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Bernie Sanders Introduces ‘Stop BEZOS Act’ In the Senate
The “Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies Act” would establish a 100 percent tax on government benefits received by workers at Amazon, Walmart and all companies with at least 500 employees.
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Do Taxpayers Know They Are Handing Out Billions to Corporations?
Every year, states and local governments give economic-development incentives to companies to the tune of between $45 billion and $80 billion. Why such a wide range? Because many of these subsidies are not public.
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Act Out! [155] - Corporate Sugar Daddies & How To Fix the Healthcare System
Everyone that comes into contact with our healthcare – or rather sick care – system knows it's broken, or rather that it's fixed. We highlight the easy solution and the difficult path to getting everyone the care they need, no strings attached.
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King of Corporate Handouts: How Governor Bobby Jindal Ransacked Louisiana
Under the Jindal administration, Louisiana has become a tax haven for industries ranging from fracking to film production to oil extraction – while instituting cuts to public education and driving the state into a financial hole.
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$15 an Hour NOW – Not 5 to 7 Years from Now
Municipal leaders should be commended for acknowledging the current wage is too low – but phasing in a higher wage over many years is unacceptable in an economy where costs of living are rising and wages are falling.
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Subsidies To Industries That Cause Deforestation Worth 100 Times More Than Aid To Prevent It
Brazil and Indonesia have handed out over $40 billion in subsidies to the palm oil, timber, soy, beef and biofuels sectors between 2009 and 2012 – 126 times more than the $346 million they received from the UN to preserve their rainforests.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Cuts Schools, Pensions to Subsidize Corporate Friends
Government documents reveal the city has $1.7 billion in special accounts used to finance corporate subsidies – though the mayor claimed "budget constraints" forced mass school closures and pension cuts.
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Will McCutcheon Be Rallying Cry for Movement to "End the Rule of Money"?
The legitimacy of the U.S. government is now in question. It is up to us to use McCutcheon to energize the movement against money-corruption of the government and economy.
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How Long Can the Rich Keep Cheating the 99%?
America gained $16 trillion in financial wealth over the past 5 years, though most went to the very top economic rungs.
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How Redistribution to the Rich Has Furthered Poverty and Crushed the Middle Class
Because of the housing crisis and recession, the median family net worth dropped 40 percent between 2007 and 2010, while the richest Americans regained all their losses and began an even steeper climb to the top.
