by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Education, Tax Reform
Earlier this week, news reporters and public officials expressed shock at the revelations from an unprecedented leak of files from one of the world's largest law firms representing offshore investing. As The Guardian explains, the leaked documents, called the Panama...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 7, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016, Tax Reform
It's no surprise that the chairman of General Electric, Jeffrey Immelt, would use The Washington Post's editorial page to defend himself and his company from an attack from Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, who told the New York Daily News editorial...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 5, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Giant, mega-profitable companies like the drug maker Pfizer engage in complicated, tricky schemes to dodge paying the taxes they owe. The result is that there is not enough money for bridge repair, better schools, and other public goods. The Treasury Department caught...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Apr 4, 2016 | Financial Reform, Tax Reform
The Panama Papers disclosures this weekend are giving the world a wider window into a world that is not new to the people who have been fighting against the schemes wealthy people and corporations use to shelter their money from taxes. These papers were leaked from...
by Hedrick Smith | Feb 1, 2016 | Economy, Tax Reform
If you want to see what fires the grassroots passion for Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, and the populist rebellion against the U.S corporate and political elite, take a look at the latest case of an American corporation’s gaming the system for handouts and bailouts...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Johnson Controls Inc. and Tyco International PLC have announced a $14 billion merger, with the resulting company pretending to be "Irish." This is called an "inversion" and is all about dodging taxes. Johnson Controls is actually based in Milwaukee. Tyco is based in...
