Why Aren't Corps Paying Their Taxes?

This is a great podcast - as always from Chris L Hayes. A similar conversation was started in the "Your Call" broadcast with Rose Aguilar, KALW

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The Breakdown: Why Aren't Corporations Paying Their Taxes?

While pressure mounts for both sides of the aisle to pursue more fiscally responsible budget plans in Washington and around the country, many are rightly wondering why generating more revenue from uncollected corporate taxes isn't on the agenda. There's even a citizens’ movement called US Uncut afoot to hold corporations accountable for their tax evasion. On this week's episode of The Breakdown, DC editor Chris Hayes talks with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist David Cay Johnston about the manifold maneuvers corporations carry out in order to avoid paying their share of contributions to civil society.  Read more at www.thenation.com