“. . . large corporations that in many cases do not pay any taxes, will get 2/3rds of the tax breaks outlined in the legislation, including fossil fuel corporations, at the expense of clean energy.” – L E Rafferty

Now that we have celebrated Thanksgiving, I was struck by the news that Congress is considering legislation that would grant large tax breaks to corporate citizens and actually remove tax breaks for the poor and the middle class.

‘ “This Congress seems willing to give huge tax cuts to big businesses—who are already doing better than ever—but somehow can’t prevent tax increases on 50 million working Americans that will occur when expansions of the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit expire,” Harry Stein, the Associate Director for Fiscal Policy at American Progress Action Fund, told ThinkProgress. “This is a great deal for CEOs and a terrible deal for struggling families.”’ Nation of Change

One of the most amazing aspects of the proposed legislation is that it was reached as a compromise between Republicans and Democrats in the Senate.  In light of the hug tax breaks for corporations, one is left wondering, just what did the poor and the middle class get in this “compromise”? The answer to that question is, not much. Continue reading →