Between 2008 and 2010, 30 of America’s companies spent more on lobbyists than taxes. Notice that most of these companies did not pay any federal income taxes.
Just think about what it would mean for the rest of us if U.S. corporations contributed their share to the federal budget rather than paying lobbyists to dodge income taxes.
(Source: truthdig.com)
These findings are particularly interesting when juxtaposed with a separate report from the Pew Economic Mobility project. That report, which examined economic and social mobility in 10 Western countries, found that Americans actually appear to have less control over their success in life than their counterparts do.
In particular, the educational attainment of a person’s parents — a factor usually determined before that person’s birth — seems to matter more for mobility in the United States.
“There is a stronger link between parental education and children’s economic, educational and socio-emotional outcomes than in any other country investigated,” the report says.
As Richard Wilkinson suggested in a recent TED Talk, if you want to live the American dream — and have greater control over your own likelihood of success — you should probably move to Denmark, where the poor have a better chance of moving up in the world.
(via 14kgoldnyc)
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