by Dave Johnson | May 21, 2013 | Making it in America
The "Apple hearing" is underway (Go Sen. Levin!!) with Apple CEO Tim Cook explaining why Apple "can't" bring back over $100 billion they have parked outside the country because they would have to pay the taxes they owe. Senator after senator is explaining that our tax...
by Dave Johnson | May 13, 2013 | Making it in America
The Communications Workers of America is asking people to contact their senators to block an effort to undermine American workers using the H-1B visa program. Here's the story. What Is H-1B And Why? There is a program called "H-1B" that lets companies hire temporary...
by Dave Johnson | May 9, 2013 | Making it in America
President Obama is in Texas to launch a "Middle-Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour" that focuses on manufacturing. The president announced an executive order creating three "manufacturing hubs" -- Manufacturing Innovation Institutes -- with $200 million from the...
by Dave Johnson | May 9, 2013 | Making it in America
We give away our jobs and factories and industries to China. Some geniuses apparently thought that meant we should also let our military security be contracted out to China as well. A new report from the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), Remaking American...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 29, 2013 | Climate, Making it in America
The Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a new Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative. This initiative is about both manufacturing clean energy products and manufacturing using advanced techniques to drive energy efficiency. Both will help make American companies...
by Dave Johnson | Mar 22, 2013 | Back to Work Budget, Making it in America
First it was Fix the Debt, with tax-dodging corporations "leading the charge for massive new corporate tax cuts paid for with cuts to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid." Now there's a new "LIFT America coalition," pushing for massive, massive corporate tax cuts,...
