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Scuba

(53,475 posts) Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:00 AM Jan 2012

Graphic from Rachel last night: Corporate profits vs corporate tax revenues

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Graphic from Rachel last night: Corporate profits vs corporate tax revenues (Original Post) Scuba Jan 2012 OP

The big drop in tax revenue starts in '09. RUMMYisFROSTED Jan 2012 #1

Thanks. Just noticed "profits" graph is "TRILLIONS" while taxes (paid?) is "billions"!! FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #2

Thanks for bringing that to the forefront. n/t Scuba Jan 2012 #3

Actually taxes are in billions not millions. bighart Jan 2012 #4

Right. Fixed it. FailureToCommunicate Jan 2012 #5

RUMMYisFROSTED

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1. The big drop in tax revenue starts in '09.

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:08 AM

Jan 2012

And the profits begin to soar then, too.

I wonder what it means?

FailureToCommunicate

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2. Thanks. Just noticed "profits" graph is "TRILLIONS" while taxes (paid?) is "billions"!!

Reply to Scuba (Original post)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:11 AM

Jan 2012

But, heck, corporations are just 'people...helping people' as the Mittster likes to say...

Scuba

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3. Thanks for bringing that to the forefront. n/t

Reply to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:14 AM

Jan 2012

bighart

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4. Actually taxes are in billions not millions.

Reply to FailureToCommunicate (Reply #2)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:28 AM

Jan 2012

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Just for clarity.

Heard a report on NPR this morning about return on investment for lobbying dollars spent by corporations over the last few years (including 2010 and 2011, I believe the figure was 2200%

FailureToCommunicate

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5. Right. Fixed it.

Reply to bighart (Reply #4)

Fri Jan 6, 2012, 10:31 AM

Jan 2012

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