by Dave Johnson | Feb 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy
President Obama is preparing to roll out his 2013 budget. If he wants a budget that gets rid of the deficit, meets human needs and does the things that polls show the public overwhelmingly wants done, The People's Budget Is The Template! This is the budget proposal...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 9, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Economist Christina Romer had an op-ed in the NY Times this weekend, Do Manufacturers Need Special Treatment? The question that keep coming back to me is why did she feel the need to write an op-ed to diss manufacturing? Is it just an economist thing? Or is she, like...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 8, 2012 | Blog
PBS NewsHour took a look at why Germany's economy is doing so well, while much of the rest of Europe is not doing so well. Here are a few notable excerpts from the transcript: With just a quarter of America's population and a quarter of its GDP, Germany exports more...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 7, 2012 | Blog
The FAA reauthorization bill has passed Congress with its anti-union provisions. Once again big companies of the 1% were able to use their money and power to buy legislation that hurts 99% of us. And many Dems joined in. Watch the powerful video at the end of this...
by Dave Johnson | Feb 6, 2012 | Blog
Not long ago, in A Win For Labor - FAA Bill Drops Anti-Union Language, I wrote that, "negotiators have dropped the anti-union language for votes to start a union. Republicans were insisting that no-shows be counted as "No" votes. Delta's check must have been mailed...
