Eight words that can prevent our society's collapse

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/dennis-rahkonen/33962/eight-words-that-can-prevent-our-societys-collapse

Highly profitable General Electric and Exxon-Mobil paid no federal income taxes in 2009.

Moreover, according to the Government Accountability Office, neither did two-thirds of U.S. corporations during recent years.

Also, roughly 40,000 American factories shut down during the past decade, often to rip off sweatshop employees overseas.

If the mega rich didn't have tax evasion loopholes larger than a gaudy, whirling Ferris wheel -- and if they possessed sufficient patriotism to hire Americans (at fair wages and with decent benefits) -- there'd be much less national debt for rightwing Republicans to demagogically point to in outrageously scapegoating public service unions, Social Security, and Medicare.

More at the link --

[Oceansaway]

1. K&R...n/t

[SalviaBlue]

2. "Make the wealthy pay to save the USA"

There you have it.