Small but vocal group protests taxes (Chicago@Water Tower Place)

[BillyJack]

"Thank you for paying your taxes” is a seldom-heard phrase, but it was the calling card Sunday for a few citizens angry about federal loopholes for corporations.

They had a serious point to make with humor. With some dressing the part, they pretended to be high-class moguls walking Michigan Avenue and thanking people “for paying your fair share of U.S. taxes, so we don’t have to.”

They carried placards expressing the gratitude of ExxonMobil, Boeing, Bank of America and other corporations. All were identified in a report last month by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, that highlighted U.S.-based companies paying little or no income taxes in 2009.
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Perhaps undermining their message was a caravan of buses that drove up the avenue. They were from a religious group and bore signs advertising the end of the world starting May 21.

If that’s the case, why is anybody paying taxes?

http://www.suntimes.com/business/4886135-420/small-but-vocal-group-protests-taxes.html

[BillyJack]

1. I'm very disappointed that "our group" wasn't 'cool' enough to get any attention here on the DU

thank goodness the Chicago Sun Times recognized us.

..."at least we've got that going for us." (to paraphrase from an iconic movie).