Why don't all poor neighborhoods patrol their neighborhoods? Why does it have to be about one race or another?

That makes it racist.

Also one doesn't have to be white to spread ignorant white racist ideals around so it doesn't matter what race you are.

10 Big Companies That Pay No Taxes (and Their Favorite Politicians)

—By Gavin Aronsen
| Fri Apr. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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Between 2008 and 2011, 26 major American corporations paid no net federal income taxes despite bringing in billions in profits, according to a new report (PDF) from the nonprofit research group Citizens for Tax Justice. CTJ calculates that if the companies had paid the full 35 percent corporate tax rate, they would have put more than $78 billion into government coffers.

Here's a look at the 10 most profitable tax evaders and the politicians their CEOs, employees, and PACs give the most money to.

Verizon Communications
Profits: $19.8 billion Effective tax rate: -3.8%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
President Barack Obama: $51,493
Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.): $24,450
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): $23,700
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio): $22,500
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.): $15,000

General Electric
Profits: $19.6 billion Effective tax rate: -18.9%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Mitt Romney: $53,750
President Barack Obama (D): $30,493
Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.): $23,900
Rep. Howard Berman (D-Calif.): $21,860
Rep. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.): $19,750

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Boeing
Profits: $14.8 billion Effective tax rate: -5.5%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Rep. Buck McKeon (R-Calif.): $31,750
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.): $25,000
Former Sen. George Allen (R-Va.): $23,500
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.): $23,125
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas): $20,986

NextEra Energy: North America's largest solar and wind power operator, based in Florida
Profits: $8.8 billion Effective tax rate: -2%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Rep. George LeMieux (R-Fla.): $9,500
Rep. Mike Haridopolos (R-Fla.): $4,800
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.): $2,000
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas): $2,000
Rep. Tom Rooney (R-Fla.): $2,000

American Electric Power: Electric utility based in Columbus, Ohio
Profits: $8.2 billion Effective tax rate: -6.4%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio): $34,750
Rep. Steve Stivers (R-Ohio): $34,050
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-Ohio): $21,700
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.): $19,750
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio): $18,450

Pacific Gas & Electric: California electrical utility
Profits: $6 billion Effective tax rate: -8.4%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
President Barack Obama (D): $6,250
Rep. Jim Costa (D-Calif.): $5,000
Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.): $5,500
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.): $5,000
Rep. Jeff Denham (R-Calif.): $3,500

Apache: Houston-based oil and gas company
Profits: $6 billion Effective tax rate: -0.3%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Sen. David Dewhurst (R-Texas): $25,000
Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.): $5,000
Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.): $2,500
Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas): $2,500
Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas): $2,500
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): $2,500
Brendan Doherty (R-R.I.): $2,500

Consolidated Edison: New York energy company
Profits: $5.9 billion Effective tax rate: -1.3%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.): $15,050
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.): $8,000
Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.): $6,650
Then-Rep. David Wu (D-Ore.): $2,500
Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.): $1,500
Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.): $1,500
Rep. Jose Serrano (D-N.Y.): $1,500

El Paso: Houston-based energy company that operates the country's largest natural gas pipeline
Profits: $4.6 billion Effective tax rate: -0.9%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Sen. David Dewhurst (R-Texas): $7,500
Mitt Romney (R): $5,000
Rep. John Barrow (D-Ga.): $3,000
Rep. Diane Black (R-Tenn.): $2,750
Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.): $2,500
Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.): $2,500
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): $2,500
Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas): $2,500
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.): $2,500
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.): $2,500

CenterPoint Energy: Electric and gas utility company based in Houston
Profits: $3.1 billion Effective tax rate: -11.3%
Top recipients, 2011-2012
Sen. David Dewhurst (R-Texas): $22,050
Gov. Rick Perry (R-Texas): $13,458
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.): $10,299
Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.): $7,000
Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas): $4,000

Giving data from the Center for Responsive Politics. Includes all 2011-12 campaign donations from each company's employees and corporate PACs.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2012/04/top-tax-dodging-companies-politicians

Their tax rates are absolutely ridiculous.

Obama Tax Returns 2011: President And First Lady Release Returns

By ANNE GEARAN 04/13/12 11:56 AM ET AP


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and his family paid more than $160,000 in federal taxes last year on earnings of $789,674, the White House said Friday.

The president's 2011 federal income tax return shows that about half of the first family's income is the president's salary. The rest comes from sales of Obama's books.

Obama's effective tax rate is just above 20 percent – lower than many Americans who earn less. He has made tax-rate fairness a campaign issue, arguing that millionaires and other very wealthy people should not pay a smaller share of their incomes in taxes than people who earn much less.

"He believes that people like him should be paying an effective tax rate that is no lower than the rate paid by hard-working, middle-class Americans," White House press secretary Jay Carney said Friday.

The White House did not say exactly what rate Obama thinks would have been fair for him in 2011, but using a calculator posted on the White House web site, more than 56,000 millionaires would have paid taxes at a lower rate.

Obama's proposed "Buffett Rule" would not have applied to him last year, since he earned less than $1 million.

The plan is named for Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor who has complained that rich people like him pay a smaller share of their income in federal taxes than middle-class taxpayers do. Many wealthy taxpayers earn investment income, which is taxed at 15 percent. Obama has proposed that people earning at least $1 million annually – whether in salary or from investments – should pay at least 30 percent of their incomes in taxes.

The push for the realignment draws renewed attention to the effective tax rate of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, a millionaire who is paying 15.4 percent in federal taxes for 2011 on income mostly derived from investments.

By contrast, the top nominal rate for taxpayers with high incomes derived from wages, not investments, is 35 percent.

The White House released a copy of the president's tax return, which also shows charitable donations of more than $172,000.

Obama is donating after-tax proceeds from his children's book to the Fisher House Foundation. The charity helps veterans and military families receiving medical treatment.

The family tax return is fairly simple by the standards of wealthy people with multiple assets and sources of income. Obama listed his two daughters as dependents and his occupation as "U.S. President." Michelle Obama listed her occupation as "U.S. First Lady." They listed 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. as their primary address.

The first family reported income of $1.7 million for 2010, much of it from the sale of the president's books. They paid federal taxes of $453,770.

Their adjusted gross income for 2010 was far below the $5.5 million they reported for 2009, also mostly from book sales.

Carney said Obama earned even less in 2011 because of "fluctuations" in book sales.

For Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, this year's tax return looks almost identical to last year's.

Returns for 2011 released by the White House show the Bidens paid $87,900 in federal taxes on adjusted gross income of $379,035. Their income was $143 below their 2010 return, but their tax bill was $1,274 higher. In both cases, the effective tax rate was just over 23 percent.

On the latest return, the Bidens listed $5,540 in donations to charity.

Most of the couple's income came from the vice president's salary of $225,521 and Mrs. Biden's wages of just over $82,000 for teaching at Northern Virginia Community College.


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/13/obama-tax-returns-2011_n_1423513.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009

I guess he had no need for the off shore accounts like Romney, eh?

I will still love my fellow human even with that third arm and one leg. Cause it doesn't appear they will ever stop destroying us this way.

The whole article is nothing but generalizations from one "maybe man's" point of view.

There are men who love larger women, stronger minded women, women with flip flops on, etc...

If any of that scares them then maybe they should only date the sheepish women who want to follow them to hell and back. Which sheepish or docile women live all over the world. I have known a few here in the states myself.

Some things in the world are so disgusting they make you want to throw up.

It is good to see they are finally going to do the job they should have done from the beginning.

You know white racists consider the life of a non white pretty dispensable, demonstrated here by their lack of action and in many other situations in this country.

Well first off, this appears to be a white racist post made by someone who is ignorant to non whites. Second, just as all poor areas of the US, THEY ALL HAVE CRIMINAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE BEING POOR TENDS TO BREED CERTAIN ILLS IN A LARGER RATE THAN BEING BETTER OFF.

AGAIN all poor areas have similar crime rates no matter what the populace looks like.

Only those whites who are ignorant to other people make generalizations like this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBRwiuJ8K7w&feature=player_detailpage

Although I am not a fan of youtube most of the time this makes me proud of some of our young people.

All of this should have been done already under Bush. If it wasn't they are pretty lax. I am sure it is something Bush started a while back.

Heights because of vertigo or the vertigo comes from the fear I don't know but it makes it dangerous for me.

I don't look for blame anymore because it is a dead end and doesn't help in self discovery and resolution.

So "is it me or them" is irrelevant.

I look inwards first. I have chosen men whose life path was completely different from mine and they were the bringer of lessons for me to learn about myself.

I am still learning.

I am hoping to find a companion to share the joys of life with but I am okay without them.

It took me a long time to REALLY get to this point in life, I used to say the words but there was no base behind them other than trying to sound strong.

Well if you mean a pear shape then I eat healthy and walk to keep it

I really can't picture what humans will look like in a thousand years if they/we survive. But hopefully we will have learned how to stop poisoning our environment and/or have found a way to travel to another planet that can sustain us.

I know I saw that women were going to be fatter in the future because women who have rounder hips and more fat are producing more children in our time and their offspring seems to be healthier therefore making the lineage carry on.

NOT

Both. It depends on the situation.

I don't get angry too often but when I do, I definitely have to cool down.

Nothing to talk about.

I recently went to a meet with a guy from another site and I think he was overly nervous or too into me or something because he wanted to keep touching me but his conversation was not good. I let him know afterwards that there wasn't anything there but we could be friends. He hasn't written or anything since so he wasn't happy with that.

LOL, I am better than good here.

I have been diagnosed as full blown diabetic and have mine under control with diet and exercise. No medication.

I gave up almost all white bread, noodles, cereal, rice, potatoes. I only eat them in very small portions once a week or less. Usually as a treat if I go out to eat.

I eat pumpernickel bread, wassa bread, dark rye bread in moderation when I have sandwiches and only open faced sandwiches (using one slice with the meat and cheese on top of it.

Meat and veges.
Natural peanut butter, the one without the hydrogenated oil
Almonds the raw ones


Low fruit but I do that because I am full blown diabetic, fruit is good for you if your sugar is under control

NO JUICE!!!!!!!

My treats are dark chocolate with peanut butter or the raw almonds and 2 percent milk.

I drink soy milk most of the time to keep my cholesterol down.

NO JUICE!!!!!

FAKE SUGARS RAISE YOUR BLOOD SUGAR so they are just as bad for you as real sugar if you are diabetic.

I have MS so I have to do low impact exercise. I walk weather allowing 2-3 miles three times a week. I have lots of pain just doing that but it still works great for keeping the blood sugar down.

Yea and at this age it really shouldn't be happening. But the women in their lives before never bothered to show them a better way. I would try to teach now but their egos seem to get more sensitive as they age so it makes it tricky.