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Submitted on Jun 15, 20:37 ET
US113 - Ratios of Corporate Patriotism
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There are more ratios and numbers available that can be counted to to aid investors, wall street analysts and executives but little if anything to help quantify what a business/corporation gives back to it's country/citizens.  I have begun collecting data on this but need help.  What I would like to see are ratios developed to essentially show how much a company gives back to it's people.  I'm not exactly sure how best to display this but the ratios I have in mind are profits/earnings as compared to the number of employees, amount of taxes paid, and effective tax rates.  As for number of employees average pay scales (both including and excluding EC or even EC+N) should also be factored in.

Existing ratios and available information is primarily centered around helping a company and investors understand how they will or will not meet wall street expectations ... which despite what corporate "motto's" may say is the number one concern of any publicly traded company, not it's customers or employees.  In fact to succeed in today's America it's quite the opposite and in order to meet those expectations (their PRIMARY goal) it's normally at the expense of customers and employees.

I would like similar accurate information on what these companies are giving back to our country and us as citizens.
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Job creators??? 

There are ~27,000,000 businesses in America (mostly small businesses).  Average small business revenue is ~$233,000/yr (that the high end of the data I found).  That being the case it would take ~500,000 small businesses to equal just Apple's 2011 revenue.  Apple employs ~50,000-60,000 people.  So even if all 500,000 businesses were sole proprietorships that would be 500,000 employees.  Who's are the real job creators???

"Fair" is an effect of the end result of decisions made .. things do not always end up "fair", that is life.  However what should be expected and is not even close to the case is a even, balanced, and transparently defined playing field for ALL!
Submitted by mdurante on Jun 15, 21:06 ET
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Below is only the top 7 fortune 500 companies (pulled from the data I've started gathering for the entire fortune 500 since I ran out of characters) as an example of the base data for these ratios.

Rank Company Revenues ($Million) 2011 Profits ($Millions) 2010 Profits ($Millions) Employees 2011 2010 Taxes ($Million) Tax Rates on US Profits 2010
1 Wal-Mart Stores 421,849.00 16,389.00 17,761.00 2,100,000 4,600 25.90%
2 Exxon Mobil 354,674.00 30,460.00 7,419.40 103,700 992.4 13.40%
3 Chevron 196,337.00 19,024.00 6,163.60 62,196 1,445.60 39.10%
4 ConocoPhillips 184,966.00 11,358.00 5,971.00 29,700 1,312.00 22.00%
5 Fannie Mae 153,825.00 -14,014.00 7,300 -38.70%
6 General Electric 151,628.00 11,644.00 4,247.60 287,000 -3,253 -76.60%
7 Berkshire Hathaway 136,185.00 12,967.00 260,519 28.90%
Submitted by mdurante on Jun 15, 20:37 ET
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