Monday, April 1, 2013

Carnival Cruise leads in Coast Guard rescues, tax avoidance


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Your tax dollars pay for Carnival Cruise's  Coast Guard rescues -- but Carnival Cruise pays hardly any taxes.

Oh, and taxpayers also pay for Carnival's owner's basketball arena. Carnival Cruise owner Micky Arison also owns the Miami Heat, which gets $6.4 million a year in tax subsidies from Miami-Dade taxpayers.


Watch the video -- but prepared to be outraged.