America's Outsourcers to be Reclassified as Manufacturers
Don't like the trade deficit, low GDP and the public outrage over the offshore outsourcing? Change the accounting method to make it go away! Such is the agenda of government statisticians it appears....
View ArticleHere Comes the Debt Ceiling
When did it become OK to play political Calvin ball with the faith and good credit of the United States of America? Such are the hidden whispers that the debt ceiling will be used as yet another gun...
View ArticleIt's not the Stupidity, It's the Money Behind the Shutdown Crisis
In This Crisis It's Not Stupidity, It's the Money: Three Relevant LawsThere are three basic laws about discussion, especially political discussion, that are useful in the contentious government...
View ArticleDoes America Really Have to Suffer Through Yet Another Congressional...
Congress at the midnight hour has passed a deal to re-open the government and raise the debt ceiling, yet this deal is amazingly short lived. The political theater has been unbelievable and once again...
View ArticleSecret Trade Treaty Exposed
The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade treaty going on in secret. Trade treaty drafts and negotiations are so secret to even comment on one of these trade deals will cost $2000. WikiLeaks recently...
View ArticleThe Latest Never Ending Adventures in Corporatism Via the TPP
What a world, what a world, what a world. Wikileaks has published more secret Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement documents, revealing more and more how the United States represents large corporations...
View ArticleObamacare Outsourced
The Obama administration has offshore outsourced Obamacare. They made Accenture the lead contractor for the website healthcare.gov. The contract is estimated to be worth $90 million and the original...
View ArticleTrading Jobs for Ropes
Obama only briefly mentioned fast-tracking the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in last Tuesday's State of the Union speech, depicting the trade agreement as part of his bipartisan outreach to the GOP,...
View ArticleBye Bye Chained CPI and Other Budget Surprises
The Obama administration is finally abandoning their endorsement of chained CPI for next years budget. The reason is probably not good economics, but political. Election season is near and this is...
View ArticleObama Budget Tidbits
The Obama 2015 Budget is finally here with the usual fanfare of a thud, dud, not gonna happen political reality. Earlier we received previews where the Obama administration finally dropped chained CPI...
View ArticleHow to Create 5.8 Million Jobs Pronto - Stop Currency Manipulation
Want to know how to create up to 5.8 million jobs in three years? End currency manipulation. So says a new study released from the Economic Policy Institute. If currency manipulation was stopped,...
View ArticleAmerican Workers Put Last in Obama's Amnesty
The word is Obama at all costs is going to grant work permits along with amnesty to millions here illegally in the United States. This is when the jobs market still has not recovered. The latest leak...
View ArticleJust another Day of More Bad Trade Deals and Elected Officials Who Don't Care
Americans Don't Want It. Analysis Shows It Hurts People. Yet Congress and This President Could Care Less. What's fascinating is how we've seen this dance before and no matter how many put up a...
View ArticleWill Obama secretly pass TPP trade deal?
With all the time and money spent in writing, negotiating and promoting this huge trade deal (that mostly just benefits huge multinational corporations), can the American people really expect President...
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