America, the UK and many other countries are in the grip of a societal economic panic. Lawmakers cry “We’re Broke!” as they slash budgets, lay off schoolteachers, police, and firefighters, crumbling the country’s social fabric and leaving many people scrambling to survive. Meanwhile, multibillion-dollar American corporations like Exxon, Google and Bank of America are making record profits. And while the deficit climbs and the cuts go deeper, these corporations—with intimate ties to our political leaders—are concealing colossal profits overseas to avoid paying U.S. income tax.
WE’RE NOT BROKE is the story of how U.S. corporations have been able to hide over a trillion dollars from Uncle Sam, and how seven fed-up Americans from across the country, take their frustration to the streets . . . and vow to make the corporations pay their fair share.
What people are saying…“The truly infuriating doc about how US corporations cycle their profits out of the country, hiding them routinely in offshore accounts or in their Irish subsidiaries, so as to avoid paying any US taxes whatsoever – and doing so in collusion with their hired hands in Congress…The news is bittersweet and the lessons are timely.” — Naomi Wolf, The Guardian
“A masterfully compelling film—crisp, urgent, and thoughtful…Hayes and Bruce have provided a great public service by firing out a devastating opening salvo. It’s a clarion call for change.”— Michael Dunaway, Paste Magazine
“…essential viewing for those who want to understand just how we ended up in this mess in the first place.” — Noah Nelson, Huffington Post
“If you suspected corporations were getting away with tax-murder, you were right—but what’s great about ‘We’re Not Broke’ is how thoroughly it enumerates the crimes, like a prosecution setting out its case. Some of the facts assembled are truly mind-bending.” — Charles Lyons, Indiewire
Douglas James
