by Dave Johnson | Dec 14, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Recently there have been news reports that Republicans are going to delay TPP until after the 2016 elections. Do not be misled; this is a bargaining ploy. They want the Obama administration to make "side agreements" that give corporations even more. We have to keep up...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 11, 2015 | Blog
"Establishment" Republicans are warning that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) might not have enough Republican votes to pass right away. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for example, said that President Barack Obama should not submit TPP to Congress for a...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Chanting "No justice, no peace," dozens of federal food service contract workers on Tuesday marched out of the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria and went to stage a sit-in at the office of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). They also gave the senator a “Golden Grinch”...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform, Trade
See if this business model sounds familiar: ● Close American factories and offshore production to a low-wage country with few environmental regulations. (Note: moving a factory out of the country "increases trade" and they say that's a good thing.) ● Replace...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A "corporate court" has ruled that the U.S. must face $1 billion in tariff punishment because a law U.S. consumers wanted for protection of health and safety has cost foreign companies some profits. The U.S. Congress is being told they must repeal the law or we face...