# Occupy Wallstreet **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [September 29, 2011, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647 "2011-09-29T12:57:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 53
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2011, 8:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647/53 "2011-10-04T08:08:05Z")
> [@stretched tires...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stretched-tires/45810/3): > > GE is creating jobs and keeping people employed all over the country and world. Hence their tax breaks. Schenectady probably would not be even half as large as it is if it were not for GE. Troys industries worked out well for it didn’t it? They are not getting tax breaks, they are avoiding being taxed due to clever accounting and US not taxing on overseas income even though it’s a US company etc. Exxon Mobil and the like of oil companies pay nearly 50% in taxes while other companies like GE avoid it. Don’t defend them saying they provide for the workers. They need the workers much more than workers need GE. Companies pay people not because they want to but because they need to, to make their profits. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/occupy-wallstreet/260647)._