Congressional Votes on Trade
The votes were: Korea 278-51 (Korea – http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll783.xml); Panama 300-129 (Panama – http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2011/roll782.xml); Colombia 262-167 (Colombia –...
Read MoreMonth: November 2011
Buy Union Week, Nov. 25-Dec. 4, 2011
The AFL-CIO has declared the ten days following Thanksgiving (November 25 through December 4, 2011) as “Buy Union Week.” The action adopted by the AFL-CIO’s 25th Constitutional Convention also urges affiliated unions to use “all...
Read MoreThere’s a Reason They Call It ‘Supply and Demand’
Economists will tell you it takes two elements to create a marketplace: supply and demand. Producers create the supply; consumers provide the demand. The phrase isn’t “supply and suggest or request” it’s “supply and demand.”...
Read MoreTrade Agreements, Deficit Discussions, Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations—It’s All Tied Together
As James Carville once famously reminded candidate Bill Clinton: “It’s the economy, stupid.” Demonstrators in New York, Los Angeles, Washington and hundreds of other cities across the nation are emphasizing that point again....
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