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AMERICANS FOR TAX FAIRNESS SELECTED NEWS STORIES AND COMMENTARY July 1, 2013 – July 31, 2014 NATIONAL MEDIA .....................................................................................................................19 Column: Corporate Artful Dodgers ........................................................................................19 Op-Ed: Walgreens’ Founder Wouldn’t Approve Company’s Unpatriotic Tax Dodge ...............19 Op-Ed: Time to Stop Corporate Defections ............................................................................19 Column: Corporate tax scam watch: The 'inversion' craze .....................................................19 Column: Walgreen shouldn’t have a say about how the U.S. government does anything ......20 Column: If Walgreen goes Swiss and pays less taxes, then it shouldn't influence US politics ..20 TV: Kudlow: Where's the tax reform? ....................................................................................20 Column: At Walgreen, Renouncing Corporate Citizenship......................................................20 Retailer's Executive Pay Plan Exploits Tax Break, Study Says ..................................................20 Walgreen CEO fesses up: Drugstore chain mulls HQ move .....................................................20 In news analysis, Andrew Velarde examines the potential impact of a major U.S. retailer that chooses to invert ...................................................................................................................21 Blog Post: Fox Offers Free Public Relations For Walmart's Poverty Wages .............................21 Op-Ed: Walmart’s Top-to-Bottom Taxpayer Subsidies ...........................................................21 US pharmacy giant Walgreens eyes move to Britain over tax: Controversial switch of HQ may lead to Boots takeover ...........................................................................................................22 Taxpayer Group Protests Walgreen Offshore Move ...............................................................22 Americans for Tax Fairness’ Frank Clemente responds to the Tax Foundation’s critique of its Walgreens report ..................................................................................................................22 Tax Foundation Rebukes Walgreen Inversion Report .............................................................22 Tax Foundation Finds Fault in ATF Walgreens Report ............................................................22 Walgreen Inversion Would Cost US $4B In Tax Revenue: Study .............................................22 Levin statement on new report detailing the cost of another corporate inversion .................23 Walgreens Planned Move is a Tax Dodge ...............................................................................23 Activists Claim Walgreen HQ Move Would Cost Taxpayers $4B .............................................23 Report Says Walgreens Inversion Would Cost Taxpayers $4 Billion ........................................23 U.S. activists slam possible Walgreen tax move as 'unpatriotic' .............................................24 TV: The Big Number – Walgreens going for the Green? .........................................................24 ATF Estimates Walgreens Could Cost Taxpayers if it Moves Abroad .......................................24 Walgreen Company: All is Well Except the Dodge ..................................................................24 Walgreen Ponders $4 Billion Tax Dodge.................................................................................24 Move to Switzerland to dodge IRS may give Walgreen blues .................................................25 Blog Post: Taxpayers Have Spent $104 Million Propping Up Walmart Executives' Bonuses Since 2009 .............................................................................................................................25 'Walmart moms' walk off job in protest .................................................................................25 Wal-Mart Used Tax Loophole To Save $104M: Report ...........................................................25 Blog Post: You Pay Taxes? Guess Who Doesn't ......................................................................26 Wal-Mart attacked for big tax breaks.....................................................................................26 Blog Post: New Study: Walmart Scammed American Taxpayers for $104 Million by Giving Executives Obscene Bonuses .................................................................................................26 How taxpayers subsidized Walmart execs' pay ......................................................................27 'Walmart moms' walk off the job in protest at pay and conditions ........................................27 How Your Tax Dollars Subsidize Walmart Executives' Paychecks ............................................27 Walmart Slashed Tax Bill By Giving Top Execs Big Bonuses ....................................................27 Walmart Continues to Exploit Tax Breaks to Reward Executives ............................................28 Walmart Tax Cut Report Drops this Morning .........................................................................28 10 Corporate Tax Dodgers You Should Know About ...............................................................28 Inversions, Reactions .............................................................................................................28 First look: ATF highlights options from camp for closing tax loopholes ..................................28 Op-Ed: How Congress Rigs the Rules ......................................................................................29 Tax extenders arguments: there and back again ....................................................................29 Blog Post: Taxpayers Subsidize Walmart and America's Richest Family to the Tune of $7.8 Billion Annually ......................................................................................................................29 Blog Post: Taxpayers in Phoenix, Arizona delivered a special tax bill to Walmart Chairman, Rob Walton ...........................................................................................................................29 TV: Walmart employees rely on food stamps.........................................................................30 Is Wal-Mart the Welfare Queen of Corporate America? ........................................................30 Blog Post: Walmart’s Wages Are So Low, You’re Actually Paying For Their Employees...........30 ATF News Clips: Selected News Stories & Commentary 2 Blog Post: Walmart Worker: Why Did the Walton’s Get $8 Billion in Subsidies While I Had to Pay Taxes? .............................................................................................................................30 Blog Post: Walmart Worker: 'I Struggle Financially and Paid Taxes, While the Waltons Received $8 Billion in Subsidies'.............................................................................................30 The Real Cost of Walmart to Taxpayers .................................................................................31 Workers Say Walmart Chairman Owes $7.8 Billion Tax ..........................................................31 7 Facts About Our Broken Tax System ...................................................................................31 Blog Post: Don't cry for Walmart on tax day ..........................................................................31 Blog Post: Vigilante Tax Collectors Demand $7.8 Billion From Walmart At Walton Family’s Desert Fortress ......................................................................................................................32 Blog Post: Walmart on Tax Day: How Taxpayers Subsidizes America’s Biggest Employer and Richest Family........................................................................................................................32 Walmart Workers Cost Taxpayers $6.2 Billion In Public Assistance ........................................32 Walmart benefits from billions in government subsidies: Study.............................................32 Column: Walmart On Welfare ...............................................................................................33 Blog Post: Undermining the #WorstRate Campaign with #NobodyPaysThat ..........................33 Congress once again moves to extend ‘tax extenders’ ...........................................................33 Senate Tax-Extenders Bill Triggers Flood of Amendments ......................................................34 Congress Prepares To Give GE A Big Tax Break ......................................................................34 An “Army of Lobbyists” Is Quietly Fighting for Budget-Busting Corporate Tax Breaks ............34 Op-Ed: Congress Should Keep Lights Off on Tax Package That Nets GE Billions in Tax Breaks .35 Hashtag Battle on Taxes ........................................................................................................35 Congress renews annual temporary tax laws fight .................................................................35 If GE Gets Its Way, The U.S. Government Could Lose $62.5 Billion .........................................36 Group chides GE after study of U.S. corporate tax break lobbying .........................................36 Extenders are