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mnottertail -> Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 9:02:45 AM)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2015/12/16/the-best-countries-for-business-2015/#29fa725b7364

Those damn socialists are ruining our free-market communism.



MrRodgers -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 10:19:28 AM)

Well the US doesn't get credit for its socialism for the rich which these sources, communists all, I am sure, feel they need to...place under corruption. Plus I am thinking maybe, just maybe the low ranking US might be there because there are so few real free markets. Hard to tell from their criteria.

But one thing I noticed about personal and, monetary freedom from which springs the concept that in order to enjoy them...you need a decent paying job and money. Somethings in the US...people either don't have or are running out of or just don't have anymore.

I wonder where US corporate profits and tax avoidance rank ? At least there could be a no. 1 ranking there.



ThatDizzyChick -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 11:07:21 AM)

Interesting how so many of the so-called "socialist" countries rank so high, could it be that having a populace with money who can afford to buy things is actually good for business?



MrRodgers -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 11:48:25 AM)


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ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick

Interesting how so many of the so-called "socialist" countries rank so high, could it be that having a populace with money who can afford to buy things is actually good for business?

Actually in a way, I think you've tapped into something here. The OP is entitled with the expression 'free markets.' America conversely uses a form of capitalism and I say more accurately termed...moneyism. Thus in the US, markets exist for a profit...the sole reason for being. Such esoteric things as 'free' markets, people meaning the 'social' aspect and country are really of no meaning in that regime.

So theses sources fail to take into account the immense profits a company or corporation can make in Ireland...er Panama..er the US. I am sure as I mentioned, on that front...America is no. 1.



Greta75 -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 11:55:52 AM)

The problem is, US citizens pay socialist taxes without the free healthcare and education.

So technically, the tax is the same, but socialist countries saves on education and healthcare and thus have more spending money.

I seriously question how US manages their taxpayers money. It just sounds like terrible money management.

Trump brought up that Obama spend multi-millions, wasting I would say, just on Obamacare website, whereas Trump could have got it done for way less. It's just an example of, I seriously question if they are using tax payer money efficiently.

They are not getting the best deals at the lowest cost, they are not doing a good job at money management at the moment.

When I compare it to my country. It makes sense there is no free health care and education, because, there are low taxes. And we are happy with the low tax. We don't want those things free.



MrRodgers -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 12:33:12 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Greta75

The problem is, US citizens pay socialist taxes without the free healthcare and education.

So technically, the tax is the same, but socialist countries saves on education and healthcare and thus have more spending money.

I seriously question how US manages their taxpayers money. It just sounds like terrible money management.

Trump brought up that Obama spend multi-millions, wasting I would say, just on Obamacare website, whereas Trump could have got it done for way less. It's just an example of, I seriously question if they are using tax payer money efficiently.

They are not getting the best deals at the lowest cost, they are not doing a good job at money management at the moment.

When I compare it to my country. It makes sense there is no free health care and education, because, there are low taxes. And we are happy with the low tax. We don't want those things free.

...but we do love our 'free' wars and 'free' defense and our free.....? Either spending is for agreed upon collective necessities or...you are on your own. So logically and soon very profitably, with Obamacare, you are...on your own. (unless of course, you are a farmer or wall street invest. banker) In any case, inevitably, there will be big profits...or why do it ?

That's why no single payer. Any single payer in the US, will be raped...just like Medicare.



joether -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 12:41:53 PM)


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ORIGINAL: mnottertail

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2015/12/16/the-best-countries-for-business-2015/#29fa725b7364

Those damn socialists are ruining our free-market communism.


Forbes Magizine....

...Making swipes at the Obama Administration whenever possible. Yes, most Americans remember Steve Forbes, whom ran for the Republican ticket. Funny how that article tries to smear the Democrats even though it was the Republicans that created the financial destruction of 2008-2009. Yes, "...150 new major regulations...." came into existence; which ones are those? Yes author of this attack on the USA; try not to give specifics; otherwise you might incriminate the political party at the heart of all our problems: The Republican Party.

Right now, according to NPR, most people around the world have a very favorable view of President Obama and America. We are at day 1700+ to which the Republicans said they would push a jobs bill through Congress; still waiting on that bill.

The USA is a great nation to visit and do business; just stay out of the gun-happy zones that wave yellow flags with snakes on them.

"The U.S. also got dinged on the World Banks’ tax component..."

Yes, that was due to the Republicans in Congress forgetting they have to actually pay bills, handle financial problems, and stop lying to everyone (including our creditors). Yes, there was that fateful moment in which our bond rating slipped from AAA to AA. The Republicans were trying to push the entire fault on to the President; unfortunately, US History shows they were the ones at fault. Because if the President has to do Congress's job; maybe we should remove all the useless Republicans from Congress. That is what REAL business leaders do to mangers that are not performing. Yes, the Republican Party, 'business leaders' all of them. If you believe that, I got some land in Alpha Centauri to sell you....

"We gauged the Best Countries for Business by grading 144 nations on 11 different factors: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape, investor protection and stock market performance."

Well, we remove all the Republicans from our government that removes corruption and increases innovation, technology, and freedom across the nation. Red tape gets cut after we create the 27th to nullify the 2nd to remove it entire. No need for gun laws after that is gone, right? Also, remove all those silly christian laws that attack non-straight individuals and remove voter ID laws. Compared to other nations, our taxes our low for a large nation. We shore up investor and consumer laws on the financial markets. Yes, we'll hit #1 spot shortly there after.



ThatDizzyChick -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 1:51:06 PM)

Oh for fuck's sake, can you please NOT try to make this another fucking Republican/Democrat squabble.



Greta75 -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 1:55:16 PM)

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ORIGINAL: MrRodgers
...but we do love our 'free' wars and 'free' defense and our free.....? E

I guess that's why the tax is so high without free education and medical care.

Most of it went to fund foreign wars. I have to agree that's an expense my country does not have.

US is seriously in a hole. They self-appoint themselves as world police, got involve heavily in other country's problems, spending their tax payer money on it.

So if Bernie takes over, US is seriously gonna officially have the highest taxes in the world, because on top of war funding, there is education and healthcare funding. Sheesh. 90% sounds just about right.



thompsonx -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 3:58:34 PM)


ORIGINAL: Greta75

Most of it went to fund foreign wars. I have to agree that's an expense my country does not have.

Tell us again how many $300 million dollar airplanes the third world shithole called singapore just bought that do not work?
Jesus you are phoquing stupid.




Phydeaux -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 5:41:49 PM)

Oh what a surprise... ever since we elected a socialist, our business ranking drops.

And why exactly? Oh yes, your own source says excessive regulation and corporate taxes.

Thanks for the link tho.



ThatDizzyChick -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 6:30:16 PM)

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ever since we elected a socialist,

And when did you do that?
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And why exactly? Oh yes, your own source says excessive regulation and corporate taxes.

And yet the countries that are at the top of the list have more regulation and higher corporate taxes. Funny that.



mnottertail -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 7:16:17 PM)

NM Diz already covered it.

But leave it to nutsuckers to find the nutsuckerisms, truth, fact, and reality be damned.



Phydeaux -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 7:59:17 PM)


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ORIGINAL: joether


quote:

ORIGINAL: mnottertail

http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbadenhausen/2015/12/16/the-best-countries-for-business-2015/#29fa725b7364

Those damn socialists are ruining our free-market communism.


Forbes Magizine....

quote:


it was the Republicans that created the financial destruction of 2008-2009.


Sure it was. Any mainline cite of that?



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Yes, "...150 new major regulations...." came into existence; which ones are those? Yes author of this attack on the USA; try not to give specifics;

Or you could, yanoo, just read them:

http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2013/05/red-tape-rising-regulation-in-obamas-first-term


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The USA is a great nation to visit and do business...


Even better before Obama got elected. Six years of straight declines.

quote:


"We gauged the Best Countries for Business by grading 144 nations on 11 different factors: property rights, innovation, taxes, technology, corruption, freedom (personal, trade and monetary), red tape, investor protection and stock market performance."


So which of these items do you think us getting a worse score on is a good idea? Which worse score is obama's signature issue?



Phydeaux -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 8:18:28 PM)

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ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick

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ever since we elected a socialist,

And when did you do that?
quote:

And why exactly? Oh yes, your own source says excessive regulation and corporate taxes.

And yet the countries that are at the top of the list have more regulation and higher corporate taxes. Funny that.


Actually, they don't if you bothered to read.
Let me help you out.

Denmark cut the corporate tax rate 25 -> 22%. Corporate taxes in Europe under the global average and still falling.
The Corporate Tax Rate in Sweden stands at 22 percent.
The corporate income tax rate is 20.0% in Finland
Ireland is 12.5%

So - why don't you tell me what country has higher corporate tax rates than us. Oh yeah. None.
And for the record that tax rate is 35%.

Now certainly, I'm aware that corrupt politicians have given the big 5 comapanies 77 billion in tax breaks. But you don't think their's corruption in other countries also - or preferential treatment. Of course there are.

Its high tax rates that let lobbyists earn fees by bribing politicians to give sweetheart deals.

For every Fortune 500 company that can bribe their way to lower tax payments - there's a 1000 small businesses that are stuck paying the full boat. Much like mcain feingold - its the incumbent (big business) protection racket.










Greta75 -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 9:00:45 PM)

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ORIGINAL: thompsonx


ORIGINAL: Greta75

Most of it went to fund foreign wars. I have to agree that's an expense my country does not have.

Tell us again how many $300 million dollar airplanes the third world shithole called singapore just bought that do not work?
Jesus you are phoquing stupid.



Thompson, we collect military toys, but we have never used them. We don't get involve in wars. US actually send their soldiers and equipments to personally get involve in wars in other countries and that cost more. Alot more.

We simply collect toys. Our military expenses is nothing. Plus the fact that we are 300 billion in surpluses, we can afford it. You guys cannot. Our government knows how to manage budgets and grow our money. So I don't care about our government spending on military toys as long as our surpluses continues to grow.



ThatDizzyChick -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 9:02:54 PM)

Please, I prefer to be called Dizzy, not Diz.



MrRodgers -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 10:19:09 PM)

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ORIGINAL: Phydeaux
So - why don't you tell me what country has higher corporate tax rates than us. Oh yeah. None.
And for the record that tax rate is 35%.

Large, profitable U.S. corporations paid an average effective federal tax rate of 12.6% in 2010, the Government Accountability Office. The effective corp. tax rate in 2014, was 20% or 27% depending on who you read.

Plus, according to who one reads, approx. 30% of corp. tax revenue is realized through Sub Chapter S corp. which taxes the corp. the same as individual income almost all of which is below the 35% corp. statutory rate.

There mere fact that there are various deductions that apply to certain businesses and not to others, makes it very difficult to determine actual effective tax rates.

Suffice to say that no US corp. actually pays federal taxes at the 35% statutory rate.



mnottertail -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/18/2016 10:30:51 PM)

Yeah, gives the effective tax rates for them and sticks the nominal tax rate on the us. Full felching nutsuckerism, fuck those facts, goddammit,

So, for that bit, the free-market communists are full on socialist. Where they can really fucking get in there and spread those nutsucker lies, you would think these commie nutsuckers want to push a socialist agenda on this country today.



thompsonx -> RE: Free-markets of America in #epic #fail (4/19/2016 2:12:00 AM)


ORIGINAL: Greta75
ORIGINAL: thompsonx


Most of it went to fund foreign wars. I have to agree that's an expense my country does not have.

Tell us again how many $300 million dollar airplanes the third world shithole called singapore just bought that do not work?
Jesus you are phoquing stupid.



Thompson, we collect military toys, but we have never used them. We don't get involve in wars. US actually send their soldiers and equipments to personally get involve in wars in other countries and that cost more. Alot more.

We simply collect toys. Our military expenses is nothing.

Perhaps you could get a grown up to do the sums for you.
How many f 35 have you bought (that do not work) for 300 million each. How much did that third world shithole called singapore pay into the development of the f 35 (that does not work)?
How much did you pay for the 50 f15 and the 60 f16? How much did you pay for the continuing supply line to keep them working? These are just three items in a huge laundry list of war toys. Perhaps this is why that third world shithole called singapore has nearly a third of it's population living below the poverty level. Perhaps this is why that third world shithole is lower than nigeria in gdp.
Perhaps if the nazi leader of that third world shithole spent a little of that money on the people you would not have nearly a third of your population living in poverty.
Jesus you are phoquing stupid





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