by Dave Johnson | Aug 22, 2012 | Blog, Economy
Next week the Republicans hold their convention. They will supposedly focus their message on the economy. But after four years of an agenda to block jobs and economic growth so they can campaign on complaints of no jobs and no growth, can they offer anything that...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 21, 2012 | Blog
The Romney strategy of offering few or no details about anything lets him be everything to everyone, while denying anything that could be a problem. So we are all left to guess. It's the case with his tax returns -- and its the case with his tax plan. Romney says his...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog, Climate
There has been a recent flurry of propaganda attacks on wind and solar energy by oil-and-coal-backed conservatives. A vitally important tax credit to help build a renewable energy industry in this country expires at the end of this year without Congressional action,...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 18, 2012 | Blog
A look at one of Bain Capital's first deals shows a get-rich-quick-at-everyone-else's-expense pattern forming: borrow heavily, gut assets, cut wages, cut safety, crush unions, restructure for tax avoidance and sell with a sweetheart, insider deal. That pattern...
by Dave Johnson | Aug 16, 2012 | Blog
Mitt Romney's economic plan has a section on trade. While Romney gets it exactly right about China and offers the right proposals, his current actions tell us he might just pull out the old Etch-a-Sketch if elected. His other proposals generally go in the same old...
