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But for the an inconvenience. But for the little guy these new requirements are killers. They dont have the 100,000 they can drop into this, keeping better books over here or getting hold of all these people or exposing anybody who has invested in their patent. This also enables nested shell companies, which have few assets, but can infringe on patents while the inventor is unable to sue their customers. Who are free to continue infringing. So they set up well just do all of our business with this technology through that company, so if we get sued, they cant get at us. No way. The First Court Case they are going to were going to shield these big guys who are stealing. This process could keep an infringing process in place for a decade or more while the inventer is trying to find ways of getting inventor is trying to find ways of stopping that infringement. This authorizes the Patent Office director to create a patent troll database and create a strategy to teach Small Business how to d
You know, i think that its my question suggests, at least i view it, is that it is a neithernor process but equity on the low reduce the burden on low and middle class is not just morally responsible but about two thirds of the economy is fueled by Consumer Spending and lower and middle class families have a higher percentage that they need and spend on goods and services. So in that respect i think it makes sense to be looking at how the consequences of reform deal with them not just on corporate taxes as well because i think it will fuel spending that will help private sector profits. Senator packwood, at the end of your testimony, in 1983, 1900 people who earned a million or more paid no federal tax and that fact was due to a myriad of special interest loopholes clogging the arteries of the tax code before 86. And as you noted in your testimony, the product that passed the finance committee 200 and would later become law raised the taxes significantly on corporations and rich indivi
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