You turn to us for voices you won't hear anywhere else.

Sign up for Democracy Now!'s Daily Digest to get our latest headlines and stories delivered to your inbox every day.

Biden Says Corporations Should Pay “Their Fair Share” of Taxes to Fund Infrastructure Plan

HeadlineMay 04, 2021

President Joe Biden began a nationwide tour Monday to promote his $4 trillion infrastructure plan, saying it’s time for corporations and the wealthiest households to “start paying their fair share” of taxes. Biden spoke from a community college in Norfolk, Virginia.

President Joe Biden: “I come from the corporate capital of the world. More corporations are incorporated in the state of Delaware than all the rest of the nation combined. And I’m not anti-corporate, but it’s about time they start paying their fair share.”

The original content of this program is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. Please attribute legal copies of this work to democracynow.org. Some of the work(s) that this program incorporates, however, may be separately licensed. For further information or additional permissions, contact us.

Non-commercial news needs your support

We rely on contributions from our viewers and listeners to do our work.
Please do your part today.
Make a donation
Top