax Rates Are too High
    Updated about 15 years ago
    I believe that the corporate tax rate in the U.S. is too high and should be lowered. Google, for instance, has an effective tax rate of 2.4%!!!! Can you beleive...
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    Corporate Tax Rates Are too High: Part 2
    Updated about 15 years ago
    G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether General Electric, the nation’s largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010. The company reported worldwide...
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    GE spits on Reagan's legacy
    Updated about 15 years ago
    " In the mid-1980s, President Ronald Reagan overhauled the tax system after learning that G.E. — a company for which he had once worked as a commercial pitchman — was...
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    Difficulties predicting procreation?
    Updated about 15 years ago
    I've been noticing a number of people that bought something obviously too small for the number of children had shortly after buying. For example, take this listing on...
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    Atlas Shrugged and Boeing beats EADS
    Updated about 15 years ago
    Boeing wins a "surprise" victory.. In Congress, supporters have also worked hard to tweak the contest rules in Boeing’s favour, pressuring the Pentagon to penalise...
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    Congress Must Pass Emergency Tax Increase
    Updated about 15 years ago
    Well, so much for fiscal responsibility. Republicans support cutting spending, unless that spending lines the pockets of defense contractors. When will Congress pass...
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    Banking Cabal loses round
    Updated about 15 years ago
    The Federal Reserve will release details of the banks it lent money to during the financial crisis after losing a court battle to keep the information...
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