New government spending data could reveal how tax breaks for big businesses leave K-12 school funding out to dry.
About the author
Scott Klinger is the director of Revenue and Spending Policies at the Center for Effective Government (CEG). For the past 30 years, he has worked in the corporate social responsibility movement, fighting economic inequality, concentrated political power, excessive CEO pay, and corporate tax dodging.
Klinger is also a former Institute for Policy Studies associate fellow.
Articles by the author
Don’t Pave Our Potholes with Corporate Tax Cuts
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Five Laws That Made America a Better Place
What Congress accomplished in 1965 puts today’s lawmakers to shame.
$248 a Minute
CEO pay is sky-high at America's low-wage employers.
Subsidizing the Idle Rich While Poor Kids Go Hungry
Politicians are slashing taxes for folks who dine on caviar while making it harder for the needy to put food on the table.
Chief Tax-Dodging Officers
Many corporations are paying their CEOs more than they pay the Treasury.