Picking Up the Tab
Some U.S.-based multinational firms or individuals avoid paying U.S. taxes by transferring their earnings to tax haven countries with minimal or no taxes. These tax haven users benefit from their...
View ArticleApples to Twinkies 2012
In this report, we find that in 2011, over $1.28 billion in taxpayer subsidies went to junk food ingredients, bringing the total to a staggering $18.2 billion since 1995. To put that figure in...
View ArticleTrouble in Toyland 2012
The 2012 Trouble in Toyland report is the 27th annual MoPIRG Foundation survey of toy safety. In this report, MoPIRG Foundation provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small...
View ArticleDISTORTED DEMOCRACY: POST-ELECTION SPENDING ANALYSIS
A new analysis of data through Election Day from the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and other sources by U.S. PIRG and Demos shows how big outside spenders drowned out small contributions in 2012:...
View ArticleElections Confidential
Elections Confidential describes how secret donors poured hundreds of millions into the 2012 election through “social welfare” non-profits that are really political vehicles and via shell corporations...
View ArticleBillion Dollar Democracy
The first presidential election since Citizens United lived up to its hype, with unprecedented outside spending from new sources making headlines.Dēmos and MoPIRG Education Fund analysis of reports...
View ArticleTransparency 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...
View ArticleThe Hidden Cost of Offshore Tax Havens
In 2011, states lost approximately $39.8 billion in tax revenues from corporations and wealthy individuals who sheltered money in foreign tax havens. Multinational corporations account for more than...
View ArticleFollowing the Money 2013
MoPIRG Foundation’s fourth annual evaluation of state transparency websites finds that states are closer than ever before to meeting the standards of “Transparency 2.0” – encompassing one-stop,...
View ArticleA New Direction
The Driving Boom—a six decade-long period of steady increases in per-capita driving in the United States—is over. The time has come for America to hit the “reset” button on transportation...
View ArticleApples to Twinkies 2013
At a time when America faces high obesity rates and tough federal budget choices, taxpayer dollars are funding the production of junk food ingredients. Since 1995, the government has spent $292.5...
View ArticleMoving Off the Road
Forty-six states plus the District of Columbia witnessed a reduction in the average number of driving miles per person since the end of the national Driving Boom. The evidence suggests that the...
View ArticleBig Banks, Big Complaints
This report is the first of several that will review complaints to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau nationally and on a state-by-state basis. In this report we explore thousands of consumer...
View ArticleA New Way to Go
New transportation services are providing people with an abundance of new options, helping to overcome barriers to the use of non-driving forms of transportation, and shifting the economics behind...
View Article"McCutcheon" Could Add Over $1 Billion In Contributions To Next Four Elections
We project that striking the aggregate limit would bring more than $1 billion in additional campaign contributions from elite donors through the 2020 election cycle.
View ArticlePrivate Loans, Public Complaints
In this report we explore consumer complaints in the private student loan sector with the aim of uncovering patterns in the problems consumers are experiencing with their student loans.
View ArticleFood Safety Scares 2013
This report offers a snapshot look, from October 2012 to October 2013, at multistate foodborne illness outbreaks identified by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Failures in the rules...
View ArticleBig Credit Bureaus, Big Mistakes
Since the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau began collecting complaints about credit reporting in October 2012, the CFPB has recorded more than 10,000 complaints about credit reporting.
View ArticleTrouble in Toyland 2013
The 2013 Trouble in Toyland report is the 28th annual MoPIRG Foundation survey of toy safety. In this report, MoPIRG Foundation provides safety guidelines for consumers when purchasing toys for small...
View ArticleTransportation in Transition
A review of data from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and Census Bureau for America’s 100 most populous urbanized areas – which are home to over half of the nation’s...
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