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pa28

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2. I wonder if Bernie Sanders would speak at Nike and fail to mention they owe 2.2 Billion in taxes?

Reply to Octafish (Original post)

Fri May 8, 2015, 04:50 PM

May 2015

I'm guessing he wouldn't

Obama spoke at a beautiful outdoor pep rally at Nike headquarters today promoting the TPP. Good optics

He lambasted his liberal critics on trade but I think he forgot to call out Nike for evading tax using offshore havens and skipping out on a 2.2 Billion dollar tab. He should have picked up our check while he was there but it looks he didn't.

http://www.ctj.org/taxjusticedigest/archive/2013/07/nikes_tax_haven_subsidiaries_a.php#.VU0tqPlVhBc

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America’s Top 10 Corporate Tax Avoiders [View all] Octafish May 2015 OP

rec'd and bookmarked for future use corkhead May 2015 #1

I wonder if Bernie Sanders would speak at Nike and fail to mention they owe 2.2 Billion in taxes? pa28 May 2015 #2

What a rat! Maybe Bernie will mention Apple having a trillion in cash parked offshore? Octafish May 2015 #4

Excellent read. As you've noted the 2.2 Billion Nike owes is just the tip of the iceberg. pa28 May 2015 #5

Kicked and recommended a huge bunch! Enthusiast May 2015 #3

Avoidance or Evasion? NashuaDW May 2015 #6

biggest welfare queens in america. k & r Dont call me Shirley May 2015 #7

Perhaps we should start ROUTINELY referring to them as Corporate Welfare Queens. calimary May 2015 #8

Mind-boggling that the CEO of the No. 1 Avoider was appointed "jobs czar" RufusTFirefly May 2015 #9