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A New Direction In Driving Trends

After a 60 year boom, driving is on the decline in the U.S. and no likely scenario shows it returning to previous levels of growth. 

News Release | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Tax

Florida Receives an “A-” in Annual Report on Transparency of Government Spending

Florida received an “A-” when it comes to government spending transparency, according to “Following the Money 2013: How the States Rank on Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data,” the fourth annual report of its kind by the Florida PIRG Education Fund.

Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Budget, Tax

Following the Money 2013

Every year, state governments spend tens of billions of dollars through contracts with private entities for goods and services, subsidies to encourage economic development, grants, and other forms of spending. Accountability and public scrutiny are necessary to ensure that state funds are well spent.
 

Report | Florida PIRG Education Fund | Budget, Tax

Transparency in City Spending

The ability to see how government uses the public purse is fundamental to democracy. Transparency in government spending checks corruption, bolsters public confidence, improves responsiveness, and promotes greater effectiveness and fiscal responsibility.

Issue | Budget, Tax

Stop the Handouts to Big Oil

Every year this mature, highly-profitable industry recieves over $4 billion in subsidies.Taxpayer money should go to fund important programs that work for the public, not pad the pockets of the most profitable of companies.

What Do Jon Stewart, Elizabeth Warren, and Barack Obama Have In Common?

Thursday, January 26, 2012
By | Phineas Baxandall
Senior Analyst for Tax & Budget Policy

All three of them spoke out this week against corporate tax dodging.

In his State of the Union speech, President Obama called for an economy where “everyone plays by the same set of rules” and where companies can’t avoid taxes by shifting profits overseas. That same night, Massachusetts Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren went on the Daily Show and called out 30 corporations that a recent Florida PIRG and Citizens for Tax Justice study found paid more to lobby Congress than they did in federal income taxes. When Warren told this to John Stewart on the Daily Show, it made the usually unflappable comedian’s jaw drop. Check out the video!

Issue | Budget, Tax

Close Corporate Tax Loopholes

Making corporations pay the taxes they owe.

News Release | Florida PIRG | Tax

Senator Carl Levin Introduces Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act

Statement of Florida PIRG Federal Legislative Office Director Gary Kalman on the introduction of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act.

News Release | Florida PIRG | Tax

Off-Shore Tax Havens Cost FL Taxpayers Over $4 Billion a Year

Major corporations and some individuals avoid a total of as much as $100 billion a year in federal taxes by “off-shoring” the profits they make here in the U.S. or by setting up sham headquarters in tax haven countries. As a result, Florida taxpayers are left footing the bill.

News Release | Florida PIRG | Tax

Obama Budget Proposes Important First Cuts to Ag Subsidies

Statement of Florida PIRG Federal Public Health Advocate Elizabeth Hitchcock on the President’s proposed 2012 budget, which includes more than $1 billion in cuts over five years to agriculture subsidies that are achieved by reducing the cap on Department of Agriculture direct payments and tightening eligibility standards.

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Some of the nation’s best-known companies — including GE, Google and Goldman Sachs — have avoided paying the taxes they owe, costing us $100 billion last year.

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