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GOP proposes new “Corporate Tax Holiday” that *YOU* will pay for
I know you’ll find this incredibly difficult to believe, but there’s a lobbyist organization in Washington DC that’s pushing a bunch of Republicans around like household servants, demanding that politicians grant big business yet another “tax holiday” to protect their off-shore profits. It would sound incredulous if it weren’t happening on a daily basis, wouldn’t […]
The Death of Taxes
April 10, 2011
Just in case your blood pressure is too low today. Here is a list of the top 10 corporations in the United States which either paid no corporate income taxes whatsoever, paid very little, or (Caution: Stroke alert) got a REFUND from the Internal Revenue Service. The list was compiled by Senator Bernie Sanders, Independent […]
The G.E.ttysburg Address
March 30, 2011
General Electric received $300 million in federal energy grants from 2000 to 2010 (and spent $19.5 million per year in the same time lobbying for more subsidies). That’s million, with an “M.” General Electric posted more than $2.94 Billion in net profits for the fourth quarter of 2010. That’s billion, with a “B.” General Electric […]
Gary St. Lawrence
October 25, 2011
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