by Dave Johnson | May 29, 2013 | Uncategorized
Obstruction as a political strategy is working - so far. It's also succeeding as a wage-reducing, profit-increasing strategy. How does a country confront a minority opposition strategy of obstructing everything? One way is to try to get the corporate media to inform...
by Dave Johnson | May 27, 2013 | Blog
An aging bridge fell down outside of Seattle the other day. This shocked people. But a few people were expecting it because they have been keeping track of how our country's "infrastructure" is aging. The American Society of Civil Engineers has put out their...
by Dave Johnson | May 24, 2013 | Making it in America
Another aging highway bridge falls, cars and people in the water... This problem was well-known and urgent years ago! But Republicans block it, saying fixing our infrastructure is "more government spending." Fixing our infrastructure is also jobs and economic growth....
by Dave Johnson | May 23, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is using a process that is rigged from the start. It is not being negotiated by governments for the benefit of their people, it is being negotiated by executives (or future executives/lobbyists currently in...
by Dave Johnson | May 22, 2013 | Making it in America
At yesterday's Senate hearing the CEO of Apple said they follow the law when they "defer" billions and billions of dollars in taxes they owe by keeping profits "out of the country." He's talking about the "Subpart F" corporate tax loophole that practically forces...
