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My early take on the ACA-contraception-mandate-case argument: Alito conflates the Securities Exchange Act with state-law corporate-structure statutes (yikes); Kennedy really, really wants to give corporations the full complement of human constitutional rights; and Scalia really, really needs to limit this ruling to an interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

…in these cases is whether or not the proverbial corporate veil–a shorthand legal term that conveys that the very purpose of the state-created corporate structure is a severance of the…

CORPORATE TAXES AND INVESTMENT

…and see how well such cuts to corporate taxes actually has worked. First, average corporate profits versus tax business pays. Contrary to the statutory rate of 39% widely quoted, the…

On the Extent of “Corporate-Welfare Subsidies”

…figure for “farm and corporate-welfare subsidies”? Let’s turn to Wikipedia which notes that corporate welfare can be broadly defined as: a government’s bestowal of grants and/or tax breaks Yes –…