Tag: corporate welfare

Taxpayers On the Hook for ‘Big Pharma’ Opioid Settlements

In 2008, as the financial sector was melting down, the federal government spent between between $20 and $36 trillion on corporate bailouts. After the 2008 financial...

Comcast, Disney+, Netflix Set to Raise Rates at Height of the...

We've been stuck at home a lot this year. Maybe you've been working at your Netflix list. Perhaps you've discovered The Mandalorian on Disney+. Quarantines, lockdowns, and general anxiety about...

GAO Study Exposes How the Wealthiest Corporations Keep America Poor

Republicans have perfected the rhetoric of blaming our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...

Of Course We Can Afford Medicare-for-All–We Always Could (Video)

If there is anything the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic fiasco has exposed, it's our societal inequities. When it comes to public health, the most obvious inequity lies...

Democratic Socialism is Looking Pretty Good Right About Now (Video)

The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic is this generation's smallpox. It's our 1918 influenza pandemic. Considering our financial infrastructure was already failing before the pandemic reached our shores, the...

Forget Housing–New Yorkers Will Now Be Subsidizing Amazon (Video)

For 14 months, Amazon baited North American cities with a reality-show-style contest. The winner was promised 50,000 employees and the distinction of serving as the retail giant's...

Bernie Sanders Targets Corporate Welfare With The ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ (Video)

Conservatives love to blame our economic woes on social safety nets, specifically Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), aka...

We Can’t Afford To Feed Our Poor–But We Hand Big Oil...

Despite the solar industry outpacing fossil fuel companies, growing 12 times faster than the overall economy, we may never shake our national addiction to...

Politician Tells State Resident He Could ‘Care Less’ About Her Concerns

When your public services are being woefully underfunded then it seems it would make sense to find some way to put money back into...
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Stop The Lazy Moochers Wasting Our Federal Budget!

America's economy is in the toilet. It's harder than it's ever been in the history of our great nation to become rich, and there's...
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Go Ahead: Vote Against Your Own Best Interest And Expect Different...

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Missouri Republicans Are Attempting To Take Food Out Of The Mouths...

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The 12 Filthiest Corporate Tax Dodgers In The U.S. (INFOGRAPHIC)

I stumbled upon this awesome infographic on the website for the Rainforest Action Network. It was created in 2010, so some of the numbers...

Corporate welfare; A solution or yet another tax break for the...

Abusive corporations are burglarizing millions of dollars from our paychecks in every state in America. Currently there is a corporate tax loophole so large...