The vast inequality they are creating is a death sentence for government by consent of the people. This is the fight of our lives and how it ends is up to us.

Corporate taxes are near a 60-year low, in part because companies have become adept at not paying their fair share.

They hope to extend the "GE loophole" without a lot of public attention.

Advocacy groups are taking action, prodding Congress to drop loopholes and force corporations to pay what they owe.

People who jump between representing and regulating the same industry earn our distrust -- and our continued scrutiny.