Wisconsin's 99% Head to the GE Shareholder Meeting in Detroit
Channel: Wisconsin Jobs Now
Date: 2012-04-24

April 24 - http://wisconsinjobsnow.org/ - Nearly 200 people boarded buses early in the morning to leave from the Wisconsin Department of Revenue building in Milwaukee. They are going to protest GE at their annual shareholder meeting in Detroit. GE has paid 0 in Wisconsin income tax from 2003-2008 while paying a negative federal tax rate from 2008-2010. During the same time period their top five executives took home $234 million and they spent $84.35 million in lobbying expenditures.