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FBN's Liz MacDonald digs into the new report that says CEOs get paid more than their company pays in taxes.
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Over the minute I think you ought.
From a -- -- left leaning group the Institute for Policy Studies ripping companies from paying their CEOs.
Twenty point four million dollars on average of course while they say dodging federal tax is but Elizabeth MacDonald.
Be investigating has the bottom lines what did you find that.
Boyfriend Adam will -- -- -- that corporations don't have to disclose their federal tax bills and neither do CEO says so apples to watermelons problem here.
First of all this being compared to the company's right right and we also found that the number of other problems another a mission number of other omissions in this study.
Basically this study did not take into account state and local and foreign tax -- nor deferred taxes that the companies don't -- Nor the fact that CEOs do pay taxes on the stock options they get as that capital gains -- -- against -- Do you want to be for a clear more transparent system but this is all part of a broad national conversation about.
You didn't build that right capitalism built the roads taxpayers build the roads remember the president meeting did bill that so this this study is out there -- it's it's part of its fueling that debate guys so that's what's going on.
-- -- -- Well yes essentially there's a lot of emission some problems with the study and look at you know this even the study's authors admit.
And that they didn't have all the information that is based on a lot of estimates but now we've got bowing out there essentially saying.
Look we don't agree with the study's findings we actually did pay more than nine million dollars in taxes and federal taxes that CEOs -- live they deserve the money they can't imagine not all the -- I don't think any and one -- Vienna jobs that the -- workers -- get the jobs in the workers who do pay taxes that's not -- so.
You know Willie do more to advance the debate well we have a lot of and let's say dubious assumptions and it and that may -- May be problematic.
But it -- an interesting study I mean vetoed there is some insisting takes on a but I wouldn't.
But the bottom line is does have put yet the capitalists in US taxpayers build the roads hunt for thank.
Not not the government that we pay for it.
