two plus two = 4

the manufacturer of the currently failing nuclear plants in Japan

is General Electric

Recently the economist Richard D. Wolff noted that GE paid only 3.4% in US taxes...

Here's a quote:

General Electric (GE) deserves special mention. The New York Times reported that its total tax payment amounted to 14.3% over the last five years.⁴ Citizens for Tax Justice promptly corrected it: the profits tax it paid in the US, (as opposed to its worldwide taxes on its worldwide profits), is only 3.4%.⁵ Thus, GE paid a far lower tax rate on its income than most Americans paid on theirs. In 2009, GE received a huge $140 billion bailout guarantee of its debt from Washington.⁶ By choosing GE's chief executive, Jeffrey R. Immelt, to head his Economic Advisory Panel, President Obama effectively rewarded the corporate program: give us more and tax us less.

The above (in black) was cut and pasted from:

http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/2011/wolff210211p.html