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Jim McDermott: “They avoided $92 billion worth of taxes. Fifty-eight companies accounted for 70 percent of that.”

On the recordJune 12, 2013
They avoided $92 billion worth of taxes. Fifty-eight companies accounted for 70 percent of that.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington

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McDermott discusses the tax avoidance by companies during repatriation.

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