Indeed. And its only fair as they are the most benefited by the publics largess.
Gunner
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke
Exactly. No company ever "pays" more taxes than they wish to. Anything they think is too much, gets paid by the customer in the form of higher prices.
Gunner
"At the core of liberalism is the spoiled child - miserable, as all spoiled children are, unsatisfied, demanding, ill-disciplined, despotic and useless. Liberalism is a philosphy of sniveling brats." -- P.J. O'Rourke
I missed the staff meeting but the minutes show Gunner wrote back on Sat, 18 Sep 2004 06:43:33 GMT in rec.crafts.metalworking :
Heck, businesses have always looked for ways to pass expenses on to the customer in some manner. Part of the "reforms" of the late 1800s early
1900s were to stop company owners from treating company funds as a piggy bank. You know, having the company pay for the house, the furnishings, and putting the servants on the company payroll. Okay, so it can still be done, but there is more paperwork and hand waving to conceal it from stockholders or the auditors.But say what you will, those "Robber Barons" were actually providing things for the customers. Railroads, steam ships, farm machinery, sewing machines, needles, thread, buttons, capitalizations, loans and a myriad of other goods and services.
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