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Wait... so the wealth WON'T be trickling down? April 15, 2016 1:50 pm RL

Top 50 us corporations stashing 1.4 trillion dollars in off-shore tax havens…

What a SHOCK!

The $1.4 trillion is just the beginning of the story, though.

Oxfam estimates that corporate tax avoidance costs the US about $100 billion in tax revenue every year. Each American taxpayer would have to pay an additional $760 per year to cover that cost. These companies aren’t just shielding tax revenue from the government — they’re taking money from the government (and taxpayers) in the form of federal loans, loan guarantees and bailouts. Between 2008 and 2014, for every $27 of these funds received, the companies paid $1 in federal taxes.

  • THIS is why the GOP has been so nasty for the last seven and a half years. by ER 2016-04-15 14:20:31
    • No... by Robert 2016-04-15 15:10:08
      • So try to put a price on "family values". by bowser 2016-04-15 20:45:29

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