"In 2010, Bank of America set up more than 200
subsidiaries in the Cayman Islands (which has a corporate tax rate of
0.0 percent) to avoid paying U.S. taxes. It worked. Not only did Bank of
America pay nothing in federal income taxes, but it received a rebate
from the IRS worth $1.9 billion that year. They are not alone. In 2010,
JP Morgan Chase operated 83 subsidiaries incorporated in offshore tax
havens to avoid paying some $4.9 billion in U.S. taxes. That same year
Goldman Sachs operated 39 subsidiaries in offshore tax havens to avoid
an estimated $3.3 billion in U.S. taxes. Citigroup has paid no federal
income taxes for the last four years after receiving a total of $2.5
trillion in financial assistance from the Federal Reserve during the
financial crisis." ~U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders
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Wow, I think we are in the wrong line of work. sheesh...banksters
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