From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Thu Jul 21 2005 - 15:22:19 BST
ph: (previously)
> As for the Enron debacle, I wouldn't take that case or cases like it and
> condemn the entire "corporate power structure" which provides goods,
> services and jobs for millions, not to mention most of the tax base.
>
> msh 7-20-05:
> This is the "few bad apples" fallacy. See my previous post regarding the
> top 100 corporate criminals of the 90s.
What's the few bad apples fallacy?
> As for the question of taxes, according to data available at the Tax
> Policy Center, there were a couple of years during the New Deal 30's, and a
> few more years during WWII, when corporate income taxes paid were just
> slightly higher than the amount paid by individuals. After that, the gap
> between taxes paid by corporations and individuals steadily increased in
> favor of the corporations, with slight slowdowns (but still increasing) in
> the Johnson 60's and Clinton 90's.
You don't seem to grasp that individual taxes are paid on incomes made
possible in large part by corporate employment. Nor do you seem to grasp
that ultimately all corporate taxes are paid by individuals because prices
set for goods and services include provision for corporate tax
liabilities.
Platt
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