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Monday, November 14, 2011

Guess what the government subsidizes?

The Citizens for Tax Justice has analyzed corporate tax rates from 2008 to 2010. The report [PDF] examined 280 0f the Fortune 500 companies.

The richest industries get the biggest subsidies, starting with finance and Big Energy.

Fifty six percent of the total tax subsidies went to just four industries: financial, utilities, telecommunications, and oil, gas & pipelines.

Financial firms receive the highest percentage of federal tax subsidies, collecting nearly 17 percent of the federal subsidy pie.

The largest single recipient of federal tax subsidies over the last three years was Wells Fargo.

sources:

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/11/13/366988/over-half-of-all-us-tax-subsidies-go-to-four-industries-guess-which-ones/

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/11/07/363234/financial-tax-subsidies/

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