by Dave Johnson | Jul 17, 2014 | Blog
As Vice President Joe Biden was delivering a speech to the Netroots Nation convention in Detroit on Thursday, he was interrupted by a group chanting, "Stop deporting our families, stop deporting our families." Biden stopped his speech and responded, “I respect your...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Going into last week's U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED) a key issue was China's ongoing currency manipulation. This matters. A February study by the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) showed that China’s currency manipulation costs between 2.3 and...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 15, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
You've been hearing a lot about corporations "renouncing their U.S. citizenship" through "tax inversions." This is when a company buys or merges with a non-U.S. company and claims to no longer be based in the U.S. to get out of paying certain taxes. The company does,...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2014 | Blog, Gender Justice, Health
There is a new "Not My Boss' Business" bill being introduced in the Senate to undo the damage done by the (older, Catholic males on the) Supreme Court in the Hobby Lobby decision. According to the National Women's Law Center, the Not My Boss' Business bill would...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 11, 2014 | Blog, Tax Reform
Here's the latest corporate tax scam: Companies are renouncing their U.S. corporate status and claiming that their headquarters are instead located in one or some other low-tax country, like Switzerland. The technical word for what they are doing is an "inversion." It...
