The documentary "We're Not Broke" directed by Victoria Bruce and Karin Hayes shows how the united states is not broke and what a large part of the problem is. Multi-billionaire companies, in many cases, don't pay taxes. They report their profits in other countries, where they usually have no employees or profits, so that they pay less taxes. This isn't illegal unfortunately. Bank of America, Verizon, Exon, Apple, Citigroup, Google, etc don't pay taxes. They have trillions of dollars overseas that isn't in the country. It usually can't come back in either. So when the company needs money, they borrow. Pfizer got money back into the countries a few years ago and as soon as they had the money back they fired a large number of employees! Those of us who work hard and pay our taxes like good citizens, are being cheated! We pay our taxes. Shouldn't corporations pay taxes too? I strongly suggest watching this documentary. It can be found for free on Netflix and Huluplus.
There is one thing in the film that I disagree with. A woman during a protest says they are trying to give a message to Obama and complaining that Obama has not kept all of his promises he made when running for presidency. First of all, NO president keeps all the promises he makes. Partially because they are trying to get elected, and largely because there is a limit to what the president can do, and usually the promises they make aren't realistically doable by the president alone. Who should we be trying to get a message to? CONGRESS. Our problem is the government. But it's mostly congress. Obama is struggling to get new healthcare laws in place because corporations don't want to give their employees benefits. They don't want to take care of their employees because that cuts into their profits. So they say that if it goes through, they will have to fire employes or majorly cut their hours because they can't afford it. They can afford it, they just don't want too. You can't tell me that you can't afford to give your employees benefits when you can afford new top end computers and other expensive technologies that you don't really need. On top of that, people don't want to take responsibility. They don't want to pay so that everyone can have health insurance. And now congress has caused the government to shut down because the stupid tea party republicans don't want Obamacare to go through. Obama can't even get this through. How the hell do you expect him to change the law to force corporations to pay taxes? The congress (mainly the republicans) don't want to let him do anything. The president is practically powerless. Congress is the problem. And here we are supposedly broke, but we can afford to pay congress while they hold the country hostage. We have furloughed 85% of the government, so no progress is being made, there is no productivity, but those people are still going to get paid for this time. They are getting paid vacation basically. And this isn't the president. The president is trying, but congress isn't. So we need to stop blaming the president because he is black or because he more down to earth or because he is democratic or whatever. Blame congress. Because congress are really the ones in charge. The president is kinda just a face, a single person we pretend has power. A person the government hides behind. Do presidents have power sometimes, yes. When they do something without consulting congress or when congress just lets them do whatever they want or when the president manages to trick the whole country, lie to them, and well be Bush...Perfect example. Bush got us into this mess by what he did and the country blames the black democrat, typical....Don't try to give Obama a message, give congress a message. Corporations should have to pay taxes in America when their profits are being made in America. They should not be allowed to take money from the country because that hurts the overall economy. But congress is the one that can make the change. The suppreme court and the president can help, but congress has to learn to play nice first.
There is one thing in the film that I disagree with. A woman during a protest says they are trying to give a message to Obama and complaining that Obama has not kept all of his promises he made when running for presidency. First of all, NO president keeps all the promises he makes. Partially because they are trying to get elected, and largely because there is a limit to what the president can do, and usually the promises they make aren't realistically doable by the president alone. Who should we be trying to get a message to? CONGRESS. Our problem is the government. But it's mostly congress. Obama is struggling to get new healthcare laws in place because corporations don't want to give their employees benefits. They don't want to take care of their employees because that cuts into their profits. So they say that if it goes through, they will have to fire employes or majorly cut their hours because they can't afford it. They can afford it, they just don't want too. You can't tell me that you can't afford to give your employees benefits when you can afford new top end computers and other expensive technologies that you don't really need. On top of that, people don't want to take responsibility. They don't want to pay so that everyone can have health insurance. And now congress has caused the government to shut down because the stupid tea party republicans don't want Obamacare to go through. Obama can't even get this through. How the hell do you expect him to change the law to force corporations to pay taxes? The congress (mainly the republicans) don't want to let him do anything. The president is practically powerless. Congress is the problem. And here we are supposedly broke, but we can afford to pay congress while they hold the country hostage. We have furloughed 85% of the government, so no progress is being made, there is no productivity, but those people are still going to get paid for this time. They are getting paid vacation basically. And this isn't the president. The president is trying, but congress isn't. So we need to stop blaming the president because he is black or because he more down to earth or because he is democratic or whatever. Blame congress. Because congress are really the ones in charge. The president is kinda just a face, a single person we pretend has power. A person the government hides behind. Do presidents have power sometimes, yes. When they do something without consulting congress or when congress just lets them do whatever they want or when the president manages to trick the whole country, lie to them, and well be Bush...Perfect example. Bush got us into this mess by what he did and the country blames the black democrat, typical....Don't try to give Obama a message, give congress a message. Corporations should have to pay taxes in America when their profits are being made in America. They should not be allowed to take money from the country because that hurts the overall economy. But congress is the one that can make the change. The suppreme court and the president can help, but congress has to learn to play nice first.
