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      Congress Decides Corporate Tax Cuts Are Too Expensive If It Means Also Helping Children

      Congress Decides Corporate Tax Cuts Are Too Expensive If It Means Also Helping Children

      Cutting child poverty was not worth it if it could even be theorized that rich people might end up slightly less rich.

      Joe Hughes
      Dec 21, 2022

      Late Monday afternoon, Congressional leaders announced their long-awaited omnibus spending package which will fund the government through September 2023. The good news: the bill does not include needless corporate tax giveaways. The bad news: it also leaves out any expansion of the Child Tax Credit.

      Ultimately, the conservative position on the credit triumphed. The credit was not worth the cost if it cost, well anything.

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      In 2023, It's Time to End Corporate Tax Giveaways

      Our constituents have a right to a state that works for them, not unaccountable corporate donors.

      David Moon
      Anna V. Eskamani
      Dec 12, 2022

      As 2022 comes to a close, it's time to reflect on the year behind us, and set goals for the year ahead. As state lawmakers, there's no shortage of dreams and aspirations we have for the communities we are honored to serve. But there is one New Year's Resolution that all states and political parties can get behind that would benefit all our constituents: ending corporate tax giveaways.

      Working people are struggling to pay their bills, small businesses are fighting to keep their doors open, inflation remains high and public agencies are struggling to meet the needs of our communities.

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      Sanders Shreds Big Tech's $76 Billion 'Corporate Welfare' Payday in CHIPS Act

      "Bottom line: Let us rebuild the U.S. microchip industry, but let's do it in a way that benefits all of our society, not just a handful of wealthy, profitable, and powerful corporations."

      Brett Wilkins
      Jul 25, 2022

      U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday again took aim at the CHIPS Act, proposed bipartisan legislation the Vermont independent noted contains tens of billions of dollars in "corporate welfare" for tech giants--taxpayer money he says would be better spent on programs of social uplift.

      "The question we should be asking is this: Should American taxpayers provide the microchip industry with a blank check of over $76 billion?"

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