by Dave Johnson | Oct 5, 2016 | Blog, Election 2016, Trade
China has a huge overcapacity in steel production because their economy is slowing, so internal demand for steel has fallen. Rather than cut production and lay off some of their own workers, China is exporting the problem. China is "dumping" steel on international...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Tax Reform
"Multinational corporations’ use of tax havens allows them to avoid an estimated $100 billion in federal income taxes each year," says a new report just released by Citizens for Tax Justice (CTJ), Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) and U.S. Public...
by Bill Scher | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
Buried in a recent a column from Politico's Glenn Thrush is this nugget about the Clinton campaign's strategy for wooing "higher-income and higher-education Republicans" away from Trump: Clinton’s focus groups (they seem to be running around-the-clock these days) show...
by Sam Pizzigati | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
One of the more telling moments in last Monday’s Presidential debate has gone relatively unnoticed. That moment came after GOP nominee Donald Trump, during an exchange over taxes, made no move to dispute the charge that he hasn’t paid any federal income tax over...
by Leo Gerard | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog
Donald Trump likes to say he has a very, very good relationship with unions. “I have great relationships with unions,” he told Newsweek last year. And the press is in love with saying blue-collar workers are in love with Trump. Real reporters and even fake...
by Richard Eskow | Oct 4, 2016 | Blog, Economy, Election 2016
Hillary Clinton gave a speech on the economy in Toledo, Ohio on Monday. Her primary topics, corporate predation and a broken economy, leaned left. Some of the speech's most important ideas were hidden in plain sight but could have long-lasting significance. The speech...
