[quote=@catchamber]your tolerance with regards to the open invitation for corporations to waltz in and suck on the government's mammaries. As a visual aid, picture the left breast with "Subsidies" tattooed on it, and the right breast with "Corporate Tax Cuts" tattooed on it.[/quote]

That's totally backwards. The government does not produce a dime. I mean.... okay technically they produce the actual physical dimes, yes, I'm aware. Every dollar the Feds have is one they've taken from you, or from the market. So in the tit-sucking analogy, you have to picture the government as a toddler sitting in a pile of its own shit, reaching for your boobs and screaming "GIVE ME MOAR."

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That's not a number. Also, if they get sizable tax cuts, wouldn't you agree that it'd be fair for them to also stop getting so many subsidies?
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Sure. I'd also agree that with the simplification of the tax code, a whoooooole lot of deductions, exemptions, and other allowances should be removed. The whole process should get significantly more intuitive, open, honest, etc. Up until now it's been "The tax rate is X, and you'll pay Y, based on how much Z you give to A, B, or C, and if you D your money you can also subtract E and F." 

How about just 20% period and call it a day. Because for all you know, a flat 20% could be a tax increase for a lot of companies.