by Dave Johnson | Mar 28, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
When workers want to vote on joining a union, companies typically start a long, grueling process of bringing in professional anti-union consultants to do what they need to do to delay and hopefully stop them. So the National Labor Relations Board ruled that union...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 27, 2014 | Blog, Trade
Thursday the AFL-CIO released a new report, NAFTA at 20. The report makes the point that, “On the whole, NAFTA-style agreements have proved to be primarily a vehicle to increase corporate profits at the expense of workers, consumers, farmers, communities, the...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog, Retirement Security
A new Gallup poll shows seniors moving from the Democratic to the Republican party. Why has this happened? The poll, headlined "U.S. Seniors Have Realigned With the Republican Party," says: U.S seniors – those aged 65 and older – have moved from a reliably Democratic...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Tax Reform
Corporate tax policy involves a lot of complicated accounting language, so people tend to tune out. But you should pay attention because there is big money involved – really, really big money that could be used for roads, courts, schools, health care and all the other...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 25, 2014 | Blog, Conservatism
A building in Harlem blows up because of a gas leak, killing at least eight people and injuring at least 70 others. A bridge collapse in Minneapolis killed 13 and injured 135. New Orleans' levees needed to be fixed but weren't, and more than 1,800 people died as a...
