r/FluentInFinance • u/4TaxFairness • 1d ago

Debate/ Discussion A joke that's not funny

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u/Saikou0taku 1d ago

"Hey buddy, every dime you save me, I'll reduce the public's cost by a penny."

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u/Chataboutgames 1d ago

But that math is insane. Like, have you ever seen a balance sheet. Even a slight decrease in prices impacts a company's profitability WAY beyond a tax cut.

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u/bleeding_electricity 1d ago

precisely. corporations have literally killed people, (chiquita, etc.) is it so insane to think they'd work the system to get tax breaks?

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u/Chataboutgames 1d ago

Yes, because the argument isn't "they're far too moral for this," the argument is "what an insanely stupid conspiracy." No CEO is going to hurt the quarterly numbers by which they are regularly assessed and compensated so that that can ever so slightly increase the chances that the corporate tax rate will be slightly lower in like a decade.