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August 17, 2012

Study: 26 Companies Gave More Money to Execs Than They Paid in Federal Taxes 
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A new study says 26 major corporations paid their top executives more
money last year than they paid in federal taxes. According to the
Institute for Policy Studies, companies including AT&T, Boeing and
Citigroup paid their CEOs an average of $20.4 million, while paying
little or no tax to the federal government.

 

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