FedEx paid no federal income tax

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/business/how-fedex-cut-its-tax-bill-to-0.html?searchResultPosition=1

 

FedEx lobbied for corporate tax cuts and promised bigger investments. In the wake of Trump tax cut, NY Times finds: “If anything, the companies that received the biggest tax cuts increased their capital investment by less, on average, than companies that got smaller cuts.”

 

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Get Money Out – Maryland (GMOM)

 “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” – Louis Brandeis

 

 

New poll shows strong voter belief in "political corruption"

https://thefulcrum.us/big-picture/political-corruption-poll

 

Thanks to Hank Prensky.

 

Charlie Cooper

 

 

Op-ed on 5 methods of voter suppression

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/13/voter-suppression-2020-democracy-america

Biden associates have done well financially

https://www.thenation.com/article/biden-delaware-way-graft/

KUOW - ‘Shadow of Amazon.’ Egan Orion wishes Amazon hadn't funneled big bucks to his campaign

https://www.kuow.org/stories/shadow-of-amazon-egan-orion-wishes-amazon-hadn-t-funneled-big-bucks-to-his-campaign 

Prof .Lessig hopes Alaska case can lead to overturning Citizen United in Supreme Court

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/05/historic-alaska-ruling-could-provide-roadmap-defeating-citizens-united

 

Thanks to Herb Ettel for finding his one.

 

Charlie Cooper

GOP Presidential challenger Weld signs promise for 28th Amendment

https://thefulcrum.us/campaign-finance/bill-weld-28th-amendment

 

American Promise Association has one Republican and several Democratic presidential candidates signed on to a Pledge to Amend.

 

Charlie Cooper