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Imagine paying almost nothing in taxes. Sounds great doesn’t it? Some of America’s biggest companies are doing just that and making millions… or even billions in profits- thanks to loopholes and more than a little political influence…On this edition, why does big business pay lower tax rates than the rest of us? And how activists have brought the issue into the spotlight.
This program includes excerpts from the film “We’re Not Broke” produced by Onshore Productions.
Featuring:
Jesse Drucker, Bloomberg News reporter; Rebecca Wilkins, Citizens for Tax Justice attorney; Martin Sullivan, Tax Notes journalist, Jeffrey Winters Northwestern University Professor of Political Economy; David Marchant, Offshore Alert publisher and journalist; Senator Carl Levin; Lee Sheppard, Tax Notes contributing editor; Nicholas Shaxton, “Treasure Islands” author; Jack Blum, tax attorney and investigator; James Henry, “Blood Bankers” author; David Cay Johnston, journalist; Robert Goulder, Tax Analysts editor in chief; Dave Camp, Michigan Representative; Mark Everson, Internal Revenue Service former Commissioner; Ryan Clayton, US Uncut co-founder.
For More Information:
We’re Not Broke
Offshore Alert
REEL ECONOMY at Working Films
Citizens For Tax Justice
US Uncut
Treasure Islands: Tax Havens and the men who stole the world
The Blood Bankers: Tales from the Global Underground Economy Tax Analysts Internal Revenue Service
Web Extras: Multimedia
What do the CEOs of America’s biggest Tax Cheating Corporations Want?
Why doesn’t Obama make billion dollar corporations pay their fair share?
Corporate Tax Rates (The Big Fake Out)
Tax Infographic
Reel Economy
united for a fair economy
TFOC Tax Fairness Tune Up
