by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Making it in America
Last night's "Keep It Made In America" Town Hall meeting was at the Bayfront Convention Center in Erie, Pennsylvania. Kyle Foust, Chairman of the Erie County Council welcomed the attendees and led off the Town Hall meeting, quoting Hubert Humphrey: "No country ever...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy
Did you know that almost every conservative politician in the country has signed a pledge to encourage big multinational corporations to keep sending jobs out of the country? Grover Norquist, head of the lobbying organization Americans for Tax Reform, is one of the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Economy, Financial Reform
Editor's Note: This is the last in a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 19, 2010 | Blog, Financial Reform
Editor's Note: We're publishing a series of "Making Sense" fact sheets on key economic issues to help you win the debate on the core issues facing middle-class families. Each fact sheet contains information, talking points and resources you can use to make the case...
by Zach Carter | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog
The bank lobby is spreading a host of silly myths about the foreclosure fraud outbreak in an effort to downplay the scandal and minimize concerns over potential bank losses that have emerged in the blogosphere. Housing Wire’s Paul Jackson spouts most of them in his...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 18, 2010 | Blog
On Friday the US International Trade Commission (ITC) determined that US producers are harmed by Chinese "dumping" (selling below cost, government subsidies...) of seamless pipe. This was in response to a a joint petition of the United Steelworkers and U.S. pipe...