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Moore tells Maher: ‘The real problem with the IRS is that they let General Electric not pay any taxes’
The dispute regarding the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) targeting of Tea Party political groups didn’t strike Real Time host Bill Maher as a big deal on Friday night. “Is it unreasonable to target an anti-tax group?” Maher asked in response. “This is, after all, a group that named itself after…
Union of Concerned Scientists backtracks on GE-funded think tank attack
The Union of Concerned Scientists has revised a report accusing major US companies of distorting the public conversation about climate change, saying it made a mistake counting donations from General Electric to thinktanks. The survey of 28 companies found a big gap in some instances between corporate messages on climate…
Flash mob targets General Electric with tax-dodging song and dance
General Electric, one of the largest and most profitable corporations in the world, isn’t immune to criticism, and on Thursday some of their most vocal critics — their shareholders — gathered in the lobby of the company’s Boston offices to elaborate on their frustrations through song and dance. “GE pays…
General Electric paid 2.3 percent in taxes on $81 billion in profits: report
U.S. corporation General Electric (GE) paid just 2.3 percent in federal taxes over the last 10 years, even as it reaped more than $81 billion in profits over that same period, according to an analysis of the company’s most recent tax filings. Nonpartisan watchdog group Citizens for Tax Justice said…
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