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Eric Thompson: Looking for tax cheats? Start with Obama pal Sharpton

Caught just a few minutes of the State of the Union Address last night. President Obama wants the evil 1 percent to start paying their fair share of taxes. Just wondering if he will ask his buddy Al Sharpton to clear up the $4.5 million in back taxes? Sharpton has only been a visitor to the White House 83 times since big B.O. has been in office, so they might not have had time to discuss it. Also, I am for everyone paying their fair share, but did you know that corporate America pays over 30 percent while in no other industrialized country does it pay more than 16 percent?

Eric Thompson, Oakdale

This story was originally published January 21, 2015 at 11:12 AM with the headline "Eric Thompson: Looking for tax cheats? Start with Obama pal Sharpton."

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