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Money Spent On Perks, Fringe Benefits Rose At Bailed Out Banks Last Year

Washington Post | Tomoeh Murakami Tse | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Benefits, Bank of America, Afl-Cio, Perks, Obama, Bofa, Gmac, Fringe Benefits, Corporate Jet, Ralph Babb, Tax Money, Wall Street, Bailout, Ken Lewis, Rescued Banks, Banks, Taxpayer Money, Chauffeur, Cit Group, Kenneth Feinberg, Bailed Out Banks, Business News

Even as the nation's biggest financial firms were struggling and the federal government was spending hundreds of billions of dollars to save many of t...

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The Triumph of Symbolism over Substance

Tom Morris | Posted 09.12.2009 | Home

Read More: Conventions, Corporate Responsibility, Ceos, Corporate Meetings, Champagne-Misconceptions, Ford-Ceo, Symbolism, Political Debate, Tarp, Corporate Jet, GM CEO, Chrysler CEO, Home News
Tom Morris

To favor symbolism over substance is to allow the proverbial tail to wag the aphoristic dog. And that's never a good idea.

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To Survive, Americans Must Assert Themselves as Economic Patriots

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Sen. Sherrod Brown, Year End Bonuses, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, $700 Billion Bailout, United States Council for International Business, Congress, Corporate Jet, Business Roundtable, “Buy America”, Infrastructure, Unemployment, Wall Street, Bernie Madoff, Stimulus Package, Government Accountability Office, Economy, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

To survive this economic catastrophe, Americans must stand up to the likes of the Chamber and the Roundtable and call them out for being economic traitors to the United States of America.

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Loss Of Corporate Jet Made It Too Hard To Get To Corporate Fishing Camp

Footnoted | Michelle Leder | Posted 12.26.2008 | Business

Read More: A Schulman, Corporate Perks, Corporate Jets, Schulman Fish Camp, Corporate Jet, Business News

Every now and then, we come across something in a filing that just makes us slap our head and say, "What the heck were they thinking?". And that's exa...

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A Response To Rep. Elijah Cummings

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Business Expense, Loophole, Tax Code, Maximum Wage, Populism, Kucinich, Sherrod Brown, Corporate Tax, Stock Options, Corporate, Business, Wastefulness, Corporate Jet, Pelosi, Business Costs, Big Business, Bailout, Luxury, Taxable, Populist, Ceos, Deductibility, Taxpayer Money, Capital Gains, Reid, Detroit, Elijah Cummings, Auto Companies, Taxes, Greed, Citigroup, Democrat, Business Tax, Congress, Loopholes, Democrats, Income Tax, Profit, Resort, Fat Cat, Tax, Corporations, Chris Weigant, Ceo, Shareholder, Outrage, Business Meeting, Stadium Tax, Mets, Deductible, Stadium Naming, Deduction, Tax Deductible, Cummings, Politics News
Chris Weigant

The loopholes which allow such corporate excess were not exactly handed down to Moses on tablets -- each and every loophole was approved by Congress.

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Cindy McCain's Jet Used In Fundraising, DNC Cries Foul

Huffington Post | Posted 08.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Dnc, John McCain, Cindy McCain Corporate Jet, John McCain 2008, Campaign Fundraising, DNC McCain, Campaign Finance, Cindy McCain, Howard Dean, Election 2008, Corporate Jet, McCain's Money, Politics News

Cindy McCain's corporate jet use on the campaign trail straddles the line on campaign finance laws, according to a report in today's Wall Street Journ...

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