Posts Tagged Federal Job Subsidies
Large, Profitable Corporations Get Huge Federal Tax Breaks
The most consistently profitable companies in the Fortune 500 only pay about half the statutory federal income tax rate—a fourth pay less than 10 percent. Some even get refunds from Uncle Sam—30 companies have enjoyed a negative income tax rate the past three years despite making $160 billion in pre-tax profits.
No Job Subsidies for Companies That Discriminate Against the Unemployed
Should taxpayers subsidize companies that refuse to even interview unemployed workers? Of course not!
The Recovery Act: The Transparency Gift that Keeps on Giving
Largely lost in the partisan bickering over the stimulus has been the law's enormous positive impact on improving government transparency. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) is not just the most transparent federal spending bill in U.S. history—the changes it pioneered will endure even after the stimulus winds down.