Do Democrats Prefer Trump in the White House?

Paul Street / Truthdig Apr 24, 2019 Their methods for blocking their most viable 2020 candidate are making it look that way. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump, the Quintessential American

Chris Hedges and Mr. Fish / Truthdig Dec 17, 2018 The president and his ancestor in the art of the con, P.T. Barnum, are the true gods of our wealth-, celebrity- and power-obsessed society. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Tax Expert David Cay Johnston: Your Taxes Are Helping Corporations Like Apple Make Even More Money (Video)

Staff / Truthdig Feb 1, 2018 In a discussion with journalist Greg Palast, the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter talks about the GOP tax bill and how Donald Trump's 2005 tax return "reeks of criminality." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: David Cay Johnston

BLANK Sep 12, 2014 The dogged investigative reporter uses plain language to describe the congressionally prescribed byzantine tax schemes that cheat ordinary Americans to benefit financial elites. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

How Businesses Get Enriched by Taxes

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 5, 2014 Millions of tax-paying Americans pick up the check left by multinational corporations that escape their obligations while enjoying all the benefits of doing business in America -- including tax credits of up to 33 cents for every dollar of profit -- David Cay Johnston writes at Newsweek. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pulitzer Prize Winner Says U.S. Has the Most Unfair Modern Economy

Staff / Truthdig Apr 11, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: Why the rich keep getting richer (and don't even realize it), poverty around the world, Stephen Colbert heads to CBS, and Pacifica tries to put a network back together again. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

David Cay Johnston: Budget Deal ‘Makes Absolutely No Sense’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Dec 16, 2013 A House-approved bipartisan budget deal will be considered by the Senate this week. The Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter tells "Democracy Now!" how it replaces across-the-board spending cuts with airline fees and reductions in federal pensions while failing to extend unemployment benefits, which expire this month, to 1.3 million people. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Income Growth for 90 Percent of Americans Over Last 4 Decades Averaged $59

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Mar 26, 2013 For the top 10 percent of American taxpayers though, it was--not surprisingly--a lot more. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Deadbeats and ‘Dynastic Wealth’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 19, 2012 With his dismissal of 47 percent of Americans this week, Mitt Romney gave Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston an opportunity to talk about how Republicans blame members of the public for the economic conditions conservatives have made for them. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mountain of Corporate Cash Sits Idle (Video)

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 20, 2012 Figures from the Internal Revenue Service suggest that nonfinance companies based in the United States are holding more than $5 trillion in cash, triple what the Federal Reserve reports -- idle money that Reuters columnist David Cay Johnston suggests would be better spent creating jobs, paying dividends and sharing the burden of taxes. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

One in Five Americans Is Jobless or Underemployed

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 22, 2012 Economics reporter David Cay Johnston takes an accounting of American wages, personal debt, national income from manufactured exports and tax revenue both today and 10 years ago, and concludes the U.S. needs a new set of fiscal policies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘Job Blackmail’ and ‘Piracy’ Give Corporations Your Tax Money

Staff / Truthdig Apr 21, 2012 Across the U.S. over the last 20 years, deals struck between big businesses and state governments have diverted at least $5.5 billion in state income taxes from workers’ paychecks into their employers’ bank accounts. David Cay Johnston reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )