Corporate America's Pandemic Profits

As millions of Americans are sufferings from the wide-reaching impacts of COVID-19, corporate America has been cashing out on government relief. Tax breaks, grants, and lending programs have sent major windfalls big businesses, many of whom received relief program funds despite failing to protect their workers and acting against the public interest during the pandemic. Corporations that received government dollars during this global crisis should be held to the highest standards of corporate accountability to ensure that government dollars go to support jobs and revitalize our economy, not enrich CEOs and shareholders.

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Public Citizen and its partner organizations have been fighting to hold corporate America accountable during the pandemic. Read more about our efforts here.

Hall of Shame

Corporations that were bailed out by the government put profits before people during the pandemic.

The Big Oil Bailout

The government provided a massive bailout for the fossil fuel industry during the pandemic, keeping them afloat as they destroy our environment.

The back-door bailout

Companies benefited from the Fed's bailout of the bond market, then paid CEOs millions while laying off workers.