Following passage in Congress of President Biden’s widely popular, cost-lowering, deficit-reducing, corporate greed containing Inflation Reduction Act over the objection of all Congressional conservatives, government watchdog Accountable.US released the following statement.
Government watchdog Accountable.US released a new analysis finding several private equity and investment firms that have aggressively bought up single-family homes since the 2008 Financial Crisis have spent nearly $12 million lobbying against housing reforms that would impact their bottom lines.
Americans know our government doesn’t work for most of us. It works for the benefit of the well-off, and well-connected.
The ultra-wealthy take advantage of tax loopholes that aren’t available to most Americans. The biggest corporations lobby for policies that hurt consumers, workers, and small businesses.
In advance of the Biden administration’s meeting with Big Oil executives tomorrow to discuss high gas prices, Accountable.US provided critical context, pointing to record oil industry profits and massive payouts to already wealthy industry executives and shareholders.
The sea transport industry has donated over $300,000 to the 42 Republican Members of Congress who voted against the bill that will help lower costs for working families.
The ten largest publicly traded apartment companies by number of units all raised rent prices and collectively saw their total 2021 fiscal year net incomes soar by 57% to nearly $5 billion.
Recent polling shows corporations are facing a highly skeptical public over their claims they’ve had no choice but to raise consumer prices so high as profits have skyrocketed.
The CEOs of Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Bank Of America have all seen double-digit percentage pay increases and lived lavish lifestyles all while their banks reaped at least $3.76 billion from exploitive overdraft and non-sufficient funds fees in 2021 and have racked up nearly $5 billion in misconduct settlements since 2020.
Several of the country's largest auto repair conglomerates have partnered with EasyPay Finance to issue predatory, high interest loans – including Big O Tires, Driven Brands, and FullSpeed Automotive.
Anti-Land Conservation Group Apparently Devoting Substantial Portion of its Activities to Influence Legislation, in Violation of its Tax-Exempt Status
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