US Big 8 Cable and Pay TV Services Companies Paid Total US Federal Income Tax Rate of 21.7% in the Most Recent Five Years, 13.3% Below the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate on Large Corporations of 35.0% ...................................................................................... The Free-Spending Trump Administration Reacts By Irrationally Trying To Force the US Senate To Lower US Federal Income Taxes on These Large Corporations By Another 43% By Reducing the Statutory US Federal Income Tax Rate From 35.0% to 20.0%

Based on a review of their audited annual financial statements and income tax footnotes filed with the SEC, below is the US Federal Income Tax Paid along with the related US Pretax Income for each of the most recent five years of each of the US Big 8 Cable & Pay TV Services Companies:

																Total	Total
																5 Years	5 Years	5 Years
	2016	2016		2015	2015		2014	2014		2013	2013		2012	2012		2012-16	2012-16	2012-16
	US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US		US	US	Effective
Cable & Pay TV Services	Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax		Tax	Pretax	US Tax
SEC SIC 4841	Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income		Paid	Income	Rate Paid
	mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s		mils $s	mils $s
DISH Network	290	2,306		145	1,136		180	1,206		163	1,137		(29)	995		749	6,780	11.0%
Twenty-First Century Fox	826	4,198		466	3,767		891	9,953		1,178	5,375		1,024	8,115		4,385	31,408	14.0%
Time Warner	693	4,356		844	4,733		128	4,296		494	4,836		1,066	4,097		3,225	22,318	14.5%
Viacom	312	1,647		112	1,479		404	2,047		1,049	2,924		401	3,040		2,278	11,137	20.5%
Comcast Corp	3,190	14,353		3,210	13,372		2,392	12,465		3,183	11,115		3,004	11,609		14,979	62,914	23.8%
Scripps Network Interactive	335	1,393		345	1,187		269	1,064		177	991		302	938		1,428	5,573	25.6%
Walt Disney	3,146	14,018		4,182	12,825		2,932	11,376		2,354	8,972		1,975	8,105		14,589	55,296	26.4%
Discovery Communications	384	1,414		306	1,281		529	1,251		333	1,104		419	869		1,971	5,919	33.3%
Total all 8	9,176	43,685		9,610	39,780		7,725	43,658		8,931	36,454		8,162	37,768		43,604	201,345	21.7%