by Dave Johnson | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
We as a country have been running enormous trade deficits that enormously benefit our 1% at the expense of the rest of us. As a country we get poorer while they get richer, so they want things to stay just the way they are. And that is where we are today -- an...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog
The "China Currency Bill" has passed the Senate but is stalled in the House by Republican leadership. Republicans are trying to have it both ways on China and manufacturing, saying they want to do something, but blocking doing something. It could come to the floor and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog, Climate
According to the Washington Post, President Obama "skinned the cat" and used executive powers "to press the most sweeping attack on air pollution in U.S. history." Oil- and coal-backed conservatives can't stand it. Washington Post, Obama’s record: Environmental agenda...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog, Economy
A group of workers whose jobs are being outsourced to China is touring the "rust belt." They are trying to make an election point. But what about the day after the election? Sensata Workers - More Jobs Going To China Two weeks ago I wrote about the workers at the...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 23, 2012 | Blog, China Currency Showdown
Monday's final campaign debate focuses on foreign policy. Will it focus on our policy of running huge trade deficits with China? Every dollar of trade deficits makes our country a dollar poorer. That trade deficit is the deficit that our Washington elites should be...
