A new report, The CEOs Hand in Uncle Sam’s Pocket, reports that U.S. corporations received $14.4 billion in taxpayer subsidies related to their executive compensation packages. The report, the 19th annual Executive Excess report by the Institute for Policy Studies, […]
As Congress rushes for the exits to begin their month long summer vacation, they’ve been busy passing tax cut legislation that in many categories is worthy of a Gold Medal. The Senate started last week when it passed a one-year […]
From our coalition partner organization, Americans for Fair Taxes: Coalition Praises Senate for Passing Bill to End Bush Tax Cuts for Top 2% Blasts Failed GOP Alternative Bill That Would Raise Taxes on 25 Million Families (Washington, D.C. – […]
As early as next week the U.S. Senate will debate and vote on proposals to extend the Bush tax cuts. The House is expected to vote on the measures the following week. At present there appear to be four proposals […]
Great opinion piece by former Chicago Stock Exchange executive and Wealth for Common Good member, Bill Barclay: We must reduce the role of finance so that it once again supports the real economy of goods and services, rather than playing […]
A coalition of groups and supporters have launched a campaign to educate Americans about how a Financial Transaction Tax would work as well as their importance as a key revenue raising tool. Described as “small change for banks, big change for people,” not […]
Nearly five years after the stock market imploded launching the Great Recession, the speculative activity that led to the market collapse has accelerated – pushed in part by a dramatic decline in trading costs. High-frequency trading, stocks held in some […]
As the debate over ending the tax cuts for the wealthy heats up again, it looks like most of the heat will come from outside the beltway. The current conversation in Washington is bipartisan for a change, but depressingly so in […]