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by alastair 5614 days ago
"Wal-Mart paid 34 cents in taxes for every dollar of profit it made in the past three years."

[http://wgbhradio.org/News/Articles/2011/1/29/For_Many_Compan...]

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Still, profit is only what is left after the accountants did their job.
Funny that the articles uncited tax number only went back 3 years. What would happen if they went back more? http://www.ctj.org/pdf/walmart041607.pdf