by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2016 | Blog
Much of Congress is captured by corporate money. So literally nothing gets through Congress if it interferes with the corporate/1% -boosting agenda. Many in the federal regulatory agencies are captured by promises of corporate payoffs after leaving government, so...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is supposed to regulate Wall Street. But it has become a "captured" agency, using its power to block regulation of Wall Street instead of enforcing regulation of Wall Street. Now Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is fed up...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 13, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
"Tax cuts skewed towards the wealthy elite starve our communities of much-needed resources while further tilting the scales towards large corporations and the rich."- Stephen Rouzer at Main Street Alliance If you cut taxes for the rich and giant corporations, what...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog
In 2014 President Obama issued the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, requiring corporations that want federal government contracts to disclose if they have violated rules about treating their workers fairly -- like rules against stealing their pay. The...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that the August trade deficit rose 3 percent to $40.73 billion from July's $39.5 (slightly revised). Both exports and imports rose, with imports rising more than exports. August exports were $187.9 billion up $1.5 billion from...
