by Dave Johnson | May 10, 2011 | Blog
You can't open a newspaper or turn on a radio or TV without being told that the world is going to end because of the deficit. The deficit was caused by tax cuts for the rich, huge military spending increases, two wars and the costs of our health care system. So of...
by Dave Johnson | May 9, 2011 | Blog
Today the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue begins in Washington. This is the third such meeting, and it's time for the Obama administration to get it right. China has not been engaging in "trade" with us, they have been engaging in something else entirely. The...
by Dave Johnson | May 6, 2011 | Blog
China's Vice Finance Minister lectured US administration officials about our debt and told us to mind our own business when it comes to China's currency manipulation. It is about time the United States started minding our own business by taking steps to protect our...
by Dave Johnson | May 5, 2011 | Blog
Since China’s admission into the World Trade Organization we have been packing up our factories and sending them over there. We have been buying so many things made in China, but they have not been buying very many things made here, and the resulting “trade deficit”...
by Dave Johnson | May 5, 2011 | Blog, Economy
Congressional Democrats yesterday unveiled the Make It In America plan for the 112th congress. This is a set of specific, detailed, targeted bills that clearly create jobs and restore our economic competitiveness, beginning with a national strategy for manufacturing....
