by Dave Johnson | Dec 2, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The “Jobs Summit” is Thursday. Are they going to try to get things back to normal? I hope not! “Normal” isn’t an option anymore, because it is what led to where we are. The financial sector bailout is based on the idea that things will get back to “normal” if the...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Dec 1, 2009 | Blog, Economy
A federal program of direct job funding, even at a time when unemployment is expected to exceed 10 percent for the next several months, is the third rail of any discussion about reducing unemployment. But to say that the government should not, to borrow a phrase from...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog, Economy
In September, President Obama Enforces Trade Law In China Tire Case! President Obama signaled a new direction in America's trade policies by deciding to enforce the ITC's recommendation to impose tariffs on Chinese tire imports. In November, Findlay's Cooper Tire will...
by Eric Lotke | Nov 30, 2009 | Blog, Economy
How ironic that President Obama’s jobs summit should be scheduled on the same date (Thursday, December 3) that the Senate Banking Committee has scheduled the reconfirmation hearing of Federal Reserve Chairman, Ben Bernanke. Our economy is in a hole. Bernanke is “waist...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 18, 2009 | Blog, Economy
The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of our...
by Robert Borosage | Nov 18, 2009 | Blog, Economy
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gets it. No wonder she drives the wingnuts batty. With the Senate befuddled by the antics of Joe Lieberman and Max Baucus on health care and the White House Clintonistas lobbying President Obama to devote his January State of the Union...
