Well considering even a small business can write off anything under the moon, including losses for the first few years, it’s not hard to make that claim.
Go further and look into stuff like Global Foudries with their increible tax incentives and many coprorations that pay nothing in as I recall federal tax as you get the point.
And that’s not even to mention the bailouts - whether you agree or not, and billions spend on lobbying to get benefits and tax breaks from the government and it’s policies.
Silverandslow is funny in his rages. Only business that owes American public nothing is the one that does NO BUSINESS IN USA. Going out of your way to please your stock holders by earning profits at expense of tax payees doesn’t make the corporation innocent.
Obviously mom and pop stores and other small businesses do their own thing and aren’t a part of the generalizations, but since everybody is talking extremes here, I’ll count the major guilty players of those offences.