by Dave Johnson | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Chanting "No justice, no peace," dozens of federal food service contract workers on Tuesday marched out of the Dirksen Senate Office Building cafeteria and went to stage a sit-in at the office of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). They also gave the senator a “Golden Grinch”...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 10, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
[fve]https://youtu.be/oO4fUuuYbbo[/fve]Economist Robert Pollin explains in this interview how government buying decisions can help boost U.S. manufacturing. This should be a no-brainer: As much as possible, every dollar our federal government spends should help...
by Jim Hightower | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Climate, Conservatism
Disgraced coal baron Don Blankenship didn’t get what he deserves in his recent federal trial. But he richly deserves what he got. “Guilty,” declared all 12 West Virginia jurors, who convicted this arrogant and avaricious former CEO of Massey Energy of willfully...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform, Trade
See if this business model sounds familiar: ● Close American factories and offshore production to a low-wage country with few environmental regulations. (Note: moving a factory out of the country "increases trade" and they say that's a good thing.) ● Replace...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 9, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
House Speaker Paul Ryan condemned Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslim immigration to the U.S. by saying, “this is not who we are as a party or a country.” Ryan is mistaken: Trump represents exactly what the GOP is, and what progressives must not let America become....
by Dave Johnson | Dec 8, 2015 | Blog, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A "corporate court" has ruled that the U.S. must face $1 billion in tariff punishment because a law U.S. consumers wanted for protection of health and safety has cost foreign companies some profits. The U.S. Congress is being told they must repeal the law or we face...
