May 2016 Posts

Half a Million Deals, $250B in Taxpayer-Funded Subsidies

Subsidy Tracker Database Reaches Milestones Revealing Corporate Welfare

Washington, DC, May 18, 2016 -- Documenting that corporate welfare has become a commonplace and expensive practice, the first national database of taxpayer-funded subsidy awards to business today reached two significant milestones: The latest expansion of Good Jobs First’s Subsidy Tracker brings the number of entries to 500,000 with a total value of more than $250 billion.