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61070 Re: The 'Real' Tax Rates on Top Earners
   OCU> BTW, speaking of ADM and 'alternate energy', why is it that we've...
Zimbler0   FFFT   12 Feb 2014
9:19 AM
61066 Re: The 'Real' Tax Rates on Top Earners
   ocu ...no sportfan that is not what I am suggesting. They are not lik...
ribit   FFFT   12 Feb 2014
7:25 AM

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Re: The 'Real' Tax Rates on Top Earners

By: oldCADuser in FFFT
Wed, 12 Feb 14 6:49 AM
Msg. 61063 of 65535
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Are you suggesting that without farm subsides a company like Archer Daniels Midland couldn't make a profit, or that without those tax credits, EXXON/Mobile will show a loss? Please get real! If big oil and agribusinesses continue to demand that they need government help, why shouldn't we also be investing for a future when we've passed 'peak oil' and the cost of carbon-based fuels really start to rise? It's just a matter of time, perhaps not this year or even this decade, but that day will come and it could be much sooner than you think.

BTW, speaking of ADM and 'alternate energy', why is it that we've subsidized their production of ethanol for all these years?

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/ethanol-keeps-adm-drunk-tax-dollars

And before you say that the ethanol subsidies were allowed to expire a couple of years ago, well they're now showing-up simply under different names:

http://www.taxpayer.net/library/article/corn-ethanol-subsidies-are-alive-and-well




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