Meme Masher

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP) corrects two pieces of misinformation the Republicans are hoping will gain traction:

Recession Lies Behind State Budget Problems

Health Reform Reduces The Deficit

Obliged to Avoid Taxation

WOW! This is powerful stupid.

To correct Ms. Burnett, considering the tax burden rather than just the highest marginal rate, as a Center on Budget and Policy Priorities report found, "Corporations in 19 of the member states of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development paid 16.1 percent of their profits in taxes between 2000 and 2005, on average, while corporations in the United States paid 13.4 percent."

For Further Reading:
Corporate Tax Avoidance in the States
Corporate Tax Decline & U.S. Inequality
Double Taxation Double-Speak
How Progessive is the U.S. Federal Tax System?
Most Firms Pay No Income Tax

Social Security Is Fine

From the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities (CBPP).