No one is satisfied with the US corporate tax system. From one perspective, the main problem is that, while corporate profits are extraordinarily high relative to gross domestic product, tax collections are very low. Many very successful companies pay little or nothing in taxes at a time when the budget deficit is a serious concern; and when hundreds of thousands of defence workers are being furloughed, or sent on unpaid leave; and when lotteries are being held to determine which families cease to receive help from the Head Start pre-school education programme.
沒有人對美國公司稅體系滿意。從一個角度來看,主要問題在於,儘管相對於國內生產毛額(GDP)來說公司利潤非常高,但稅賦卻非常低。在政府預算赤字引起嚴重關切之時,當成千上萬國防職員暫時被解僱或者被迫無薪休假之時,當用抽籤決定哪些家庭不再獲得學前教育項目「開端計劃」(Head Start)資助之時,很多成功的公司卻納稅很少甚至不納稅。