Words: McCain opposes “corporate welfare” and feels we should close corporate loopholes and veto pork-barrel spending.

Actions: McCain voted FOR restricting rules on personal bankruptcy (more…)

Words: Obama believes that corporations should be responsible for work conditions and pensions and that there should be tax incentives for corporate responsibility. He feels we should close tax loopholes for companies that relocate abroad (more…)

Words: Romney is a strong supporter of business and opposes almost all regulation. He feels businesses should operate as meritocracies.

Actions: No record. (more…)

Words: Biden supports taking burdens off of corporations to prevent outsourcing. He feels health care and energy costs as two major threats to the prosperity of American businesses, and believes that addressing these issues will improve American economic competitiveness (more…)

Words: Clinton feels that “to the corporate elite” middle class and working Americans are invisible. She believes there is a “culture of corruption and cronyism” in Washington and that we need to “stop outsourcing critical government functions to private companies (more…)

Words: Edwards argues that we should eliminate tax breaks for all companies outsourcing jobs. He feels we should support organized labor against mistreatment by corporations and that record corporate profits do not benefit the struggling middle class. (more…)

Words: Giuliani believes that low corporate taxes encourages foreign investment in America.

Actions: Giuliani formed a corporate consulting firm (more…)

Words: Huckabee supports businesses that empower the consumer, have an efficient cost structure, and an exemplary corporate structure - like Wal-Mart, “a case study in the genius of the American marketplace”. (more…)

Words: Kucinich advocates breaking up monopolies in agriculture, utilities, energy, and all companies where “restraint of trade is causing Americans to pay higher prices and get inferior products”. He is also opposed to no-bid contracts. (more…)

Words: Paul generally takes a laissez-faire approach to business and opposes most regulation. He supports debt repayment in bankruptcy cases.

Actions: Paul voted FOR a bankruptcy overhaul (more…)

Words: Richardson believes we need to “intervene” in energy markets as we do in food and drug markets, initiating rules and standards to keep markets competitive. He also feels we should provide tax credits for companies that pay over the prevailing wage. (more…)

Words: Thompson advocates serious deregulation of industry and commerce.

Actions: Thompson voted FOR restricting rules on personal bankruptcy (2001). (more…)