by Dave Johnson | Mar 20, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
For some time now most of the people in this country have been under economic pressure. Pay is not going up very much or at all, while living costs keep rising. One recent statistic stands out – 63 percent of Americans would have difficulty raising $500 to cover an...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
With trade as a major issue in this election season (voters are against it), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is clearly in trouble. All but one (John Kasich) of the remaining presidential candidates oppose it, with both Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders actively...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Here's what remains true after Tuesday's primary results: Sen. Bernie Sanders will arrive at the 2016 Democratic Convention in Philadelphia July 25-28 with a large support base, serious money, and the ability to ask for even more money for progressive groups. This is...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Trade
[fve]https://youtu.be/Sadt-sWxNDo[/fve] The U.S.-South Korea (KORUS) free trade agreement is now four years old. How's it doing? Out trade deficit with that country has doubled, costing tens and hundreds of thousands of U.S. jobs. The Office of the U.S. Trade...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 13, 2016 | Blog, Trade
Our country's "free trade" agreements have followed a framework of trading away our democracy and middle-class prosperity in exchange for letting the biggest corporations dominate. There are those who say any increase in trade is good. But if you close a factory here...