CEO’s Demand Austerity to Fix Budget, Not End to Corporate Welfare

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 26, 2012 A group of corporate CEOs that contributed to the burgeoning deficit crisis want the poor and elderly to largely pay for the mess the greedy Wall Street fat cats helped create. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jobs Report ‘Truthers,’ Romney Cheating Allegations, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Oct 6, 2012 A look at the day's political happenings, including Mitt Romney apologizing to nearly half of America, Justice Scalia weighing in on abortion and gay rights, and the horrendous thing Rick Santorum wants to do to Big Bird. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Barack to Mitt: Corporations Run the Economy

By Ralph Nader Sep 27, 2012 President Obama should send this open letter to his GOP opponent -- pronto!President Obama should send this open letter to his GOP opponent—pronto! Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Not a Gaffe, but the Real Romney

By Ralph Nader Sep 20, 2012 Hey, Mitt, why start with the 47 percent? Fully 100 percent of the nation’s 500 biggest corporations are dependent on various kinds of corporate welfare – subsidies, giveaways, bailouts, waivers and other dazzling preferences – while many pay no tax at all on very substantial profits. Hey, Mitt, why start with the 47 percent? Fully 100 percent of the nation’s 500 biggest corporations are dependent on various kinds of corporate welfare while many pay no tax at all on very substantial profits. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Subsidizing the CEOs

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 16, 2012 Twenty-six of the nation’s largest corporations paid their CEOs more than they spent on taxes in 2011, according to a report by the Institute for Policy Studies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Whose Corporations? Our Corporations!

By Ken Jacobsen, AlterNet Apr 7, 2012 Historically, corporations were understood to be responsible to a complex web of constituencies, including employees, communities, society at large, suppliers, and shareholders. But in the era of deregulation, the interests of shareholders began to trump all the others. How can we get corporations to recognize their responsibilities beyond this narrow focus?How can we get corporations to recognize their responsibilities to society, rather than just shareholders? Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

The Difference Between Rhetoric and Reality

Staff / Truthdig Jun 16, 2011 President Obama went over to Toledo, Ohio, to thank the workers at a Chrysler plant for the bailed-out auto industry's newfound profitability, but, as this video attests, the workers of that community are not feeling the love from Obama's corporate welfare. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Oil Companies Awash in Subsidies

Staff / Truthdig Jul 4, 2010 As the government weighs a tax on petroleum production to help pay for the Gulf spill cleanup -- and as oil companies cry foul -- a quick analysis of the U.S. tax code shows the oil industry to be one of the country's most heavily subsidized. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Do as I Say, Not as I Pay

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2010 Despite the fact that Washington has forcefully discouraged investment in Iran for the past decade, the federal government has given more than $107 billion in contract payments to companies that dealt with Iran or are doing business there. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )