by Dave Johnson | Jul 16, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
The big brouhaha over when Mitt Romney left Bain Capital began when the Obama campaign accused Romney/Bain of offshoring jobs. Romney called Obama a "liar," saying he left Bain before the company did most of its offshoring. Then a Washington Post investigation found...
by Dave Johnson | Jul 13, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Following is the talk I gave to the Take Back the American Dream conference panel, Making It In America: Reviving and Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing. You have undoubtedly heard the numbers, almost all of them bad. We have a trade deficit of more than $550 billion...
by Terrance Heath | Jul 10, 2012 | Blog, Economy, Making it in America
While on vacation last week, I came across a CNN analysis that asked an important question, especially in light of Friday’s jobs numbers: Where are the jobs bills? Another month, another weak jobs report. And don’t expect Congress to do much about it anytime soon....
by Dave Johnson | Jul 9, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Here is a second short video with highlights from the Take Back the American Dream conference panel, Making It In America: Reviving and Strengthening U.S. Manufacturing. This video, Straight Talk About American Manufacturing, comes is from the Inernational Association...
by Dave Johnson | Jun 13, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
Last week at Netroots Nation we talked about the problem of Apple (and all the others) manufacturing in China, costing our country jobs and dollars. Next week at the Take Back the American Dream Conference we will talk about what can be done to fix things. Last week I...
by Steven Capozzola | Jun 11, 2012 | Blog, Making it in America
The New York Times' Keith Bradsher reports that China's domestic economy has been stumbling of late due to a slowdown in construction and a sluggish retail market. But that's not a major problem because China has an ace-in-the-hole. Whenever the economy of the...
