US Uncut: Feb. 26 Target: Bank of America [New]
This is promising. It’s one more means of pushing back against the predators.
Despite ruining the economy with their reckless greed, Bank of America has consistently avoided any form of accountability to the American taxpayer. In fact, in 2009, Bank of America actually received a net tax benefit. Yes, last year, the federal government gave Bank of America $2.3 billion. That money alone could almost completely cover the proposed $2.5 billion cuts to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which helps low-income families pay their heating and cooling bills and affects 34 million households. Bank of America is the largest bank and 5th largest corporation in the country, holding over $2.2 trillion in assets, and yet it pays less in taxes than the average American household, which made between $35,400 and $52,100 and had an effective tax rate of 14.2%.
We pay our taxes, why don’t they?
On February 26th, citizens across the country will be targeting Bank of America branches and peaceably but forcefully showing them that they can’t get away with such egregious tax-cheating.
Actions are taking place all over the country. Find one near you here.
What Do You Think?
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Tim [New]
Thursday, 24 Feb, 2011 at 6:28 pm
This is brilliant phrasing. It also could be, “We pay our fair share of taxes, why don’t they pay their fair share?”
It’s truly repugnant and immoral that giving a taxpayer funded penny to wealthy Bank of America instead of poor and middle class people who need help heating their homes. It’s beyond obscene. And you’d think it would offend everyone, honest Republicans included.
Thanks for this notice. Along with others here, I assume, my hope is that this kind of post will leaven the other content.