> > > corporations just pass taxes on to consumers
> >
> >
> > If they could, then why do they spend all that time and money
> > lobbying for tax breaks?
Speaking as a complete economic naif here -- isn't this a matter of short-term vs. long-term? Long-term, taxes and other costs of doing business get passed on to customers or employees or both. Short-term, a tax break that takes effect this year shows up in this year's bottom line. The corporate executives I have known -- and I have known quite a few -- were VERY short-term thinkers.
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