by Dave Johnson | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Economy, Jobs and Growth
Next week, progressives in Congress will release their annual budget proposal. They do this every year, and every year the national news media largely ignores it. Will the elite media report on it this year? Make some noise, and maybe they will. There are alternative...
by Bill Scher | Mar 12, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism
Several observers have commented on the condescending "Schoolhouse Rock" tone of Sen. Tom Cotton's open letter to Iran. He explains the basics of the U.S. Constitution to note that the "next president could revoke such an executive agreement with the stroke of a pen...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Over 100 law professors sent an open letter to Congress and the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) saying they need to “protect the rule of law and the nation’s sovereignty” in trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). While TPP is still secret, leaks...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Paul Krugman gives a "thumbs down" to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) today on his New York Times blog "in TPP at the NABE." Taking it a bit further, he writes, ...it doesn’t look like a good thing either for the world or for the United States, and you have to...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Trade, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A newly launched public relations campaign in support of trade promotion authority, a.k.a. "fast track," and the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) calls itself "the Progressive Coalition for American Jobs." At its foundation is a set of misleading (at best) claims that...
by Richard Eskow | Mar 11, 2015 | Blog, Retirement Security
The race for Barbara Mikulski's Maryland Senate seat has just begun. But Social Security is already shaping up as a major issue, especially between two leading contenders: Maryland representatives Chris Van Hollen and Donna Edwards. Van Hollen is favored by some party...
