In the fall of 2008, M&I Bank received $1.75 billion from the Bush Administration's Troubled Asset Relief Program(TARP). M&I then supported political candidates who chose to demand austerity from some of the same taxpayers whose funds helped ""bail out"" M&I Bank. Executives at M&I Bank contributed more than any other non-party donor to Wisconsin's Governor Walker in the past election. In fact, campaign documents show that half of their total nationwide donations went to one candidate: then GOP Gubernatorial candidate Walker. (March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/) So they “needed” our hard earned tax dollars and then turned around and paid (contributed) to the politicians. It’s time for ordinary Americans to fight back and demand an end to the corporate tax avoidance. Join US Uncut and together let's make corporate tax avoiders pay.
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