by Dave Johnson | Jul 21, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Is Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump changing his tune on trade, or was he just making it up all along? This year, working-class voters are high-intensity opposed to trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and Trump figured that out early....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
Tuesday was "Make America Work Again" day at the Republican National Convention. But this day wasn't about making America work again for working people. This was, as always with conservatives, all about tax cuts for the rich and corporations, deregulation of oil and...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 18, 2016 | Blog, Economy
House Speaker Paul Ryan in an NPR interview Monday acknowledged that the poor are victims of our economic system. The interview sounds reasonable, almost soothing, until you examine what Ryan is really saying. After acknowledging that poverty is systemic, he turns...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 15, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
The idea of putting a small "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions has been kicking around for a while, but in the last month the idea has picked up some real steam. The Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), also called a "Wall Street Speculation Tax," proposal asks...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 14, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Recent headlines might make us think the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is "dead" or at least at "death's door." We can hope. But the Wall Street, giant multinational corporations, many Republicans in Congress and unfortunately the Obama administration are still...