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Corporate wrongdoing shouldn't be a tax write-off

Dozens of states have alleged that several pharmaceutical companies ignored indications that their opioid pills were being steered toward people who abused them.

Those states sued, and the four pharmaceutical companies -- Johnson & Johnson, Cardinal Health, AmerisourceBergen and McKesson -- are nearing an agreement to pay a combined $26 billion in compensation to communities harmed by the epidemic. But a tax loophole allows those companies to use that settlement to claim massive tax deductions.

This isn’t how our tax system should work. Tell Congress: Companies shouldn’t be able to claim tax

Join the right to fair repair movement

The world has a ballooning electronic waste problem. We produced nearly 59 million tons of e-waste in 2019 — enough to equal the weight of 162 Empire State Buildings.

This crisis is a result of electronics manufacturers’ deliberate policies. When manufacturers like Apple make their electronics unnecessarily difficult to repair, they encourage consumers to buy brand new gadgets and toss their old ones in a landfill.

This problem is entirely avoidable. If we were allowed to fix our own stuff, we could cut down on this unnecessary e-waste.

That's why we need you to tell your state

What you can do to keep Wall Street in check

Under the Trump administration, this is what consumer protection looked like: $1 fines for rule-breaking banks and leaving Wall Street regulation in the hands of anti-regulation insiders. But that all could change soon.

The Biden administration has nominated Rohit Chopra, a true champion for consumers, to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Chopra helped build the Consumer Bureau from the ground up in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, and if confirmed, he would revitalize the bureau that Trump had left toothless.

But we’ll need every Senate vote we can get to

Tell Amazon: No price gouging during a pandemic

Online price spikes of up to 200 percent on essential supplies shouldn’t have been allowed at the beginning of the pandemic -- and they certainly shouldn’t still be happening a year later.

But an analysis by U.S. PIRG Education Fund found that pandemic price hikes are still a major problem on Amazon. Out of 750 listings surveyed -- including masks, hand sanitizers, thermometers and patio heaters -- 409 saw price increases of more than 20 percent, and 136 at least doubled in price.

That’s unacceptable -- especially during a pandemic when so many of those products are essential to

Tell your senators: Don't let repair restrictions keep hospitals from fixing lifesaving medical equipment

Say you’re working in a hospital. If a key piece of medical equipment breaks down -- perhaps one of the ventilators that are so vital during this pandemic — you’ll want your technicians to be able to fix it right away.

Too often, though, medical technicians can’t even access the service manual they need to repair essential medical equipment because they’re blocked by restrictions set up by the manufacturer.

Lives are at stake: Join us in calling on the U.S. Senate to pass emergency legislation to give medical repair technicians the right to repair lifesaving machines.

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