• iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works
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    4 days ago

    So sick and tired of this myth, how are Americans so goddamn ignorant of their own tax system that this continues to persist.

    Corporations are evil for a million and one reasons. This isn’t one of them.

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      4 days ago

      This myth is probably prevalent because corporations have spent the last 40 years squeezing every cheat and every advantage they can out of the system — to the point where anything that even smells like a “good gesture” is rightfully met with suspicion and contempt from the people they’ve been so blissfully exploring.

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        4 days ago

        Oh shoot…I missed it. I DVR’d the election results, and never got around to watching it. Don’t tell me! No spoilers! I want to see if it we finally elect our first black president. It’s Obama vs McCain.

        …also, I’ve been in a coma for a while. 2024, huh? Do we have flying cars yet?

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      4 days ago

      Because we’re Americans. Ignorant is kind of our power play! We’ll angrily defend a position we know nothing about, and then call YOU wrong for being well versed on the matter.

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      3 days ago

      I don’t know much about this. How is this not “one of them”? It seems to be like one of them.

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        3 days ago

        The company doesn’t get any benefit at all on its taxes by collecting donations from customers. Those donations belong to the customers, who themselves can claim them on taxes. The company is doing a good thing by encouraging and soliciting charity.

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      3 days ago

      maaaan! you must come from a country where the laws actually protect customers from the corporations rather than the other way around… otherwise you could never come up with such a naive statement.