Crowds gathered outside Verizon Wireless Stores in Columbus and Cleveland on Thursday, June 9 to rally against the corporate tax breaks the company has been handed.
Citizens for Tax Justice found that Verizon reported a $12 billion profit in 2010, but paid nothing in taxes and actually received a $700 million refund. http://www.ctj.org/pdf/12corps060111.pdf. Demonstrators held signs and demanded Verizon pay its fair share.
During the event, a 25-feet tall Corporate Pig was inflated as a symbol of the demonstration.
