by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
I was doing research, gathering headlines for a post. But the headlines told a story of their own. So here they are: 2010 November 2010, Corporate Profits Hit New Record, U.S. Workers Still Struggling 2011 January 2011, Profits Are Booming. Why Aren’t Jobs? May 2011,...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 4, 2013 | Blog
The Speaker of the House last week said that taxing people to pay for government is theft. Let's look at just where actual theft is occurring. Michael McAuliff and Sabrina Siddiqui covered the story at the Huffington Post, in John Boehner Compares Tax Proposals Of...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 2, 2013 | Blog
Republicans insist on cutting and gutting the things government does to make our lives better because, they say, "we're broke." Meanwhile a new study by Congress’ Government Accountability Office (GAO) shows that in 2010 the big U.S. companies paid only 12.6% in taxes...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 1, 2013 | The Sequester
Remember when Republicans were so concerned about deficits? Not so much... today they are outraged that the IRS is not being shut down by the sequester and will continue to collect the revenue that reduces deficits. Gosh, do you think maybe deficits are not their real...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 28, 2013 | Making it in America
"Buy America" policies work, seriously boosting American manufacturers and helping create American jobs. Federal Transit Administrator Peter Rogoff has a guest-post, Making America a magnet for jobs and manufacturing, at the DOT's Fast Lane. He writes that "Buy...
