And where do you think their political contributions went?

Author: iairishcheeks (2958 Posts - Original UHND Member)

Posted at 8:45 pm on May 21, 2012

7 of the 10 are listed as heavy hitters on OpenSecrets.org, here are their 2008 Political Contributions by party:

Exxon - 0.3M D, 1.1M R
BoA - 1.7M D, 1.3M R
GE - 2.3M D, 1.2M R
Chev - 0.3M D, 0.8M R
Boeing - 1.4M D, 1M R
Goldman - 4.6M D, 1.5M R
Citi - 3.2M D, 1.8M R

Total: 13.8M D, 8.7M R

This year it'll probably be tilted the other way. It is called corporatism.

Replies to: "And where do you think their political contributions went?"

Companies re-incorporating from US to Ireland to save taxes [LINK] - NedoftheHill - 2:56pm 5/21/12 (21) [View All]
- Uh, this isn't new. Companies have been doing it for decades. [LINK] - McSweeney - 10:41am 5/22/12
  - Correct...but it is accelerating. Companies are more mobile than they have ever been before. - NedoftheHill - 4:16pm 5/22/12
- Any company that complains about only paying 12.9% in taxes in 2011 and 9.5% in 2009 should......... - NDinTN - 5:26pm 5/21/12
  - And, I bet they are just putting the money they save under their mattress. - NedoftheHill - 9:41am 5/22/12
  - How do you figure their state&local taxes were higher than their federal amount (2mil vs 85mil)?... - Easton Pa ND Fan - 2:08am 5/22/12
  - Would you rather have more companies paying a lower rate or less companies paying a higher rate? - iairishcheeks - 8:23pm 5/21/12
  - You understand that without them, we don't have tax dollars right? - BaronVonZemo - 5:47pm 5/21/12
    - A partial list of companies that paid NO income taxes last year.......... - NDinTN - 8:22pm 5/21/12
      - Please link the source when posting numbers like this. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:38am 5/22/12
      - And where do you think their political contributions went? - iairishcheeks - 8:45pm 5/21/12
        
        Your list plus the Super Pacs are reason enough to get money out of politics. The SCOTUS decision... - NDinTN - 9:11pm 5/21/12
        
        If you include unions, yes. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 9:18pm 5/21/12
        
        Exactly. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 6:04pm 5/22/12
        
        Good one [NT] - Easton Pa ND Fan - 2:16am 5/22/12
  - . [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 5:46pm 5/21/12
- CA is the US poster child for Obamanomics... [NT] [LINK] - Killshot - 3:47pm 5/21/12
  - Tell you one thing. San Fran has bums pissing all over the place. [NT] - TontoGoldstein - 3:58pm 5/21/12
    - Always did... - Easton Pa ND Fan - 2:14am 5/22/12
- We've considered doing it. It is a pain in the arse. A number of large companies are going that - TontoGoldstein - 3:32pm 5/21/12
- We'll have to raise the corporate tax rate to account for the lost revenue. [NT] - iairishcheeks - 3:25pm 5/21/12
  - Barry = The Anti-Laffer [NT] - Killshot - 3:36pm 5/21/12

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