The bulk of his supporters don’t care about facts. If Bernie tells them the eeeeeeeevil corporations are trying to kill them, they’ll believe it.
Has Verizon paid taxes in every year in the last ten years? If not then it is not clear that Sanders is lying. He may be exaggerating and pandering to his base, but that is nothing new. In the last election, Mitt Romney claimed that Obama was going to cut medicare and that was a blatant falsehood. So dishonesty is not something that is unique to democrats.The bulk of his supporters don’t care about facts. If Bernie tells them the eeeeeeeevil corporations are trying to kill them, they’ll believe it.
What a complete joke Sanders is, but it’s no longer a laughing matter. He’s not qualified to be dogcatcher, but in our new Idiocracy, he’s got a legitimate shot at President.
Or you could just move there if you think it is better.
I’m sure Putin will be very happy to hear from you.
The reactions are funny (humourous).
The most notable one I can think of is Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard. She served in Iraq. She was also a leader in the Democratic National Committee until she resigned because party rules wouldn’t let her endorse a candidate and remain in the leadership.
That seemed pretty clear to me when Bernie himself said he “hoped” he could at least meet the pope.
Verizon responded to his claim calling it a baseless lie, and provided specific numbers for taxes paid. It is incumbent upon Sanders and his supporters to support their claim.
You are claiming that they paid corporate income tax in each year for the past ten years?
If Verizon paid no income taxes in those years, why are they quoting pre-tax income? What was their after-tax income so we can compare? My doubts are raised at the info coming from such a biased source.The reactions are funny (humourous).
Verizon
Corporate Tax Dodger
americansfortaxfairness.org/files/Verizon-Fact-Sheet-Final.pdf
Verizon is the nation’s largest cellular phone operator, with 115 million customers. Verizon paid less in federal income taxes in recent years than many of its customers.
- Verizon made $19.3 billion in U.S. pretax profits from 2008 to 2012, yet didn’t pay any federal income taxes during the period. Instead, it got $535 million in tax rebates.
- Verizon’s effective federal income tax rate was negative 2.8% from 2008 to 2012. The official corporate tax rate is 35%. This difference allowed Verizon to avoid $7.3 billion in taxes.
- Verizon had $1.9 billion in accumulated offshore profits in 2012, on which it did not pay U.S. taxes.
- While dodging federal taxes, Verizon pocketed $956 million in federal contracts in 2011 and landed a 9-year contract worth $5 billion.
- Verizon shows that cutting taxes doesn’t create jobs. It pays nothing in taxes, but that hasn’t stopped it from slashing 28,500 jobs over the last four years.
I’ve made no claim. Bernie made a claim. Please keep up.
I checked Bernie’s figures with one of the online financial databases at my school, they report the following federal income tax payments over this period. So Bernie is not lying, the figures add up to what he claims.
What were their profits for each year?
Bernie doesn’t lie.
The tax I reported earlier was in thousands as well, not millions.
