Nick Hanauer - Job Creator Myth

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Originally Posted by dmek25

any time you choose the almighty dollar over morals, you are ruthless. just most high rollers make their money by making ruthless decisions. i couldn't have done what Romney did to make a buck

What did Romney do?

[hooskins]

Originally Posted by RedskinRat

They have people to do that for them....

Lolll

[dmek25]

maximizing the value of acquired companies and the return to Bain's investors, not job creation, was the firm's fundamental goal
he downsized every company, with the idea of selling in the near future. jobs were a necessary evil, and cutting them was cost effective( at least short term) he basically made a living by firing people

[That Guy]

this is silly, if you can get some facts, great, but i'm not going to debate your unsupported opinions if you feel like saying your right is good enough to prove your point on its own.

[Daseal]

Also, there's a big difference between not owing taxes and not paying taxes. Personally, I take 0 deductions on my pay check. I'd rather not pay anything at the end of the year, and I'm okay giving uncle sam a loan for a few months. Just because I get money back at the end of the year doesn't mean I didn't pay my fair share of taxes, it meant I paid more than my fair share (by current standards).

[That Guy]

by the way, for a few years while i was in the air force i didn't owe taxes... a lot of my money came in tax free pay (BAH/BAS) and SS etc was taken out before i ever saw a cent. after deductions and all that. I guess that means i should have quit SOC and gotten a real job :P

[firstdown]

That article does nothing to explain how 21,000 did pay taxes in that year. You going to use that crap of an article to prove a point. They talked about one person changing the form of corp they are and then gave a few general tax deduction someone could use. I could have told you that basic stuff. Even the one person who they said paid no taxes one year had paid 10 million sense 2005. Thats just lazy and poor journalism.

[firstdown]

In other news even Bill Clinton thinks we need to keep the taxe rates as they are.


By Tom Curry, msnbc.com National Affairs Writer
Former president Bill Clinton roiled the presidential campaign Tuesday with comments in an interview with CNBC’s Maria Bartiromo in which he called for continuing all the current income tax rates into early 2013, as opposed to President Obama who wants income tax rates on higher-income people to go up at the start of 2013. Clinton also said the economy is still in a recession.

It was the second time in a week that Clinton had appeared to go “off message” from the Obama campaign and to put distance between himself and the president. In comments on CNN last week, Clinton defended GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney’s role as head of Bain Capital, praising Romney as a man who “had a sterling business career.”

[dmek25]

how do you think Clinton got re elected? not by appeasing the poor