Republicans argue that corporations should not need to pay income tax, because they just pass them on as increased prices. Consider General Electric which exploits loopholes to pay no income tax at all. Let’s say one of their customers buys 100 light bulbs a year while another buys 5. The government provides services such as water, roads and recycling to GE to help manufacture those light bulbs. Why should not the customer who uses 100 bulbs indirectly pay more for that government support than the customer who uses only 5? Without corporate income tax, the customer who buys 100 gets a free ride from the government. Though Republicans would never admit this, they want corporations to sponge off society by receiving government services without having to pay for them.
~ Roedy (born: 1948-02-04 age: 64)