Madison320
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I'm in a small minority on this but at least Ron Paul agrees with me.

I was just arguing with my ultra progressive coworker last week about this. The progressives really still think that russia is on the verge of collapse. He also argued that if we didn't intervene putin would reconstitute the soviet union. As I'm writing this it just occurred to me how that makes no sense to have both beliefs at the same time. How can putin retake the old soviet union if he can't even take donbas? We argued about this over a year ago when the war first started and he and the progressives had the same belief. I was stunned that he still thinks the same thing. I just looked over some mainstream new stories and most of them still have the narrative that russia is losing.

I think they have higher tax rates on the poor and middle class because they have to actually raise tax revenue. We still have the reserve currency so we can borrow and print what we don't raise in taxes. We're still living in a fantasy world.

You're making my point. Corporations are being "lured" to other countries by more freedom, lower taxes, less regulations.

My point is that the government gives special favors to corporations but they also take from corporations. On the one hand corporations get special favors like lawsuit immunity for vaccines, bailouts, etc. But on the other hand they face unique obstacles like antitrust laws, corporate taxes, discrimination lawsuits, etc. So my point is that on the whole corporations must be getting screwed because they are leaving and the evidence is a trillion dollar a year trade deficit. As you're sitting there reading this look around. How much of what you see is made in the US?

Why? In general a larger business is a sign that it is successful. That's what allows it to grow. So both of those statements are similar. If big businesses are not persecuted, why are they leaving? If you were the CEO of a corporation, would you choose the US as a location? I understand why people think like that. Envy is a powerful emotion. Every politician, journalist and hollywood director all portray big business as evil.