by Dave Johnson | May 13, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
[fve]https://youtu.be/zu19u8aOoq8[/fve] When companies dodge taxes, it's not just the federal government that takes the hit; people, communities and entire regions pay, too. For example, Silicon Valley's tech companies create billionaires and magnificently reward the...
by Dave Johnson | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Economists are still arguing over whether moving our jobs out of the country affects what the people still here get paid. Yes, really. For example, Jared Bernstein in The Washington Post looks at different studies of the effect of moving jobs out of the country. One...
by Dave Johnson | May 11, 2016 | Blog, Financial Reform
The Treasury Department released a new rule and several proposals last week that they said are intended to address the problem of corruption and dirty money in secret U.S. shell companies. A White House news release announced what it called "several important steps to...
by Dave Johnson | May 9, 2016 | Blog
Going into the West Virginia primary, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has come out in opposition to a "lame duck" vote on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). This takes her beyond her previous statements mildly opposing TPP. Clinton also made a strong...
by Dave Johnson | May 5, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
In 2011 the Obama administration sold the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) by promising "more exports, more jobs". The U.S. Trade Representative's website on KORUS still offers those promises. It still says right there the agreement "means countless new...
