by Dave Johnson | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Thursday has been declared a Verizon Strike National Day of Action. There are 39,000 Verizon workers on strike right now. They are not just striking for better pay and conditions from Verizon; this is also about how all of the giant corporations are treating all of...
by Dave Johnson | May 4, 2016 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that the March goods and services trade deficit fell to "only" an enormous, humongous level of $40.4 billion in March. This is $6.5 billion less than February (revised) but not for good reasons (see below). Chinese imports...
by Dave Johnson | May 3, 2016 | Blog, Trade
""There are no red lines which would clearly protect environment and health." - Jorgo Riss, director of Greenpeace EU There has been a major leak concerning another "trade" agreement that is currently being negotiated in secret. This time it is the TTIP and it was...
by Dave Johnson | May 3, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/Y3ttxGMQOrY[/fve] Sometimes an event comes along that crystallizes people's awareness of an issue. It is just the right things at the right time. The layoffs at the Indianapolis Carrier air conditioner factory are an example of this kind of...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Billionaire investor (he's always described that way) Carl Ichan is calling on Congress to start spending. You read that right: Ichan is saying there is a "day or reckoning" coming if the federal government doesn't spend more to stimulate the economy. CNBC has the...
