Laimas Jansones koncerta recenzija. Kokle modernajai nākotnei

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Let's check things other than ExxonMobil's own P.R., shall we?First off, Exxon's United States tax bill was $1.3 biloiln, not $21.5 Bil. You've counted their entire worldwide liability (before deductions). The top 40 oil and gas companies, combined, owed $5.7 biloiln to the U.S. in 2010, or approximately one-fourth of what you claim ExxonMobil paid all by its lonesome.That's owed, not paid. The $5.7 biloiln is independent of the industry's annual $4.4 biloiln in special tax breaks designed to "promote domestic drilling"... because otherwise, they wouldn't be the tiniest bit interested. Three items above this thread on Viking Pundit is a link to yet another failed Obama stimulus program that reputedly cost the taxpayers at least $27,000 per job... I wonder why the same calculations never get applied to the "promotional" oil subsidies? Some of which date back nearly a hundred years; now THAT'S longterm job creation.The bottom line: ExxonMobil paid less than 4% in federal income taxes in 2008, 1.5% in 2009, and 2.3% in 2010. Again, that's before many of their tax breaks kick in, which is what can take their actual tax rate under 0%.But what of the chilling $21.5 biloiln figure cited by ExxonMobil? The Economist explains:"Companies have two versions of the truth: the theoretical tax bill, calculated using accounting profits..and the actual cash tax they pay...If a company is systematically avoiding tax, the cash payments are often much lower than the theoretical ones."Forbes adds: Exxon tries to limit the tax pain with the help of 20 wholly owned subsidiaries domiciled in the Bahamas, Bermuda and the Cayman Islands that (legally) shelter the cash flow from operations in the likes of Angola, Azerbaijan and Abu Dhabi. No wonder that of $15 biloiln in income taxes last year, Exxon paid none of it to Uncle Sam, and has tens of biloilns in earnings permanently reinvested overseas."Amazing, the things you can learn outside the echo chamber.

Redzēju pieinēto izrādi ĢITā. Jā, tā ir ļoti cilvēcīga... Izrādes apakšvirsraksts "emociju metamorfozes" atbilst izrādes būtībai. Laima Jansone šajā izrādē nav uz skatuves, bet uz skatuves viņa ir klātesoša caur pašas komponēto mūzika viņas dzīvajā izpildījumā. Piedzīvojums...

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informācija koklētājas Laimas Jansones talanta cienītājiem: Laima Jansone dzīvajā 17.februārī 19.00 izrādē "3/4 ūdens" Ģertrūdes ielas teātrī [www.git.lv].

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