by Tula Connell | Aug 14, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
So I took a tour of a steel plant today. There was a lot of hot, molten steel, but also high-tech computerized systems running the show, making sure just enough steel is poured into a mold at just the right temperature and speed, among many other functions. The...
by Tula Connell | Aug 6, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The unemployment data is due tomorrow, and it's likely to be bad, with an expected 300,000 to 320,000 jobs
by Tula Connell | Jul 24, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
The Chamber of Commerce--that's the U.S. Chamber of Commerce--proved once again how anti-American it is when it comes to supporting U.S. industry. In Findlay, Ohio, unions had been organizing a parade and all-day event for this Saturday to highlight American-made...
by Tula Connell | Jun 17, 2009 | Blog, Making it in America
There they go again. Those running the show at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce are attacking again the Buy American provision in the economic stimulus package. Ignoring, once more, that Buy American makes fundamental economic sense by ensuring at least some of our...
by Tula Connell | Jun 11, 2009 | Blog
Big Business wants it both ways: It wants to wrap itself in the ol' red, white and blue while feeding the decline of the U.S. economy through its actual practices. Here's the latest example of such corporate hypocrisy. Over the Memorial Day weekend, J.C....
