What can Congress do?
We’re monitoring federal action and reporting back on whether our elected officials are acting for or against the public interest.
Together we can make sure tax and budget decisions reflect our shared priorities and balance competing values.
We’re monitoring federal action and reporting back on whether our elected officials are acting for or against the public interest.
Today the Rhode Island Public Interest Research Group (RIPIRG) Education Fund released a new study revealing that Rhode Island lost $229 million due to offshore tax dodging in 2012. Many of America’s wealthiest individuals and largest corporations use tax loopholes to shift profits made in America to offshore tax havens, where they pay little to no taxes.
Statement of RIPIRG Public Health Advocate Elizabeth Hitchcock on the House Appropriations Committee’s vote to approve an amendment to the 2012 Agriculture appropriations bill to limit agriculture subsidies called direct payments to farmers with adjusted gross incomes lower than $250,000.