Chamber of Commerce Works To Defeat, Not Implement Its Own Members Preferences
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims to be "a business federation representing companies, business associations, state and local chambers in the U.S., and American Chambers of Commerce abroad." They...
View ArticleClinton Should Ask Obama To Withdraw The TPP
Hillary Clinton has a credibility problem when it comes to our country's trade policies and the resulting enormous, humongous trade deficits that measure job loss - especially with regard to the...
View ArticleHillary Must Toughen Up On Trade In Case She Is Nominee Against Trump
Yes, much of Donald Trump's message has a white nationalist and anti-woman character to it. But here is a warning: If Hillary Clinton is going to be the Democratic nominee she had better get tough on...
View ArticleThursday Day Of Action To Support Verizon Workers -- And Each Other
Thursday has been declared a Verizon Strike National Day of Action.There are 39,000 Verizon workers on strike right now. They are not just striking for better pay and conditions from Verizon; this is...
View ArticleMust-watch short video about TPP
Please take a look at this short video explaining TPP: Burning Issues: Explaining The ‘Revolt’ Against the TPPxYouTube VideoThe 2016 political races are being buffeted by “a transpartisan, nationwide...
View ArticleExposing Trump's Trade Appeal To Working-Class Voters For What It Is
Donald Trump is selling himself as the champion of working-class voters. He says Democrats and their presumptive presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton, are selling them out with trade deals. But Trump...
View ArticleTPP In Democratic Party Platform Is A 'Whose Side Are You On?' Moment
xYouTube VideoVideo: Sen. Elizabeth Warren on why we need to stop the TPP.The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is likely to come up for a vote in the "lame-duck" session of Congress that follows the...
View ArticleEnforce The Democratic Platform, and Good Things Will Happen
Some people say that the Democratic Party doesn't really stand for anything. Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed and pushed as a Democratic presidential candidate, and has achieved results that could change...
View ArticleDid You Know That AARP Is A Paying Member Of ALEC?
Here is a real shocker. AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons) has been a paying member of the notorious right-wing, Koch-tied lobbying organization American Legislative Exchange...
View ArticleThe Latest Lie: "We Are Going To Raise Taxes On The Middle Class"
Another presidential campaign means it's time to bring back the "Latest Lie" series.And here's the latest lie. Campaigning in Nebraska Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton said, "Well, we're not going...
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Protesters Disrupt Trump Economic Speech Over Outsourcing, Women
When Republican candidate Donald Trump says we should keep jobs in the U.S., he doesn't mean what people think he means. He wants to make the U.S. just as low-wage as elsewhere, to be "competitive."...
View ArticleClinton Should Tell Obama To Withdraw TPP To Save Her Presidency
xYouTube VideoDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says she opposes the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) but is having trouble convincing people to believe her. Imagine the trouble Hillary...
View ArticlePresident Tells Congress TPP Is Coming Their Way. What Will Clinton Do?
xYouTube VideoOne day after presidential candidate Hillary Clinton strongly underscored her opposition to the Trans-Pacific Partnership in a speech in Detroit, President Obama officially started the...
View ArticleTrump Trade Position Is Opposite Of What People Think It Is
One of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's stronger economic appeals to working-class voters is his position on trade. Trump understands that people are upset that "trade" deals have moved...
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CEO Of Giant Corporation Tells US Government He's The Boss Of Them
Are We the People the boss of giant multinational corporations, or are they the boss of us?Imagine, if you will, going to the IRS and saying, "I don't think the tax rate is fair so I'm not going to pay...
View ArticleBanks Used Low Wages, Job Insecurity To Force Employees To Commit Fraud
The manager instructed her to push accounts but not to tell the customers about the downfalls and fees of new accounts. "Make them read the paperwork." She replied, "But you know no one ever reads the...
View ArticleRepublicans 'Working The Ref' With War On IRS
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen was forced to testify on Wednesday before a Republican impeachment committee. Republicans are doing this because the IRS (under a previous commissioner) dared to check...
View ArticleHow Clinton Can Use The Debate To Change The National Discussion
Everyone has an opinion on what Hillary Clinton should do in the Monday's debate, and this is mine. Hopefully I will be wrong enough to earn a regular column on the New York Times op-ed page.This...
View ArticleOregon Locals Take On Corporate Power With ‘Tax Corporations’ Measure 97
Much of Congress is captured by corporate money. So literally nothing gets through Congress if it interferes with the corporate/1% -boosting agenda. Many in the federal regulatory agencies are captured...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Say Trump Is Wrong
One (more) of the way this country is split is a sharp divide between what small businesses need and what the giant, multinational corporations want (and usually get.) According to a coalition...
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