NumbersUSA Director of Government Relations Rosemary Jenks stated that if fast-track passed, Congress would not reject the Trade in Services Agreement, which could make the US “open up it’s immigration laws” on Monday’s “Laura Ingraham Show.” Jenks said, “We have
The “gig economy” is the term for corporations embracing the “on demand economy,” “collaborative consumption” and “sharing economy” bandwagons to restructure “work” into small projects of limited duration so that big business can justify legally dumping employees and hiring contractors. With employee benefit costs exceeding 46 percent of wages and workplace litigation spiking, “employees” don’t exist in the future of work.
Over the last decade, California has lost half of the 35,000 Boeing employees who were working at very good jobs at very good wages. Despite labor troubles, there was always hope that another military spending cycle would eventually fill Boeing’s cavernous aircraft assembly plant in Long Beach. But the dream is about to expire, as Boeing starts auctioning off all the plant’s equipment.
The op-ed’s authors state that they are already promoting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) abroad. “In speaking about these agreements, we often use the word ‘values,’” they write. “We promote transparency, public participation, accountability and the rule of law, and we advocate for our host countries to join us in setting the global standard.”
Federal Reserve policymakers meet Tuesday and Wednesday, and markets are looking for clues about when Chairwoman Yellen will raise short term interest rates. However, globalization makes that decision far less important for the economy and stock prices than in years past.
“The president should listen to and work with his allies in Congress, starting with Nancy Pelosi, who had expressed their concerns about the impact that a weak agreement would have on our workers to make sure we get the best strongest deal possible,” Clinton said. “And if we don’t get it, there should be no deal.”
On Saturday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed a measure that will raise the minimum wage in the city, currently $9 an hour, to $15 an hour by July 2020.
With Tuna Crabs overrunning San Diego beaches in the first signs that an El Niño weather condition is bearing down on the Western United States, the Obama Administration raised this year’s federal emergency drought funding for the seven Western states to $300 million. After limited aid during two years of inaction, the Obama Administration is going all-in for drought relief, just as El Niño’s torrential rains will soon arrive.
Stanford University President John Hennessy just announced that he will resign next year after a 15 year run, shortly after the Stanford Business School was rated number one on the planet. By conversations on the web, Stanford is by far the most mentioned university, because most of the captains of Internet industry are its graduates.
Representative Peter DeFazio (D-OR) slammed President Obama for trying to “get us to give up our constitutional authority” on trade on Friday’s “Ed Show” on MSNBC. DeFazio criticized the president, stating, “after you’ve neglected the House for seven years, a
Friday at the White House press briefing, press secretary Josh Earnest put a very positive spin on what is being called a stunning defeat of the TAA portion of President Barack Obama’s trade deal, which has put the future of the entire
Individuals associated with the All Workers Militant Front (PAME), a communist trade union, stormed the Greek Foreign Ministry on Thursday, demanding the far-left government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras not agree to any austerity reforms with the European Union, reforms demanded by both the EU and creditors to help Greece avoid a debt default.
On Friday’s Laura Ingraham radio show broadcast, House Trade Subcommittee Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX) warned that if the controversial Trade Promotion Authority legislation considered by the House of Representatives Friday. According to Burgess, once the TPA is set in motion,
Texas Senator and GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz argued Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) “is not giving the president more authority” and that Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is “not accurate” in some of his claims regarding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on
On Friday’s “Squawk Box” on CNBC, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), one of the more outspoken proponents of the controversial Trade Promotion Authority, told “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernan that he believed the House has the votes for the measure. “We
Obama goes through the motions when it comes to his fundamental responsibilities as the leader of the free world, so that he can focus his energy instead on the three “R’s”–redistribution, race, and recreation.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a 2016 Republican presidential candidate, defended his decision to vote for Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) that would fast-track the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (T-TIP) and Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA)—among other deals—during a Thursday interview with the Hugh Hewitt radio program.
Google has just announced a brand new initiative to improve city life, Sidewalk Labs, which will tackle cost of living, transportation, and the environment for urban citizens. While details are scant, it’s worth noting that suburban-based Google is just the latest influential tech giant to join the “cities” bandwagon.
On Thursday’s broadcast of Laura Ingraham’s radio show, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), an outspoken opponent of the so-called fast-track Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) being currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives, took on his fellow Republican Rep. Paul Ryan
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabweans will start exchanging ‘quadrillions’ of local dollars for a few U.S. dollars next week, as President Robert Mugabe’s government discards its virtually worthless national currency, the central bank said on Thursday.
This week at St. Anselm College in Manchester, NH at the “Politics and Eggs Breakfast,” when asked about the Trans-Pacific Partnership, Gov. Chris Christie (R-NJ), a potential candidate for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination, said, “If we had a president who I
Congress should not grant President Obama authority to conclude another free trade agreement in Asia, because it would lower American wages and exacerbate income inequality.
On July 30, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law and enrolled former President Harry Truman as its first beneficiary. But today, federal unfunded liabilities are catastrophic for future taxpayers and economic growth. The US Debt Clock lists federal unfunded liabilities at $97 trillion. That equals about $818 thousand per taxpayer; about three times average U.S. net worth; and 131 percent of world GDP.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of Mark Levin’s radio show, Levin took a call lamenting Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for his position on the Trade Promotion Authority being considered by the U.S. House. Levin responded by expressing his disappointment in Ryan, who
In a joint appearance on Sean Hannity’s radio show on Wednesday, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA) warned against the passage of the so-called Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) currently being considered by the Congress. Sessions argued it
