Political Ruminations

Morning Quote: Jon Huntsman

I used to have some respect for Jon Huntsman (R-UT), seeing as how he seemed to be the least stupid of the current crop of Republican morons, but once he announced his campaign, and began promoting the lies so typical of modern Republicans, that respect quickly vanished.

I was therefore surprised to read that Huntsman had made negative comments about corporations that don’t pay their taxes. In Miami today, Huntsman called those corporations out:

“It's criminal that you've got some corporations not paying taxes. Like GE, for instance. That's got to come to an end.”

It’s truly pathetic that one little bit of sanity from a Republican is so unusual that it grabs headlines, but there it is.

NO MORE CUTS! Force Corporations to Pay Their Fair Share of Taxes

Too many corporate tax dodgers, and  Teabagger Republicans who have demanded too many cuts in essential services.

Enough! We need to force the corporate tax cheats to pay their fair share!

Infographic via US Uncut.

Morning Quote: Jim McDermott

Rep. McDermott (D-WA) chides GE for paying zero in taxes:

Everybody in a civilized society should pay their fair share, according to their ability to pay. You don’t expect poor people to pay half their salary for the society in which they live. But this society lives, and people make money in it and do very well in it because we’ve created this society. And it costs money to do that. And for General Electric to fool around and not pay anything, that’s where the Alternative Minimum Tax came from, a long time ago. Because it’s absolutely irritating that General Electric pays less than the secretary at the front desk of this agency, this organization. It is simply not fair.