September 09, 2011
Sen. Durbin Floor Speech on IPS CEO Pay Report [VIDEO]
Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL), Senate Majority Whip, spoke about the IPS Executive Excess report during a floor speech about how corporate accountability can help the U.S. overcome the current economic crisis.
The 2011 Executive Excess report continues to make waves among members of the media and decision-makers in Congress. This time, Senator Durbin, a progressive democrat from Illinois, took to the Senate floor to highlight some of the findings of the report. He particularly zeroed in on General Electric, which has highlighted in the report as one of the top ten most creative tax-dodgers. Watch the video here:
Click here to access the report 2011 Executive Excess: The Massive CEO Rewards for Tax Dodging.”
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