On the recordFebruary 11, 2013
The effective tax rate is just 12 percent, and, in fact, in 2011--corporate revenue as a percentage of GDP was just 1.2 percent lower than any other major country in the OECD.
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congress.govBernie Sanders: “The effective tax rate is just 12 percent, and, in fact, in 2011--corporate revenue as a percentage of GDP was just 1.2…”
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Senator Sanders points out the low effective corporate tax rate compared to other countries.
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