VIDEO: Rock Legend Neil Young Takes His Anti-Monsanto Message on the Road

By Reynard Loki / AlterNet Feb 8, 2016 In his latest album, "The Monsanto Years," the longtime champion of farmers’ rights offers a sharp criticism of the agrochemical giant. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The Increasing Irrelevance of Corporate Nationality

Robert Reich / Truthdig Jul 29, 2014 “You shouldn’t get to call yourself an American company only when you want a handout from the American taxpayers,” President Obama said Thursday. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Taxes and Gravity

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If Corporations Don’t Pay Taxes, Why Should You?

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 12, 2013 The U.S. government exists primarily to make the world safe for multinational corporations, but those firms feel no obligation to pay for that protection in return. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

American Corporations Dodge Billions in Taxes

Staff / Truthdig Apr 15, 2012 You work hard. You pay taxes. But 26 corporations don’t -- or at least they didn’t between 2008 and 2011. General Electric, Boeing and Verizon were among the major companies that together enjoyed more than $78 billion in tax subsidies over the last four years, according to a report by Citizens for Tax Justice. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

30 Companies Paid Lobbyists More Than the IRS

Staff / Truthdig Dec 19, 2011 An analysis by Public Campaign reveals that between 2008 and 2010, 30 of America's most profitable companies, including Verizon, Wells Fargo, FedEx, GE and Mattel, spent more money buying influence in Washington than they did paying taxes. (Full list after the jump.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The New Corporate World Order

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Apr 20, 2011 Of course it will be argued that multinational corporations have the right to arrange their businesses as they see fit in order to maximize profit. But if that is the case, do beleaguered American taxpayers have to foot the bill?Big government is big precisely because it is so active in so many costly ways in serving the interests of our biggest corporations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

No Taxes

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Obama’s Fatal Addiction

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Mar 30, 2011 Maximizing corporate profits at taxpayers' expense is what top CEOs are good at, and after all it was Jeffrey Immelt who presided over GE when it got so heavily into the subprime mortgage business that it needed a government bailout to avoid bankruptcy. This was before Obama made him a trusted adviser.Overdrive, with CEOs like GE's Jeffrey Immelt shifting the gears, is what brought us so close to the brink. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

There’s Just No Pleasing Some Robber Barons

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Jul 14, 2010 The flight from reason that now marks American public discourse came home for me last Friday when I found myself on public radio debating whether Barack Obama is anti-business. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Comcast to Buy NBC

Staff / Truthdig Dec 2, 2009 Cable giant Comcast, feeling the pressure from an expanded field of video and Internet access competitors, has decided to go ahead and buy NBC-Universal. The deal, which is all but done, makes Comcast one of the biggest media conglomerates (on par with Disney), and the proud owner of this. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Corporate Parents Agreed to Censor Olbermann and O’Reilly

Staff / Truthdig Aug 3, 2009 It's no secret that Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly don't get along, but the two TV personalities have drastically scaled back their attacks on one another ever since a private meeting between GE and News Corp. CEOs determined the feud was bad for the bottom line. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )