Government contracts? So every government contract is "rape?" Interesting. Tax breaks are not "giving money." You said corporations get most of the money collected. Corps don't have tax collections given to them as the result of a tax break.

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All you need to know about the energy crisis:
ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.

ok, share with us the term you find acceptable to describe taxes which would other wise be required, but for legislated exemption which eliminates corporate payment of the monies

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Not necessarily in that order.

Depends on the situation, since not every single one is identical. It could be tax incentives, could be tax loopholes, could be R&D research, could be national defense, could be poor policy...could be a lot of things. Not every scenario = "Oh my God the corporations are fleecing us!" as suggested above.

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All you need to know about the energy crisis:
ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.

Defense spending accounts for only 20% of the Budget.

We're spending 39% on Social Security Medicare and other Sr. Services. Things that SHOULD be handled by the States.

When the Federal Government was put together, it was only supposed to do 2 things. Handle interstate commerce and defense. Period It's because of the fact that the government has gotten involved in all these different social programs that it needs the massive taxing structure. These things would be better handled closer to home at the states level, but it will never happen because special interests are too entrenched in seeing a massive federal government. Problem is, with the feds taking anywhere from 15 to 45% of the Citizens income, there's no way states could raise the taxes they would need to take over these programs. Social Security alone takes 15% (you pay 7.5% and your employer pays 7.5%) In addition, depending on your income, your taxed anywhere from zero to 30%, which is how I got to 15 to 45%.

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You said corporations get most of the money. Feel free to prove that at any time. You also said most corporations could not survive without government. Are there some? Sure...defense contractors would contract greatly. That is not the same thing as most corps couldn't survive without government getting money from taxpayers.

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All you need to know about the energy crisis:
ANWR Exploration Republicans: 91% Supported. Democrats: 86% Opposed.
Coal-to-liquid R's: 90% YES. D's: 78% NO.
Oil Shale Exploration R's: 90% YES. D's: 86% NO.
Outer Continental Shelf Exploration R's: 81% YES. D's: 83% NO.
Increased Refinery Capacity R's: 97% YES. D's: 96% NO

SUMMARY: 91% of House Republicans have historically voted to increase the production of America’s own oil and gas. 86% of House Democrats have historically voted against.

I agree that the States should be handling these programs too. The Feds have their fingers in too many programs that are none of their business.

yea poor rich people , what about lazy ass welfare cheats and lifetime welfare recievers they really help allot huh ? I detest welfare it's just a different form of slavery

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people should be handling their own affairs the states and the feds need not interfere

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Depends on what you mean by "their own affairs".