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Walmart and the Walton family are the recipients of "special treatment" thanks to a tax system that allows them to rake in $7.8 billion a year from tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies, a new report reveals.
Armed with this news, a group of Walmart workers and taxpayers delivered a $7.8 billion tax bill -- an amount that could be used to fund over 105,000 new public school teachers -- to the Phoenix-area home of Walmart Chairman Rob Walton.
"Even though Walmart is making $16 billion in profits, the Waltons seem to think the American people should be providing them another $8 billion in tax breaks," Anthony Goytia, who's worked at Walmart for two years, said in a statement. "When the richest family in America isn't paying its fair share, it's no wonder that our children's schools, our roads and basic public programs are getting cut left and right."
Americans for Tax Fairness (AFT), which put out the report, breaks down the $7.8 billion:
On food stamps, also known as SNAP, Walmart benefits in an additional way. It receives 18 percent of the SNAP market; that means its sales from food stamp recipients bring the company an additional $13.5 billion.
"Polls show that Americans want a tax system that requires large corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share," the report concludes. "This report shows that our current system is anything but fair - rather it provides special treatment to America's biggest corporations and richest families leaving individual taxpayers and small businesses to pick up the tab."
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Walmart and the Walton family are the recipients of "special treatment" thanks to a tax system that allows them to rake in $7.8 billion a year from tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies, a new report reveals.
Armed with this news, a group of Walmart workers and taxpayers delivered a $7.8 billion tax bill -- an amount that could be used to fund over 105,000 new public school teachers -- to the Phoenix-area home of Walmart Chairman Rob Walton.
"Even though Walmart is making $16 billion in profits, the Waltons seem to think the American people should be providing them another $8 billion in tax breaks," Anthony Goytia, who's worked at Walmart for two years, said in a statement. "When the richest family in America isn't paying its fair share, it's no wonder that our children's schools, our roads and basic public programs are getting cut left and right."
Americans for Tax Fairness (AFT), which put out the report, breaks down the $7.8 billion:
On food stamps, also known as SNAP, Walmart benefits in an additional way. It receives 18 percent of the SNAP market; that means its sales from food stamp recipients bring the company an additional $13.5 billion.
"Polls show that Americans want a tax system that requires large corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share," the report concludes. "This report shows that our current system is anything but fair - rather it provides special treatment to America's biggest corporations and richest families leaving individual taxpayers and small businesses to pick up the tab."
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Walmart and the Walton family are the recipients of "special treatment" thanks to a tax system that allows them to rake in $7.8 billion a year from tax breaks and taxpayer subsidies, a new report reveals.
Armed with this news, a group of Walmart workers and taxpayers delivered a $7.8 billion tax bill -- an amount that could be used to fund over 105,000 new public school teachers -- to the Phoenix-area home of Walmart Chairman Rob Walton.
"Even though Walmart is making $16 billion in profits, the Waltons seem to think the American people should be providing them another $8 billion in tax breaks," Anthony Goytia, who's worked at Walmart for two years, said in a statement. "When the richest family in America isn't paying its fair share, it's no wonder that our children's schools, our roads and basic public programs are getting cut left and right."
Americans for Tax Fairness (AFT), which put out the report, breaks down the $7.8 billion:
On food stamps, also known as SNAP, Walmart benefits in an additional way. It receives 18 percent of the SNAP market; that means its sales from food stamp recipients bring the company an additional $13.5 billion.
"Polls show that Americans want a tax system that requires large corporations and the wealthy to pay their fair share," the report concludes. "This report shows that our current system is anything but fair - rather it provides special treatment to America's biggest corporations and richest families leaving individual taxpayers and small businesses to pick up the tab."
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