Putin: US is economic parasite on the global economy

[richardhutnik]

Viper1 said:

richardhutnik said:

Viper1 said:

US corporate taxes are the highest in the world to make up the difference.  And do you really want to tax people in the middle of a recession?  Yeah, that'll make their lives easier.

Government is struggling to pay bills.
People are struggling to pay bills.

If the government can increase my taxes to pay their bills, can I hit up Uncle Sam for some money to pay mine?

How about hitting up your employer?  After all, since employers are supposed to be able to ALWAYS raise their prices whenever their taxes go up, you shold also be able to demand a raise from them to whenever your costs go up, right?

You go try that.  Let us know how that turned out.  The rest of us will be taking bets on the future of your employment.

Well, the word is that businesses always are able to pass on new taxes, that shrink their profitability, in the form of new prices.  Why wouldn't it be any different for employees?  Wait, maybe businesses aren't able to pass on new taxes in the form of increased prices, due to the marketplace preventing them from raising prices.