Senator Bernie Sanders (Ind., Vt) introduced a long, long overdue bill in Congress this week which would finally, finally require corporations to pay at least some taxes each year, instead of putting profits offshore so they can dodge any taxes.
Here's just one example:
GE has stashed $102 billion in offshore tax haven countries to avoid paying income taxes. If this practice were outlawed, it would have paid $35.7 billion more in federal income taxes.
The time has come--has long since past--that we should ask and expect corporate America to pay for access to our own markets and to help pay for the infrastructure we all need--them as well as us--so they can operate and function, things like roads and bridges and highways and sewers and airports and great schools and good teachers, etc., etc.
Please contact your Senators and your member of the House of Representatives. Tell them you expect them to support this intelligent, fair, long overdue measure. You can find your represenatives here:
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That looks like a good idea!
On an unrelated topic:
US Senate Hearing on Gun Violence THIS WEEK (2.12)
1) If you can GO in person, please do ! Line up at 8 AM.
2) If you can submit comments via email, please do !
"Proposals to Reduce Gun Violence: Protecting Our Communities While Respecting the Second Amendment”
Senate Judiciary Committee
DATE: February 12, 2013
TIME: 10:00 AM
ROOM: Hart 216
Please consider submitting WRITTEN testimony for Tuesday's Senate Judiciary hearing in the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights. All written testimony should be sent to Stephanie Trifone via e-mail at: Stephanie_Trifone AT judiciary-dem.senate.gov
For more information on the Senate hearing go here:
http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/hearings/hearing.cfm?id=eed1f8b2e83fd7365bee9cb8432af898
If written submissions are received by COB Monday then Senate Judiciary can include it for the hearing. Otherwise, the record will remain open until a week after the hearing for submissions of written testimony. Submitted testimony must be 10 pages or less and in PDF or Word, and can't simply be previously published material.
All excellent information. Thank you very much for it all and for writing.
And another interesting action in the House...
https://movetoamend.org/press-release/constitutional-amendment-introduced-congress-ensuring-rights-people-not-corporations
I saw the announcement, last evening, they would be doing this. I was glad of it.
Thanks for the link.
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