Taxes

Here’s a question.

What if we stopped arguing about who pays taxes… and just did the math?

The Fortune 500—the biggest corporations in America—collectively earn about $2.1 trillion in profits. Not revenue. Profit. Money left over after they pay their bills.

Now imagine one simple rule.

No loopholes. No special deals. No army of tax lawyers.

Just a flat 25% tax on profits.

You know what that comes to?

About $525 billion every year.

That’s more than half a trillion dollars.

Now, before anyone says, “You’re anti-business,” let me stop you right there.

I’m pro-business.

I want companies to make money. I want innovation. I want entrepreneurs getting rich by creating great products.

But if you’re making billions because America’s roads moved your products, America’s schools educated your employees, America’s military protected your investments, and America’s courts enforce your contracts… then contributing a fair share isn’t punishment. It’s the price of admission.

The current tax code is over 6,000 pages long. If you need 6,000 pages to explain how taxes work, something has gone terribly wrong.

Imagine replacing that with one sentence:

“Pay 25% of your profits.”

Everybody understands it.

Everybody knows the rules.

Nobody gets a secret handshake.

Now, would it solve every budget problem? Of course not.

Would companies try to change their behavior? Absolutely. Any real tax proposal would have to account for deductions, losses, international operations, and existing taxes.

But here’s the bigger point.

Instead of shouting at each other on cable news, let’s start with a calculator.

Let’s put the numbers on the table.

Let’s debate facts instead of slogans.

That’s what the Truth Party is about.

Not left versus right.

Not corporations versus workers.

It’s about asking a simple question:

What’s the truth… and what do the numbers actually say?

Because when citizens understand the math, they make better decisions.

And when we make better decisions, we build a better America.