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Tax Evaders, Pay Up Now!
[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, […]