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> They classify a lot of it as R&D and write it off taxes. Taxpayers foot the bill.

Taxpayers do not "foot the bill" for corporations reducing their tax obligations via "write-offs".

See: https://accountinginsights.org/what-does-write-it-off-mean-f...

"That's not a write off!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCP27_vquxQ

Obligatory -- "You don't even know what a write-off is. Do you?"

Something I like about that scene is Seinfeld (the actor) clearly struggles not to smile at Kramer's delivery of the punch line despite that he (the character) was supposed to be irate with Kramer.

Heh. Well, Kramer himself...was often less amused...

Thread/video: https://old.reddit.com/r/television/comments/7lvvg5/michael_...

Probably that's why it feels like half the actual episode takes were like that, because they couldn't keep from breaking!

If you're taking about the R&D provisions in the OBBBA, that only changes the schedule of the deduction (immediately vs over several years). R&D, like most business expenses were was always deductible. Whether it's prudent or not isn't a factor.