Posted by gregg campbell on April 16, 1997 at 06:46:51:
In Reply to: Re: Tax the Rich (Corporations) Saturation Poster Campaign. posted by Bryan Kavanagh on December 28, 1996 at 02:54:59:
: : : Join several thousand individuals all across America,
: : : as we participate in the largest tax protest of the
: : : century. We want the rich to pay their fair share.
: : : tax corporations-they are paying less than half the taxes they paid forty years ago, and now have abundant subsidies, tax loopholes, compensations, everything is deductible, in fact, GE had a negative income tax (1995?)! We pay for it all, plus clean up after their messes..Tax the bastards! Ask your representatives to support two important pieces of legislation: the Corporate Responsibility Act (H.R. 2534 which would cut $800 billion in subsidies to corporate America, and the Income Equity Act (H.R. 620) which would boost the minimum wage and deny corporations the ability to deduct excessive salaries from their taxes.
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: Agree with the sentiments! But isn't it all about how you do this?
: Surely in proportion to the value of land and natural resources
: over which people have title - and from which others are precluded
: from having exclusive possession?
: Many great people throughout history have supported this method -
: See http://www.earthsharing.org.au ("Quotes")
: Regards,
: - Bryan Kavanagh