by Dave Johnson | Nov 6, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The full text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has finally been released and We the People can see what has been negotiated in our name. President Obama laid out the bottom line, saying the deal "puts American workers first." Does it? TPP Text The full text of...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Wednesday that the September goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $40.8 billion. This is down 15 percent from August's enormous, humongous $40.8 (revised) billion trade deficit, (which was up 15.6 percent from...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 4, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) has been completed. The agreement is a big deal. It is said it writes the rules for doing business in the 21st century and covers 40 percent of the world's economy. The agreement will determine whether the giant corporations will...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 2, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
The Republican party has cancelled a planned NBC/Telemundo presidential candidate debate because candidates were asked substantive questions and their answers were challenged by moderators in last week's CNBC debate. Republican candidates are demanding easier and more...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Election 2016
Former secretary of state and presidential candidate Hillary Clinton this week joined with fellow Democratic candidates Bernie Sanders and Martin O'Malley in asking for a federal investigation into charges that Exxon knew as early as the 1970s that climate change was...
