November 2011 Posts
Guest Post: State and Local Subsidies to Business More Out of Control than Ever
guest post by Kenneth Thomas from his Middle Class Political Economist blog
$100 Billion Verizon is one of Country’s Most Aggressive Tax Dodgers
A new report released today reveals how Verizon Communications achieves a negative federal tax rate to avoid paying its fair share of taxes, and aggressively uses tax loopholes and subsidies to cut its tax bills even more.
Most Texas Enterprise Fund Job Grantees Failed to Deliver in 2010
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“Story of Broke” Says We're Not Broke, Just Misspending
“Story of Stuff” phenom Annie Leonard is out this morning with a terrific new video just in time for the “Supercommittee” debate over the federal budget deficit.
Study: Poverty Wages at BWI Create Hidden Taxpayer Costs
Many workers providing food and retail service at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) are paid so little that they and their families depend on Medicaid, the Maryland Children’s Health Program, and food stamps, according to a study released today.