by Dave Johnson | Jun 13, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Last week at Netroots Nation we talked about the problem of Apple (and all the others) manufacturing in China, costing our country jobs and dollars. Next week at the Take Back the American Dream Conference we will talk about what can be done to fix things. Last week I...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog
Following are my prepared notes for my talk on the Netroots Nation panel, Why Can't Apple Make Your iPhone in America? except cleaned up to make me look better: We used to make things here, and then came free trade and then China opened up, and we moved a lot of...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog
As much as conservatives want to pretend otherwise, you can't have strong, healthy, prospering businesses without a big, strong government. The kinds of businesses that don't want a big, strong government are exactly the kinds of businesses that We, the People don't...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog, Reagan Revolution
(This post was originally dated August 9, 2010) Conservatives like to say that taxes are theft. In fact it is tax cuts that are theft because they break a long-standing contract. The American Social Contract: We, the People built our democracy and the empowerment and...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog
The elites who make policy, write about it, have dinner parties where they cluck their tongues about it, mostly have good-paying jobs, health care and secure retirements. They are not affected by it. The elite commissions don’t include unemployed people. The...
