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On the recordAugust 2, 2010
About $100 billion a year in taxes are avoided by large corporations and the wealthy by going to tax havens in the Cayman Islands.
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Points out tax avoidance by corporations using offshore havens.

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