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FedEx CEO Challenges NYT Publisher to Public Debate After ‘Factually Incorrect’ Article

November 19, 2019November 18, 2019 Admin

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The CEO of FedEx challenged New York Times publisher A. G. Sulzberger to a public debate Sunday after the publication reported that the company didn’t pay any federal taxes in 2018.

Steve Gill Commentary: Crony Capitalism Drives the Haslam Gas Tax Plan

April 10, 2017July 17, 2018

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The Haslam Administration is doling out over $113 million in tax CUTS to some of Tennessee’s largest corporations to justify over $350 million in tax INCREASES on working Tennesseans. According to the Times Free Press, just 24 large manufacturing companies will each receive tax breaks of over a million…