tax dodgers
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Mar29
Dow 30 Spend Big on Lobbying as Tax Rates Fall
The Washington Post published a front page story on Wednesday looking at the plummeting tax rates paid by the 30 firms represented in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, providing a microcosm of the rampant tax avoidance by corporate America.
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Jun05
Campaign 2012: All Big Money, All the Time
While much of today's focus will center on the recall election in Wisconsin, the 2012 presidential race is sounding a familiar theme: money, money, money. Soon to be Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, is heading to Texas to raise campaign cash from his chief constiuency, millionaires and billionaires.
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Aug31
Pay What?
A study released today by the Institute for Policy Studies showed that 25 out of 100 of the top earning CEO's were actually paid more in compensation than their company's paid in federal taxes.
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Aug12
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Jun22
Clips Round-up for 6/22/11
Campaign Finance/Fair ElectionsAnd news from New York: "Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced today the passage of legislation that provides for public financing of campaigns for the Office of the State Comptroller beginning in 2014.
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Jun20
Clips Round-up for 6/20/11
Campaign Finance/Fair Elections"The FEC this week sent a letter demanding Crossroads GPS, the Karl Rove-backed nonprofit that pumped millions of dollars in anonymous donations into last year's Congressional campaigns, disclose its contributors. The request appears unlikely to be honored but it could signal an effort to tighten regulations on controversial third-party groups."
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Apr16
Public Campaign--On Your TV!
Earlier this week, we released a report highlighting how some our nation's top corporations get out of paying taxes--and they spend lots of political money to do it.
On Thursday night, I appeared on The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann to talk about the report. The video is posted below--it should start right when my interview does.
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Apr14