I saw the article a day or so ago, and wondered how many of that 2/3 are Really Small corporations, primarily established as a way to financially shield the “owners” .. unlike sole proprietorships; limited partnershipe; et al.

It’s possible that the 2/3 which pay zero taxes are tiny, feeble little things that don’t amount to a Hill-o-beans in the first place.

Then again, I could be 180 degrees off base.

rasta:

You do not get the point..  Get enough of these “tiny, feeble” businesses to pay taxes, and it adds up.

Companies just regard income taxes as a cost of doing business and pass it on to consumers, who end up carrying the burden anyway. 

I would like to see a credible carbon tax.  All of a sudden green technologies would start to look a lot more competitive if carbon costs weren’t externalized to the commons.

yeah, its sad that people dont pay taxes, espically businesses, and here everyone is complaining on where tax money is spent and such and such, starts to make you wonder what the point of everything is?

I’m wondering what was the point of your comment and posting under Al Gore’s name.

When this country was founded, private citizens did not pay taxes.  The federal government was funded by taxes on imports and interstate commerce.  I wish we could go to a system more in line with that plan.

We could use that extra cash in our pockets to get Chinese and Spanish language lessons!

Like Joey said. And the author of the Income Tax Amendment was a senator that few people would recognize today, Senator Nelson Aldrich. Has anyone heard of Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller? Yep - his grandfather. Now, why would the rich support a tax that THEY had to pay? HELLO! The purpose of the income tax is to keep the poor from becoming wealthy, that and to pay the interest on the national debt (loaned to the government by the rich). Guess what? It’s working!