Graham Platner: “Companies like Amazon pay almost zero dollars in federal…”

“And we have fairly significant tax burdens. It is always wild for us down here who work, who run our own little companies to then see that Companies like Amazon pay almost zero dollars in federal taxes. CBS News finds hundreds of U.S. companies paid more taxes to foreign governments than to Washington last year.” (12:12–12:17)

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