G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether - NYTimes.com

G.E.’s Strategies Let It Avoid Taxes Altogether - NYTimes.com

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By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI
Published: March 24, 2011
General Electric, the nation’s largest corporation, had a very good year in 2010.

John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting

John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting


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Op/Ed: John Nichols: Walker admits it’s all about union busting.

Busting unions is a political ploy, not a fiscal necessity. Walker has divided Wisconsin, thrown our Legislature and our communities into disarray, and caused what many legal observers believe to be the most serious constitutional crisis in the modern history of the state. And for what?

Not to save money.

Not to get Wisconsin’s finances in order.
But to play politics with people’s lives.
When the time comes to hold this governor to account, much will be said on all sides. But the most powerful condemnation of Walker’s false claim that he needed to bust unions in order to balance the budget has come from the governor’s own lips.

“How much money does it save, Governor?”
“It doesn’t save any.”
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The Austerity Delusion - NYTimes.com

The Austerity Delusion - NYTimes.com
Op-Ed Columnist
The Austerity Delusion
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: March 24, 2011