THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet

THE PERIMETER PRIMATE: Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet:

Why more and more people will #OccupyWallStreet

by The Perimeter Primate

These are recent Tweets from Bernie Sanders @ http://twitter.com/#!/senatorsanders @SenatorSanders. Senator Bernie Sanders is the longest serving independent in congressional history. Tweets are from the senator's staff. http://sanders.senate.gov

October 2, 2011

• In 2009 Exxon Mobile made $19 billion in profits, paid no federal income taxes and took a $156 million rebate from the IRS.
• Ford's federal income tax rate was just 2.3 percent in 2009 even though it made $3 billion in profits.
• GE took a $1.1 billion tax refund from the IRS last year, even though it made over $10 billion in profits in 2009.
• The US has the most unequal distribution of wealth and income of any major country in the industrialized