Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax?

Who Pays the Corporate Income Tax?

President Biden is proposing to finance his infrastructure spending proposal by increasing the corporate income tax rate from 21 percent to 28 percent. What difference will that make?

If there is one thing that virtually all economists are united about, it is this: corporations don’t pay the corporate income tax.

Why is that? A corporation is not a person. It is a relationship—a relationship between workers, managers, stockholders, consumers and others. You can tax relationships. But relationships don’t pay taxes.

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How Did the Cancel Culture Become Dominant So Quickly?

How Did the Cancel Culture Become Dominant So Quickly?

By cancel culture, I mean the idea that people have rights and responsibilities and obligations and entitlements based on their skin color or their ethnic origin. A person’s identity is defined by the group they belong to. There are no individual rights. There are only group rights.

The cancel culture rejects the political view encapsulated in the Declaration of Independence. In particular, it rejects the idea that people have a right to pursue their own happiness. It also rejects the idea of basic rights guaranteed in the Constitution, including freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of assembly.

Offensive speech can be seen as a “micro aggression”—and thus a form of force. There are no limits to what constitutes such aggression. For example, if you say you voted for Donald Trump, or you like capitalism, or you think free markets have lifted people out of poverty all over the world, you might be accused of offensive speech.

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Kendrick: D-Backs ‘Absolutely Would Not’ Pursue 2021 All-Star Game Bid

Kendrick: D-Backs ‘Absolutely Would Not’ Pursue 2021 All-Star Game Bid

The Arizona Diamondbacks will not be throwing their name in the hat for the relocated 2021 All-Star Game.

D-backs owner Ken Kendrick squashed the notion of the team potentially hosting this year’s event while on with Arizona Sports’ Burns & Gambo on Monday, calling the relocation of the game from the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park a sad state of affairs.

“No, we absolutely would not [pursue the All-Star Game],” Kendrick said. “We hosted one in 2011, we’re proud that we were able to do that but I view it as it would be an insult to my friends at the Atlanta Braves for us to take the game that was theirs.”

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Anticipation Of Hotter Weather Prompts Glendale Vaccination Site To Move Into Gila River Arena

Anticipation Of Hotter Weather Prompts Glendale Vaccination Site To Move Into Gila River Arena

Warm weather is here, and in anticipation of ever-increasing temperatures, Arizona’s largest vaccination site at State Farm Stadium will transition to an indoor site at Gila River Arena in Glendale on Friday, April 23.

The State Farm Stadium site will move to nighttime hours starting Monday, April 5, to avoid daytime heat. It will conclude operations the morning of April 23 and move indoors to Gila River Arena, home to the Arizona Coyotes. Operating from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily, the new Gila River Arena site will have the capacity to administer 1,000 shots per hour.

An indoor vaccination site at Yuma Civic Center transitioned to a state operation on Monday, March 29, with 8,000 appointments per week initially and capacity for 4,000 appointments a day.

An East Mesa distribution center operated by Dexcom opens Monday, April 5, as the Valley’s first state-run indoor drive-thru COVID-19 vaccination site, replacing the outdoor site currently operating at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. The site will start out offering 3,000-4,000 appointments a day.

The new indoor vaccination site in Glendale will use Gila River Arena’s main concourse to check in and vaccinate patients who have appointments, while the arena’s seats will be available for individuals to spend their 15 or 30 minutes of observation after vaccination.

Vaccine recipients will enter through the venue’s main entrance at Gate 4, and parking at the site will be complimentary.

At 11 a.m. every Friday, ADHS makes appointments available at state-run sites for the following week. Registration for these and many other sites is available at podvaccine.azdhs.gov or by calling 844-542-8201 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Both resources offer assistance in English and Spanish.

House Passes Bill Banning Abortion For Genetic Issues

House Passes Bill Banning Abortion For Genetic Issues

A controversial pro-life bill, SB 1457, passed on a party line vote of 31-29 after a contentious argument on the House floor.

SB 1457 prohibits abortion based on the diagnosis of a genetic abnormality, except for those incompatible with life. The bill classifies the following, except in a medical emergency, as a class 6 felony:
a) performing an abortion knowing that the abortion is sought because of a genetic abnormality of the child;
b) using force or the threat of force to intimidate a person to have an abortion because of a genetic abnormality of the child; or
c) accepting or soliciting monies to finance an abortion because of a genetic abnormality of the child (Sec. 2)

Arizona representatives passed SB 1457 on a party line vote of 31-29 after a contentious argument on the House floor.

House Vote – SB1457

Supporters say the bill is intended to protect the “most vulnerable from discrimination.”