U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Plunges To 40 Year Low Of 12.1 Percent<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn recent decades, corporate tax revenue has plunged, falling from about 6 percent of gross domestic product in the 1950\u2032s to less than 2 percent today, due to a proliferation of corporate tax breaks …\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So … 1. Corporate tax receipts as a share of profits are at their lowest level in at least 40 years.2. Corporate profits are at a 60 year high.3. Real wages are falling. So, tell me again about how … a. Obama is oppressing US corporations.b. Corporations can't possibly hire people because they are suffering … Continue reading “Pity our poor, oppressed, Marxist-persecuted corporations”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,77,99],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-26011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-economy","category-elections-2012","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23580,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/09\/yes-lets-help-the-beleaguered-american-yacht-industry.html","url_meta":{"origin":26011,"position":0},"title":"Yes, let's help the beleaguered American yacht industry","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 9-Nov-11 3:57pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I mean, all those newly enriched CEOs and other bonus recipients, not to mention dividend recipients, will certainly have to spend their money on something. 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