General Electric Taxes

Alexander Eichler

General Electric Paid A Tiny, Tiny Tax Rate This Decade

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.28.2012

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General Electric again finds itself the focus of a politically-charged battle over corporate taxes. A new analysis of the mega-corporation's tax f...

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The Grand Charade

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 08.08.2011

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Sen. Fritz Hollings

Don't give us a long-term plan for future Congresses to pay the debt. Start paying it. Cut out the politics and replace the corporate tax with a 6% VAT. Cut spending and start paying for government.

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Offshore Banking and Tax Havens Have Become the Heart of Global Economy

Democracy Now! | Posted 06.15.2011

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Democracy Now!

As millions of Americans prepare to file their income taxes, Nicholas Shaxson explains how corporations and the wealthy use offshore banks and tax havens to avoid paying taxes and other governmental regulations.

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This Tax Day, Make Them Pay

Michael Moore | Posted 06.15.2011

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Michael Moore

This Monday, April 18th, is Tax Day -- and that's the day when "we the people" will demand our country back from these corporations in events all across the country.

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The Tax Man Cometh -- Just Not for Everybody

Leo Hindery, Jr. | Posted 06.12.2011

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Leo Hindery, Jr.

Tax avoidance becomes inappropriate when it is the nation's major corporations that, through the efforts of their lobbyists, become the architects of the very tax avoidance schemes that they then take advantage of.

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Setting The Record Straight On GE's Taxes

ProPublica | Posted 06.04.2011

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There's a heated debate over General Electric's taxes in places ranging from the front page of the New York Times to the blogosphere to, of all places...

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GE: "Imagination at Work" in Building the Corporate State

Miles Mogulescu | Posted 05.30.2011

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Miles Mogulescu

GE, America's largest corporation, provides the classic example of how the modern corporate state operates.

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GE's Twitter Campaign Against The New York Times

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 05.28.2011

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After a damning New York Times story accusing General Electric of having paid $0 in American taxes despite $5.2 billion in domestic revenue, the compa...

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Finally, Integrity: Lawrence O'Donnell Criticizes His Network's Owner (GE) for Paying No Taxes

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.26.2011

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Paul Abrams

Lawrence O'Donnell spent an entire segment criticizing his show's part-owner, General Electric, for paying no income taxes on over $5B of profits in 2010. Now, that is integrity writ-large.

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Plutocracy: GE Doesn't Pay Taxes -- Taxpayers Pay GE

Dave Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dave Johnson

Not only did GE, the highly-profitable recipient of federal contracts and bailout money, not pay taxes, we paid them $3.2 billion.

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