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Kentucky to pick up remainder of Texas Roadhouse contract, also receives a second-round pick

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Yum brands portfolio is such a rogues' gallery of poisonous garbage, god damn. What a cancer on humanity.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

As long as the Colonel still lives in Kentucky I guess it's ok

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well a bust of his head is in our capital I saw it in person a few years ago I wish I got a pic but here’s a Pinterest picture I found

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Yeah that'll do

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

As a non USAer I must ask; Texas is where they can get easy tax breaks right?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://www.tax-rates.org/taxtables/corporate-income-tax-by-state

Surprised me.. I thought delaware was the only one without corporate tax before I looked.

Kentucky: 4-6%

Texas: NONE

Delaware: 8.7% (It's complicated)

50% of all publicly traded companies in the U.S. and almost 70% of all Fortune 500 companies — are incorporated in Delaware

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Then we have a list for the revolution! Let's go

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Shitty state musical chairs.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 months ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

tax fraud chicken

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I can only read that as "Tesus Fucking Christ"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Trump Fucking Children

ok, I've never even been to your country

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like the scripted knockoff of the UFC

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

I'll have you know that Utah Fried Chicken is pretty good, especially when fries come out with extra fry sauce.