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Posted on Author John Burbank
As a young girl, my daughter had a fear of flying. She overcame this through a thorough study of airplanes and landed on the 737 as her preferred means of transportation in the air. So naturally, she asked for a Boeing T-shirt for a present. It says, “If it’s not Boeing, I’m not going!” So […]
Challenge Congress to Pass a Student Debt Jubilee, H.R. 4170
Posted on Author BillMoyer
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Tax Evaders, Pay Up Now!
Posted on Author BillMoyer
[Editor: the above video seems to be viewable only from chrome.] Light Actions targets corporate tax dodgers who aren’t paying their fair share. We’re Not Broke! It’s when greedy corporations don’t pay taxes that we get austerity for the masses. In 2010 Boeing paid no U.S. taxes on over $4 billion of income, in fact, […]