Comment Re:US citizens pay more taxes than corporations (Score 1) 426
It is a great US myth that corporations fund the government. The actual facts are that the people pay more.
Also the citizens vote. So why are the politicians doing the behest of the corporations ?
http://www.usgovernmentrevenue.com/yearrev2009_0.html
Short answer: Sadly, because you and I don't contribute X million dollars to the ol' campaign fund.
Despite all the lip service to serving the people, a politician's real job is to try and stay in office. When corporations are giving him/her what is in effect free money to pursue this goal, then of course their (the corporations) needs and/or wants are going to be put orders of magnitudes greater than ours.
If I offer you $5 and they guy next to me offers you $10,000, who are you going to listen to more?