Dorgan Grabs His Pitchfork!

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If he had actually read the GAO report, he'd see that of the 14,000 companies that control 90 percent of corporate assets, 75 percent of them in fact *did* pay taxes in 2005. Of the ones that didn't, most probably didn't make profits that year (which was a tough one for airlines and automakers, if you'll recall.) The problem with things like this dumb press release is Americans generally don't make the distinction between the Fortune 1000 or whatever and the local "corporation" down the street.

Anonymous of VA 5:59PM August 12, 2008

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Sam Dealey is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest. He has written for many publications, including Time, GQ, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal.

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