by Dave Johnson | Dec 6, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform, Making it in America
Are the Main Street Tea Party members getting "played" by Wall Street and big-corporate billionaires? There is a big, big, big difference between what the regular members and the big-money funders expect. If Tea Party candidates get elected will they do what their...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog
9.8%! It’s still all about jobs. It's still an emergency. And the DC elite still don’t get it -- or don't care. They give us a "deficit commission" not a jobs commission. They've got it nice while the rest of us have it not-so-nice. Maybe we should move the Congress...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog
There are reports that the Korea Free Trade Agreement is nearly concluded. Unfortunately the problems with the labor portions of the Bush-negotiated agreement were not addressed, which means we might have another NAFTA-style, job-killing, Wall Street-abetting,...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog
It appears that the US and Korea could not reach agreement in time for President Obama's visit to Seoul for the G20 meeting beginning today. Washington Post, U.S., South Korea fail to reach free-trade deal,, Negotiations over a U.S.-Korea free-trade agreement faltered...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 3, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
You’ll be hearing a lot about a Korean Free Trade Agreement in the next few days. Negotiators are finalizing last-minute changes to the Korea Free Trade Agreement before President Obama arrives in Seoul Thursday for the G20 and to meet with President Lee Myung-bak....
