by Dave Johnson | Jan 29, 2016 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
George McGovern was the Democratic nominee against incumbent Richard Nixon in the 1972 election. He lost in a landslide. Just as the events of the 1980s shaped the current economic environment, the 1970s "Nixonian" politics of division shaped the current political...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 28, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
Thursday's Washington Post editorial, "Bernie Sanders’s fiction-filled campaign," is kind of fun. Sanders "is playing the role of uncorrupted anti-establishment crusader." But actually he "is not a brave truth-teller. He is a politician selling his own brand of...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 27, 2016 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Ford Motor Company announced this week that it will close all operations in Japan and Indonesia this year, because it sees "no reasonable path to profitability." Last year GM pulled out of Indonesia. What does it say that they are doing this with the Trans-Pacific...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 26, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
Johnson Controls Inc. and Tyco International PLC have announced a $14 billion merger, with the resulting company pretending to be "Irish." This is called an "inversion" and is all about dodging taxes. Johnson Controls is actually based in Milwaukee. Tyco is based in...
by Dave Johnson | Jan 25, 2016 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
A grassroots/labor/faith/community coalition called Silicon Valley Rising on Monday went to the San Jose, Calif. City Clerk’s office to submit the "Opportunity to Work" ballot initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to require employers to offer qualified...
