From: Mark Steven Heyman (markheyman@infoproconsulting.com)
Date: Thu Jul 21 2005 - 18:19:46 BST
msh 7-20-05:
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.
response 7-21-05:
You don't seem to grasp that individual taxes are paid on incomes
made possible in large part by corporate employment.
msh 7-21-05:
Oh, I can understand some stuff. The fact that a large number of
people work for corporations is the result of corporate dominance of
our society. It's this very dominance that's being criticized.
Corporations are legal instruments designed to, among other things,
prevent public scrutiny of business operations as well as to shield
owners from liability for the negative effects of corporate business
activity. I'm not suggesting that honest business activity has no
place in a moral society; I'm saying that the corporate business
model, with it's emphasis on profit-maximization and near-zero public
accountability, is a threat to society and should be dismantled.
response 7-21-05:
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.
msh 7-21-05:
I understand this, too. All the more reason to demand public
oversight of internal business decisions, such as price
determination; and to demand that business owners be personally
responsible for any negative effects to society that stem from their
externalization of costs, such as the downsizing or elimination of
health plans, massive layoffs, and passing their tax burden along to
consumers through price increases and any number of other tax
loopholes; and to place limits on the accumulation of private wealth
and, therefore, the power that always accompanies it.
These are just a few of the business-related ideas I see as essential
in establishing a MOQ-based moral society.
Best,
Mark Steven Heyman (msh)
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