by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2014 | Trade
In my recent post Trade: Who Advocates For American Interests? I wrote that, "other countries advocate for the interests of their economy, businesses and working people, and our own elites also advocate for the interests of other countries’ economies, businesses and...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2014 | Trans-Pacific Partnership
How often do you hear the argument that it is alright for our trade agreements to hurt our own workers because people in other countries are getting work or better pay? Here is the problem with that: The world's countries follow an adversarial system, with each...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 19, 2014 | Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Former Clinton Chief of Staff Thomas 'Mack' McLarty has an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal calling on Democrats to support more "free trade." His basic argument: More trade is always better. But is the goal more trade, or trade that benefits We the People of the...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 18, 2014 | Conservatism
One way the corporate/plutocrat/conservative agenda gets foisted on us is through what I call "sneak laws." These are laws that sneak through state legislatures and the Congress before We the People get a chance to learn about them and organize opposition. (Read to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 17, 2014 | Jobs and Growth
On Feb. 26, UPS fired a Maspeth, N.Y. UPS worker known for being a union activist. In a "wildcat" protest, 250 other UPS drivers from Teamsters local 804 walked off the jobs, and it appears that UPS has fired them, too, in response. There is nothing in the news media...
