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Category Archives: Big Business

What Can Be Done To Stop Amazon From Devouring Everything? | Gothamist

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Neil deMause

There are many, many reasons to want to avoid making purchases from Amazon. The company is owned by an anti-union zealot, is largely responsible for the death of brick and mortar stores by selling products at a loss to undercut … Continue reading →

Posted in Antitrust, Articles, Big Business, Corporate Subsidies, Shopping

Reich on Why Obama’s Business Tax Credit Sucks

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Neil deMause

For anyone wondering whether Obama’s reported plan to give lots of investment tax breaks to businesses is really that bright an idea, Robert Reich today gives a resounding “no way, no how“: The economy needs two whopping corporate tax cuts … Continue reading →

Posted in Big Business, Obama Administration, Small Business, Tax policy, The Great Recession

Labor Union, Thomson Reuters Go Head-to-Head Over Subsidy (City Limits)

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Neil deMause

I went to a city hearing on giving tax breaks to an alleged union-busting firm for new office space, and more or less lived to tell the tale: Meetings of the Industrial Development Agency – the city agency in charge … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Big Business, Corporate Subsidies, Tax policy

Bloomberg, Quinn Seek Billions in Breaks for Businesses (Village Voice news blog)

Posted on June 8, 2009 by Neil deMause

Under the guise of tax reform, New York’s mayor and city council speaker are trying to push through a loophole for large interstate corporations: You might think that the middle of a recession spawned by massive corporate malfeasance wouldn’t be … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Big Business, Tax policy
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