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Progressive icon Zephyr Teachout and felonious ex-lobbyist Jack Abramoff failed to convince a Manhattan audience on Wednesday that taxpayer subsidies for corporations should be eliminated. What went wrong? Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigDec 7, 2015
If Pfizer or other American corporations want to leave the country to avoid U.S. taxes, that’s their business. But they should no longer get any of the benefits of American citizenship -- because they’ve stopped paying for them. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMay 28, 2015
Corporations aren’t people, despite what the Supreme Court says, and they don’t need or deserve handouts. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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Natasha Hakimi Zapata / TruthdigNov 10, 2014
Last year, in the words of "Last Week Tonight" host John Oliver, "Americans basically spent more on the lottery than they spent on America." And although lottery commercials would have you believe that proceeds go to charitable causes, the truth is a bit more complicated. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigAug 29, 2014
Reading companies' annual reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission is a reliable cure for insomnia. Every so often, though, there is a significant revelation in the paperwork. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJul 26, 2014
As states and cities grapple with budget shortfalls, many are betting big on an unproven formula: Slash public employee pension benefits and public services while diverting the savings into lucrative subsidies for professional sports teams. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
David Sirota / TruthdigJul 12, 2014
The Export-Import Bank -- a government agency providing taxpayer subsidized loans to multinational corporations -- has been called "one of the most egregious forms of corporate welfare." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigAug 9, 2013
At the core of the non-recovery in America's economic crisis is the stockpiling of enormous sums of untaxed cash -- totaling almost $1.5 trillion at the end of last year -- by corporations that refuse to invest in new businesses and projects that would serve the public good. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigAug 5, 2013
Instead of spending August on the beach, corporate lobbyists are readying arguments for when Congress returns in September about why corporate taxes should be lowered. But they’re lies. You need to know why so you can spread the truth. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Christopher Weyant, Cagle Cartoons, The HillAug 5, 2013Dig deeper
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