“{{w|Enron}}, which did not pay taxes (I broke that story... about 7 or 8 years ago), owned {{w|Portland General Electric}}... and people paid close to $1 billion in their electric rates to cover its taxes. Money that never got to the government... by tax shelters and [through] other devices. When I wrote a story on this on the front page of The New York Times, the {{w|Edison Electric Institute}} wrote a letter... they didn't say this wasn't true. They just said we're doing what the law allows.”