Meta's 3.5% Tax Rate and $65 Million Election Spending Highlight Corporate Influence in Politics
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The article criticizes Meta's low effective federal tax rate of 3.5% in 2025 (its lowest on record) while simultaneously investing $65 million in elections to support AI-friendly candidates. The author argues that trickle-down economics is corrosive to democracy and that big money is the root of political dysfunction.
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· 4 pulledIn 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
Big Money is the root of our dysfunction.
In 2025, Meta paid an effective federal tax rate of 3.5% — its lowest on record.
Meanwhile, Meta is pumping $65 million into elections this year to boost AI friendly candidates.
Trickle-down economics isn't just a hoax, it's corrosive to democracy.
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