by Robert Reich | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Tax Reform
Just like that, Pfizer has decided it’s no longer American. It plans to link up with Ireland’s Allergan and move its corporate headquarters from New York to Ireland. That way it will pay less tax. Ireland’s tax rate is less than half that of United States. Ian Read,...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The congressionally created Labor Advisory Committee for Trade Negotiations and Trade Policy (LAC) has just released a scathing report that urges President Obama "in the strongest possible terms" to send the Trans-Pacific Partnership "back to the negotiating table"...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 7, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Many people have come to believe politicians say what they need to say to win, and then turn on them. If Hillary Clinton wants to win the Democratic nomination and inspire people to vote for her in the general election, she must find ways to overcome this voter...
by Terrance Heath | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, This Is The GOP
Mass shootings in Colorado and California this week, brought out the worst in wingnuts this week, and reminded us that our biggest terrorist threats still come from right here at home. Colorado When Robert Dear opened fire in a Colorado Planned Parenthood clinic the...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Trade
The U.S. Census Bureau reported Friday that the October goods and services trade deficit was an enormous, humongous $43.9 billion. This is for a single month. This is up $1.4 billion – 3.4 percent – from September's enormous, humongous $42.5 (revised) billion trade...
by Dave Johnson | Dec 4, 2015 | Blog, Jobs and Growth
Friday's November jobs report said nonfarm payrolls increased by a seasonally adjusted 211,000 and unemployment was unchanged at 5 percent. Analysts had expected 200,000 so they are happy; overall hiring seems to be continuing at an OK pace. Wages might not be going...
