Here are some graphs of US Corporate taxes as percentages of profit, GDP, and pretax profit for the last 60 years. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/1

Here are some graphs of US Corporate taxes as percentages of profit, GDP, and pretax profit for the last 60 years. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/11/17/charts-of-the-day-corporate-income-tax-edition/ http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2011/11/17/charts-of-t... I'm sure GE has paid some taxes some years, and the graphs must also include firms that lost money, but still, the percentages are very, very small.