Public Subsidies

Occupy Wall Street Evicted by $174.5 Million Subsidized Firm

John Stoehr | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Corporate Welfare, Public Subsidies, Power, Police, Occupy Wall Street, Business, Zuccotti Park Eviction, Brookfield Properties, Zuccotti Park, Politics News
John Stoehr

Zuccotti Park is different. While most parks are public, this one is privately owned. Its owner is one of America's largest commercial real estate firms. Brookfield Properties owns lots of property in lower Manhattan -- and its status among corporate "citizens" is enviable.

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Replace Vox Petrol With Vox Populi

Stuart Whatley | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Gas Prices, John Boehner, Budget, Oil Subsidies, Fossil Fuel Subsidies, Elections 2012, Public Subsidies, Subsidies, Barack Obama, 2012 Election, Stuart Whatley, Voter Turnout, Oil Prices, Government Subsidies, Politics News
Stuart Whatley

The salvaged billions from cutting federal gas industry subsidies should be redirected towards a "democracy subsidy" in the form of a tax deduction for everyone who votes in the next election cycles.

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Invest in America's Future

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clawbacks, Social Contract, Public Subsidies, Industrial Policy, Economic Development, Trickle Down Economics, Business News
Stan Sorscher

We all want to create jobs and encourage economic recovery. We now have over 30 years of experience with trickle-down policies. What has worked, and what needs change?

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Obama's "High Road" Contracting Policy Builds on Chicago's Living Wage Law: Now, Can Chicago Learn From Its Own Success?

Amy Traub | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wal-Mart, Tax Increment Financing Districts, Chicago, Chicago Living Wage, Living Wage, Contracting, Procurement, Public Subsidies, Subsidies, Chicago News
Amy Traub

A soon-to-be introduced bill to expand the living wage to companies that directly or indirectly benefit from city subsidies such as tax increment financing will put the city to the test.

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The Living Wage Fallacy

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Bronx, Living Wages, Santa-Fe-New-Mexico, Mayor Bloomberg, New York City, Related Companies, Kingsbridge Armory, Public Subsidies, San Francisco-California, New York City Council, New York News
John Petro

In the Bronx, residents are fighting to ensure that a new retail development, which is receiving tens of millions in public subsidies, provides true economic opportunity for local residents.

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Shahien Nasiripour

Obama to Push Tax On Being 'Too Big To Fail'

HuffingtonPost.com | Shahien Nasiripour | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tarp, Wall Street Bailout, Too Big to Fail, Wall Street Banks, Public Subsidies, Big Banks, Barack Obama, Bailout Bandits, Bailout, Wall Street, Financial Crisis, Bonuses, Wall Street Bonuses, Cost of Tbtf, Business News

President Obama will unveil on Thursday a proposed levy on the nation's biggest financial firms structured not just to repay taxpayers for the bank ba...

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City Council, Don't Throw Away Our Tax Dollars

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taxes, Tax Dollars, Economic Development, Related Companies, Mta, Public Subsidies, Kingsbridge Armory, Bronx, New York State, New York City Council, New York News
John Petro

The City Council should not approve the Kingsbridge Armory project unless the developer guarantees that future retail workers will be paid a living wage.

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