by Dave Johnson | Nov 13, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
Giant corporations are trying to get Congress to give up its Constitutional obligation to consider and amend a trade treaty that requires our country to give up its sovereignty. Many organizations and legislators -- including many Republicans -- don't appear to be...
by Dave Johnson | Nov 8, 2013 | Making it in America
Today's jobs report shows a gain of 19,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector in October. This is big because for all of 2013 the U.S. has gained a total of 35,000 manufacturing jobs, so more than half of those were gained last month. See this chart at IndustryWeek for...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 28, 2013 | Making it in America
Did you think manufacturing was old-fashioned, dirty and low-skilled? Have you noticed how when you see a factory in a TV show it's an old, burnt-down building with broken windows? (And then the drug dealers drive in from one side, and the "good guys" from the other,...
by Dave Johnson | Oct 24, 2013 | Making it in America
The trade deficit figures for August were released this morning by the Census Bureau's Bureau of Economic Analysis. The Bureau reports that "total August exports of $189.2 billion and imports of $228.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.8 billion,...
by Terrance Heath | Oct 3, 2013 | Conservatism, Economy, Making it in America
Calling the GOP's antics childish is an insult to children. Their budget shenanigans surpass the worst childish behavior, and are far more damaging. The Republican-engineered government shutdown is doing real harm to real people, and endangering an already fragile...
by Isaiah J. Poole | Oct 2, 2013 | Making it in America, Trans-Pacific Partnership
A legislative initiative could emerge soon that could address the race to the bottom fueled by free trade agreements that is harming workers in the United States and worldwide. The idea is to penalize countries and companies that engage in "social dumping" – the act...
