by Dave Johnson | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog, China Currency Showdown, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
President Obama, speaking to the Organizing for America (OFA) Summit Thursday, said that people who have concerns about the Fast Track Trade Promotion Authority process and the still-secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) "don't know what they're talking about," and...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 24, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The "fast track" trade bill introduced last week by Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has a number of problems. It sets aside Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution and essentially pre-approves the secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) before the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Jobs and Growth
Conservatives are supposedly all about markets. Markets should decide, not voters. But when it comes to the law of supply and demand for government debt, they go blind. Greg Ip in the Wall Street Journal poses this surprising question: "Is Government Debt Too Low?"...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 22, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
U.S. Senate contract janitors and food service workers will walk off their jobs Wednesday to protest poverty pay, along with hundreds of striking workers from the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, Smithsonian Institution and other federal landmarks. They will be joined by the...
by Dave Johnson | Apr 20, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth, Populism2015, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
[fve]https://youtu.be/CXgervc2G4A[/fve] As many as 1,000 demonstrators participated in a "Don’t Trade Our Future" rally in Washington on Monday to denounce Trade Promotion Authority and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal that "fast track" will push through...
