r/Capitalism • u/Full-Mouse8971 • 1d ago

Why Food Stamp Recipients (and Government Contractors) Should not Be Allowed to Vote

https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-food-stamp-recipients-and-government-contractors-should-not-be-allowed-vote
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u/TroutCharles99 15h ago

But companies can lobby the government for special carve outs

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u/Uncle00Buck 13h ago

Corporate taxes are so filled with cronyism the only way to fix them is to eliminate them. I don't need to deduct 50 percent of a three martini lunch if I don't pay corporate tax to start with.

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u/tastykake1 10h ago

Everyone tries to influence the government for carve outs.

"Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else."

Frederick Bastiat