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[TheBigA]

And huge American companies which make billions in profits but use loopholes in our tax laws so that they pay no taxes.
It's called "corporate welfare" for a reason.

The interest IHeart and Townsquare are paying on their corporate debt is tax deductible. That's a pretty big chunk of change.

 

[davideduardo]

And huge American companies which make billions in profits but use loopholes in our tax laws so that they pay no taxes.
It's called "corporate welfare" for a reason.

Again, most of those cases are not loopholes.

During and after the recession, many companies had accumulated huge losses. The tax code allows you to apply losses from prior years to profits in future years. In fact, it even applies to personal investments: you lost big in '08 and can apply the captured losses to capital gains in the future until you exhaust the losses.

Start-ups often incur big losses for many years. Those losses can be recovered as tax credits against future profits until exhausted, too. THis is one part of the tax code that encourages entrepreneurs and venture capital to do new things.

 

[davideduardo]

The interest IHeart and Townsquare are paying on their corporate debt is tax deductible. That's a pretty big chunk of change.

But the folks they pay the interest to are taxed on their net income if there is any.

 

[davideduardo]

If it were a free country, well, their listeners would have some extra work to do. Or their advertisers could pick up the slack.

You obviously have not lived outside the US.

In England, much of broadcasting is state run, and there is a specific tax for that endeavor. Until the 70's, in fact, England did not allow any private broadcasting.

In much of Europe, state run broadcasting has the best technical assignments, the greatest coverage and is amply financed by the government. Yet we consider most of Europe to be "free". Go figure.

Today, in the US, many non-commercial stations serve the useful purpose of filling in formats and programming that commercial radio can not provide.

You don't have to like it. Not every government program directly benefits you and it does not have to... it should just benefit society as a whole. THink of senior citizens whose kids are all grown. They still pay taxes for schools because that benefits the community as a whole. You are looking at your personal needs and wants, not the greater good.

 

[frankberry]

Well said, David!

 

[Goat Rodeo Cowboy]

Sure, if it has a liberal bias.

The level of discussion in this country on civic affairs and political affairs needs complainers a lot more than your moaning and groaning about Public Radio.

With the quote above, you just "tipped your hand" so we know what cards you are holding. If you want to learn the terminology of the broadcasting industry, this is a great place to learn.... and if you will conduct yourself with some mutual respect, you will find people who will help you understand the business.

On the other hand, if you simply come here to regurgitate every Conservative canard about the media, don't be surprised if you get ignored. No, this is not a bastion of Liberals. Probably the majority of people who post here have at least a Conservative bent, some are solidly that direction. But they choose other discussion sites when they want to fly their political flags. They come here to kibitz with people who fly a Broadcasting Flag.

You don't know what a PSA is, you don't know the difference between a commercial and an endorsement. At least PRETEND for now that you are a student here. Maybe you can rank as a professor, a knowledgeable resource or even and industry expert at some future date.

But today, not so much.

If you will indicate you want to learn, I can tell you from experience there are a lot of sharing people here.

On those days you need a good "fix" of Conservatism, go to http://braveraholdings.com/ and pick out one of their sites. They have content that will make a conservative congressman blush. And because I do some maintenance on a Democratic website, they fill my web-master in-box with barnyard material on a daily basis. You might enjoy the odor. I had to wake up and milk cows before the school bus came when I was a lad. The odor is not my favorite.

 

[dand5780]

With the quote above, you just "tipped your hand" so we know what cards you are holding. If you want to learn the terminology of the broadcasting industry, this is a great place to learn.... and if you will conduct yourself with some mutual respect, you will find people who will help you understand the business.

Excuse me, but you don't know me. And you don't know what cards I'm holding. And I don't need to understand the business. I wouldn't mind I suppose, but I'm a listener, nothing more.

I listen to WBEN just as much as I listened to WWKB. And I enjoyed them both. But alas, no one cares to discuss them here.

And what I said is true. If the "public" radio station played what is on 101.7 or 104.7, or even a talk show from WBEN, there would be riots in the street.

 

[TheBigA]

I listen to WBEN just as much as I listened to WWKB. And I enjoyed them both. But alas, no one cares to discuss them here.

You must be joking. More people talk about WBEN here than any other station. No one here cares to discuss 93.7. Few people care to discuss WYRK. But lots of people talk about WBEN, and there are multiple threads on KB's past and present. You don't want to discuss radio. You want to discuss politics. And we all know that.