So, what is this? Two-thirds of the corporations in America do not pay taxes. It is an old article, from 2008 (and the statistics are even older). Still, I would doubt much has changed. Begins the article:
Those who have should pay, or they are living on the backs of those who don't have near as much as they. They are getting a free ride at the expense of others who are not financially as able to carry the load. Corporate America benefits from government along with everyone else. One evidence of this is the corporate lobbyist. If there were no benefit from governance to be had, the corporate lobbyist wouldn't even be there. So, as long as government benefits corporate America, corporate America should share in the expense.
Now, I do not know that I much fault these companies. The very nature of business says you cut your expenses when you can. If the law allows them to get away with paying no taxes, what they are doing is understandable. (With the exception that it is their lobbyists who have won them this privilege.) It is government, itself, that is to blame. Government should not be giving a free services to one set of constituents and forcing those less able to pick up the slack. 'Tis not fair and 'tis not right.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/opinion/18mon2.html?_r=1&
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