“Of the 25 companies that paid their CEO more than Uncle Sam, 20 also spent more on lobbying lawmakers than they paid in corporate taxes,” according to the institute. “Eighteen gave more to the political campaigns of their favorite candidates than...
“A new report from the Institute for Policy Studies says that ‘CEOs of the 50 firms that have laid off the most workers since the onset of the economic crisis took home 42 percent more pay in 2009 than their peers at Standard & Poor’s 500...
