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Protestors Play 'Tax Dodge Ball' at GE's Fairfield Headquarters

The protesters reportedly wore top hats as they played the game of "Tax Dodge Ball" on the lawn at GE's corporate campus in Fairfield.

Alleging that large US corporations are failing to pay their "fair share" in taxes, a small, loosely-knit group of demonstrators on Tuesday reportedly played a friendly game of "Tax Dodge Ball" at the corporate headquarters of in .

According to a report in the Fairfield Citizen, the protesters wore top hats as they played the game of "Tax Dodge Ball" on the lawn at GE's corporate campus. The protest was organized by the Connecticut Alliance for a Fair Economy, according to the report.

It wasn't the first time there's been a Occupy-style protest at GE's headquarters: was held there in April last year, when protestors called on to resign from President Obama's White House Council on Jobs and Competitiveness due to the company's perceived "failure to pay federal taxes."

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That protest was preceded by a , who blamed GE for the faulty design of nuclear power plants in Fukushima, Japan that broke down following an earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

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