by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
What does it mean when the owners of big companies say they will move because our corporate tax rates are "too high" and not "competitive"? Just who are we "competing" with, and for what? Extortion is the practice of obtaining something of value through fear, using...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 24, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
As fast-food workers across the country strike for decent pay, Burger King is still preparing to abandon the U.S. as its home country. How does a burger company get flipped like this and who gets rich when it happens? Burger King is a company whose products encourage...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 23, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
The Obama administration took executive action Monday to fight the trend of corporations "abandoning their U.S. citizenship" using the "inversion" tactic. The move earned praise today from a leading opponent of inversions, Citizens for Tax Fairness, which called the...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 23, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
The Republican political strategy has been to obstruct efforts to help the economy for everyone but the wealthiest few, and then campaign on complaints that the economy isn't helping anyone but the wealthiest few. It's working. In President Obama's July 12 weekly...
by Dave Johnson | Sep 19, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Progressives have not only been able to beat back the D.C.-elite effort to cut Social Security, we put the idea of expanding Social Security on the table instead. We pushed LGBT rights and gay marriage and have won significant victories. Sunday's Climate March will...
