by Burning Issues Video | Jun 27, 2016 | Burning Issues, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]https://youtu.be/UmFUThcbSJY[/fve] The 2016 political races are being buffeted by "a transpartisan, nationwide trade revolt" against trade deals that have been rigged to benefit wealthy corporations at the expense of the rest of us, says Lori Wallach, director of...
by Burning Issues Video | Jun 21, 2016 | Blog, Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/3V4mFLSajK0[/fve] In order to eliminate the threat of ISIS, the United States has to support eliminating the conditions that have led people in Syria and Iraq to conclude that ISIS is the lesser of two evils, says Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the...
by Burning Issues Video | Jun 9, 2016 | Burning Issues, Tax Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/Ir6q1swyqaw[/fve] Corporations that have stashed more than $2 trillion in profits offshore to avoid taxes have been angling for legislation that will enable them to pay only a sliver of the taxes they owe on that money, says Frank Clemente,...
by Burning Issues Video | Jun 8, 2016 | Burning Issues, Defense/Foreign Policy
[fve]https://youtu.be/VckahRnih6g[/fve] We should be asking the presidential candidates more about their views on using the U.S. military to train foreign armies, a strategy that has not worked well in Iraq and Afghanistan, says Lt. Col. Daniel Davis in this Burning...
by Burning Issues Video | Jun 6, 2016 | Burning Issues, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/Axg4kHLk6lc[/fve] The Trans-Pacific Partnership does not address a key driver of the job-sapping trade deficits the United States has with some of its trading partners, currency manipulation, says trade expert Pat Mulloy in this Burning Issues...
