The Low-Wage Corporations That Blew Half a Trillion Dollars to Inflate CEO Pay
A new report reveals that nearly half of the 100 largest low-wage employers spent more on stock buybacks than on long-term capital investments over the past five years.
A new report reveals that nearly half of the 100 largest low-wage employers spent more on stock buybacks than on long-term capital investments over the past five years.
In Senate testimony, Sarah Anderson encouraged lawmakers to go bold in the 2025 tax debate to raise revenue and curb Wall Street and corporate recklessness.
Commonsense guardrails are needed to protect taxpayers dollars from wasteful stock buybacks and excessive CEO pay.
A new report reveals that chipmakers in line to receive massive subsidies could’ve given $27,000 annual bonuses to 300,000 employees with the money they blew on buybacks over the past five years.
But we can still create a more equal tomorrow
Congress should use taxes to generate new revenue from Wall Street firms and executives and to curb excessive CEO pay, unproductive short-term financial speculation, and wasteful stock buybacks.
When companies are paying their executives more than Uncle Sam, you know we've got a problem.
Tesla, Ford, Netflix, and T-Mobile are among scores of profitable U.S. firms that pay their top executives more than they pay in federal taxes.
A newly drafted Salary Cap Act would powerfully discourage the corporate decisions that so endanger our future.