Replies to post #108277 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[salasidis]

LOL

Elmer, if Intel paid no dividends, what would YOUR "dividend tax burden" be?

Zero.

That is a silly argument - if you made no money at all, then what would your tax burden be. Zero - is that what we are striving for as a society - try to get everybody to the bottom?

[Elmer Phud]

More to the point, according to YOU, Intel paid 27.2% tax last year. Shareholders paid an additional 15% tax when those earnings were distributed in the form of dividends. That's 42%+ sucked up by the government, even for those with minimal income.

Precisely.

Now put it to rest will ya?