by Dave Johnson | Oct 27, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, This Is The GOP, Trade
The US has an enormous, humongous and continuing trade deficit, caused by our trade policies. The trade deficit measures the loss of jobs, factories, industries and wealth from our economy. A continuing trade deficit also measures the loss of the "ecosystem" for...
by Larry Cohen | Oct 26, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Jobs and Growth
I grew up in a row house in North Philadelphia, owned by my great-grandmother who was famous for saying, “I’ll watch your feet, not your mouth.” Today I am proud to stand with Sen. Bernie Sanders and hundreds of Verizon Workers at a Wireless retail store in Manhattan,...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 23, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Progressive Vision
The triumph of Justin Trudeau in the Canadian prime minister election on Sunday over the incumbent conservative government prompted one prominent New York Times columnist on Thursday to suggest that the Republican Party political template of demonizing immigrants and...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 21, 2015 | Blog, Election 2016, Financial Reform
How do we fix Wall Street, a.k.a. "the banks"? How do the candidates compare? This question came up in the first Democratic debate and there has been lots of online commentary on this since. The first place to look, of course, is CAF's Candidate Scorecard. "The...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog, Democracy, Election 2016
In contrast to the Republican clown shows they call debates, last Tuesday's Democratic presidential debate was serious and focused on policy. It let the public know that there are still adults at work trying to help deal with the country's real problems. It helped the...
by Bill Scher | Oct 19, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Election 2016
Sixteen years ago, in the autumn of 1999, a budget impasse was pushing the federal government toward, whaddya know, a government shutdown. Faced with expected budget surpluses, the Republican-controlled Congress decided it would be a good time to cut spending by...
