When Speaker Paul Ryan pushed the Jobs and Tax Cut Act of 2017, which lowered corporate tax rates from 35 to 21 percent, he promised American workers “more jobs, fairer…
Harley-Davidson Insiders Hog Tax Cut Revenue
Who are the 2018 Koch Candidates?
…in the 2016 election cycle, but ended up spending less after Trump won the Republican nomination. “We will be spending more than any midterm in our network history,” Americans for…
EPIC Fail: Supreme Court Turns Back the Clock to Strip Workers of Power
…paychecks. Economists agree that a key variable in the wage stagnation is the inability of the vast majority of American workers to join together to demand higher wages. Unionized workers…
Koch-Tied Firm Conducts Mass Layoffs after Trump “Job Creating” Tax Cut Bill
…top priority for their sprawling political network in 2017, as internal documents revealed. The Kochs’ Americans for Prosperity astroturf group lobbied hard for the bill and spent some $20 million…
“Unprecedented” Outside Spending Floods into Wisconsin to Attack U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin
…attempt to portray Democrats as destroying African-American communities through support for pro-choice policies. In 2006, radio ads prepared by America’s PAC gave “the clear message that black voters need to…
Take the Money and Run: Trump Tax Cuts Boost Earnings of ALEC Corps, Which Promptly Layoff Workers
Nine major publicly traded corporations that are funders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) just reported earnings from the first quarter of 2018. Trump’s recent massive corporate tax cuts…
ALEC Payday Loan Company Gets Reprieve Under Trump Administration
Corporate members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are benefiting from the deregulation frenzy of the Trump Administration. ALEC of course is the corporate bill mill that provides a…
Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg
…sugary drinks are the leading source of added sugar in American diets contributing to Type II diabetes, obesity and heart disease,” said David Greineder of the American Heart Association. “We…
Under New Rules, Zuckerberg Will Be America’s Biggest Propaganda Cop
By Steven Rosenfeld / Independent Media Institute Will Facebook’s new political advertising rules tame extremists in American campaigns and elections, accomplishing something that neither Congress, federal regulators nor the judiciary…
ALEC Task Forces Gather in Grand Rapids to Draft Bills for Its Corporate Sponsors
…Marathon Petroleum, the Edison Electric Institute, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers, American Gas Association, the Nuclear Energy Institute, and the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association are ALEC members. One piece…
