I have 'em for you right here:
Twenty-six of the most powerful American corporations – such as Boeing, General Electric, and Verizon – paid no federal income tax from 2008 to 2012, according to a new report detailing how Fortune 500 companies exploit tax breaks and loopholes.
And then, of course, there's the entire NFL They pay no taxes whatever. Legally, too.
The report:
26 top American corporations paid no federal income tax from '08 to '12
And keep in mind, when we think "moochers"--you know, welfare moochers?--we aren't talking the ones getting oh, I don't know, $136 to live off of for two weeks or any "small potatoes" like that. We're talking billions of dollars here.
The 26?
Here they are:
They are, collectively, ladies and gentlemen, taking us for a ride.
A big, expensive, thieving, immoral ride.
And we're allowing it.
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