by Isaiah J. Poole | Aug 26, 2015 | Tax Reform
It doesn't get much more hypocritical and cynically exploitative than this: A corporation gets itself certified by a third party as socially progressive, convincing people that buying its goods is an act of doing good, only to turn around and structure itself so that...
by Cormac Close | Aug 13, 2015 | Tax Reform
At 35 percent, the U.S. corporate income tax is technically among the highest in the world. In practice, corporations pay a small fraction of that, and some pay no taxes at all. Corporations will do everything under the law to reduce their tax bill, and often this...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 31, 2015 | Tax Reform
A broad coalition of progressive organizations is pushing back against the lawmaker in line to be the next Senate Democratic leader and a plan he has endorsed to overhaul the corporate tax rules. The Campaign for America's Future joined 55 other organizations in...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 30, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
The Senate was expected today to vote for a three-month extension of surface transportation programs that the House approved on Wednesday, after also approving by a vote of 65-34 the six-year bill the Senate had hoped to pass this week. The six-year bill now awaits...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
Here comes the next big one. Now that the corporations have fast-track trade authority in the bag, they are trying to push a huge, huge tax giveaway through Congress. We have to get the word out so this doesn't just sneak through. We can't let them continue to rig the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 7, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
An outfit called Morning Consult created a minor ripple this week with a news story headlined "Voters Back White House Plan for Highway Funding." But, like all stories based on polls, it pays to know how the pollster asked the question. And in this case, if the goal...
