>>>Then why is the gov't redistributing the wealth only in the direction of the rich? Who gets the tax breaks?
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>>The theory is the "rich" will use that money to invest in other projects, thus creating jobs and create tax revenue for the gov't.
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>As some would say, "it's only a theory". In practice, they already have enough of other money, or they wouldn't qualify as rich. And they aren't fools to touch that money if they can get the gov't to spit some instead. Specially if one dollar of lobbying can get them two or five or ten or hundred in contracts/grants/taxes/other pork.

Look at it this way. How did big companies become big? They weren't always big. They probably started out small. They invested and took chances and hired people who wanted to work. It takes years of planning and investing, often decades, to get "big" enough to hire just 20 people.

If you think the government should give you the same benefits as it does to company like GM, your dreaming and it wouldn't make any since to do so. Look what happened today with stock-markets over seas for fear that the US economy is going bad. Remember the phrase "It's the economy stupid"?
For people like you and me, the government hope we're clever enough to find jobs. If we're not, we better get off our a$$ and get smart.


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>>You or I don't hire hundreds or thousands of employees who pay taxes. On the other hand, large companies, such as Walmart or GM, hires thousands of people who do. On top of that many other smaller businesses depend on other large businesses for their busienss.
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>So they take all the tax benefits they can, on the promise they'll keep people employed. As soon as the benefits expire, they just shut down the plant and go negotiate with the next local community for a new set of benefits. Or just take their whole production abroad... after having made huge money on tax breaks for years.

All "big" companies do that [go over seas]? How about small to medium size companys that don't go over seas? I think you're talking about a different thing here. You're just venting about something else. I don't think governemnt care where they setup shop. It could be in the middle of Manhattan or somewhere in Albin, WY. They don't care.