by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
You have probably heard about a solar-energy company named Solyndra, but probably what you have heard is a bunch of negative, conspiratorial, anti-alternative-energy, anti-Obama stuff from the corporate/conservative spin machine. The real story is that our government...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 21, 2012 | Blog
End Secret Corporate Campaign Cash. From CAF: It has been two years since the Supreme Court decided in the infamous Citizens United case that corporations can spend unlimited amounts of money on political campaigns. Since then, our democracy has been drowning in a...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog
On March 22, workers from the Communication Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers will be joined by thousands of supporters to rally around the country to stand up to corporate greed, and in support of good jobs for the 99%. The rally...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog, Economy
The Senate is considering the House-passed, typically-misnamed "JOBS Act." This act dramatically cuts regulations and disclosure requirements for companies that want to sell stock. As written it opens the door to the usual scammers, fleecers and fraudsters that feast...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog
Republicans want to "reform" the Export-Import Bank. Uh Oh. Lobbyists pushing this "reform" say helping American companies compete against subsidized foreign-made goods is "corporate welfare." It turns out that a lot of the noise isn't about what the lobbyists say it...