by Bill Scher | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Progressive Vision
[fve]https://youtu.be/CdFxaKNd6xc[/fve] Canada's Liberal Party – nine years after losing the prime ministership and four years after being relegated to third-party status – is on the cusp of regaining control of the government Monday. If so, it has John Maynard Keynes...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement is complete, but we still are not allowed to know what is in it. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has called on the President to release the text of TPP to the public. The Hill has the story, in "Trumka calls for immediate...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
The U.S. Trade Representative's (USTR) Director of Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement is shopping around to professors, trying to get them to help "expand the conversation" around the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) with the public – even though TPP is...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 15, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016
Unless you listened carefully, you might have missed the expanse of daylight between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders when asked about their plans for Social Security at the CNN Democratic debate Tuesday. It's a gap that is alarming people who are fighting to...
by Scott Klinger | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Progressive Vision
Life was different in the 1990s. Back in ‘93, a lucky few used dial-up Internet to access one of 800 websites available worldwide. Smart phones were a distant dream. The TV dinosaur Barney had just started “edutaining” America’s children. And gas cost about $1.30 a...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 14, 2015 | Blog, Tax Reform
How MANY times have we heard corporate-funded conservatives and "centrists" whine about "deficits" and demand cuts in the things government does to make people's lives better? How many times? "We're broke." "Taxpayers can't afford these ... (pensions, health programs,...
