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San Jose oil subsidies
Report shows profitable corporations paid no tax in 2011
corporate tax policy
April 10, 2012
A new report released today shows thatmany very profitable corporations paid no federal tax in 2011. In fact, many received big taxpayer subsidies....
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Top five things you need to know about high gas prices
gas prices
March 26, 2012
The Senate will vote again today on a bill to repeal the $4 billion dollars a year that taxpayers give to oil companies. The bill’s...
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End the billions in subsidies to oil companies: Here’s your 350.org plan
oil subsidies
March 18, 2012
The Bill McKibben founded organization, 350.org, has begun a new campaign. And beginning this week, they want you to be a part of the push. They...
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Choosing winners and losers: How government subsidies destroy the free market
government subsidies
March 3, 2012
Do oil companies need federal subsidies? Probably not. The big oil companies have done very well and the need for government subsidies to support...
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Republicans blame Obama for gas prices; Are they right?
gas prices
February 22, 2012
Republicans have been slipping in the polls for months especially since the debacles over the debt ceiling and pay roll tax cut last year. Congress...
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Fund FEMA with oil company subsidies
FEMA
August 31, 2011
The Republican Party is once again pushing diligently to offset any increase in FEMA expenditures used to help those Americans struck by tragedy...
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Cutting welfare will solve the debt and deficit problem
corporate tax loopholes
July 21, 2011
If Congress is really serious about cutting deficit spending and reducing our debt it should eliminate “handouts” also known as welfare...
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Renewable energy programs under attack
renewable energy
June 30, 2011
From the 1970’s, the Congressional “friends and beneficiaries” of oil and coal companies have fought against federal programs...
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Congress cuts renewable energy as world’s largest solar project started
Solar project
June 18, 2011
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and California Governor Jerry Brown broke ground on the largest solar project in the world last week in California...
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Cantor to Americans: Keep on paying at the pump (profit comes first)
big oil companies
May 18, 2011
House Republican leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) addressed te CME, a group of oil traders in Chicago yesterday and told them that Republicans will keep...
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