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Trump Signs ‘Buy American, Hire American’ Executive Order
‘Buy American, Hire American’ sounds good, but in reality President Trump’s latest executive order overhauls the H1-B visa program that brings skilled workers to the U.S.
POLITICS
Donald Trump Is One Of China's Best Customers
By
Leo W. Gerard
, Contributor
International President, United Steelworkers
Trump has had countless chances to put his money where his mouth is. Yet he hasn't.
POLITICS
Burn the TPP
By
Leo W. Gerard
, Contributor
International President, United Steelworkers
Division and diversion help the one percent capture government, securing policies that further enrich the rich, like trickle-down economics under which no benefits ever actually descend, bailouts for Wall Street but not Main Street and job-destroying trade deals like NAFTA and the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership.
BUSINESS
Five Tests Walmart Must Pass to Show Its 'Made in America' Street Cred
By
Scott Paul
, Contributor
President, Alliance for American Manufacturing
Let's look at the company's big, shiny $250 billion commitment to American-made products. Sound like a big number? It is. But just like the endless aisles at your local Supercenter, everything is big with Walmart.
POLITICS
No More Subsidizing Corporate Tax Cheats
By
Rep. Rosa DeLauro
and
Rep. Lloyd Doggett
, Contributors
Too many American corporations have recently sought to renounce their corporate citizenship and reincorporate as a citizen of another country in order to avoid paying a fair share of taxes. The technical term for this practice is an "inversion," but it really is a perversion of our tax laws.
WORLDPOST
TPP Would Gut Buy American: Happy July 4th!
By
Lori Wallach
, Contributor
Director, Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch
'Buy American' would be gutted, and American jobs lost, under the TPP, the sweeping "trade" deal that President Obama says he wants to sign this year with 11 Pacific Rim nations.
BUSINESS
Walmart's Latest 'Buy America' Sham
By
Stacy Mitchell
, Contributor
Co-Director, Institute for Local Self-Reliance
In a way, Walmart's Buy America program represents the home stretch of the economic transformation the company set in motion decades ago.
BUSINESS
Stop in the Name of Love - of Country
By
Leo W. Gerard
, Contributor
International President, United Steelworkers
The conduct of the New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) in rehabilitating the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge can only be described as anti-American.
BUSINESS
What I Learned on the Bus to Bentonville
By
Al Norman
, Contributor
Founder, Sprawl-Busters
Thirty-six years after Wal-Mart was founded, an organized group finally went into Mr. Sam's neighborhood to make it clear that the will of the people was to drive Wal-Mart out of hometown America. That's what brought us to Bentonville.
POLITICS
How the Texas Legislature Stuck It to You This Time
By
Jason Stanford
, Contributor
Democratic strategist and writer
There is not a credible economist out there who can say with a straight face that what the Texas economy needs is a business tax cut, so that's exactly what Rick Perry demanded.
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BUSINESS
Wal-Mart Discovers 'Made in America' -- Again
By
Al Norman
, Contributor
Founder, Sprawl-Busters
We can be sure of one thing: Wal-Mart has promised before that it would Buy American -- and it didn't. Like Sam Walton's promises 20 years ago, Bill Simon's rediscovery of American manufacturing in 2013 isn't worth the paper his press release was printed on.
VIDEOS
I Bought Only American For A Whole Week
Jey Fortman explains how she decided to buy only American-made products for her family throughout an entire week, and the obstacles she encountered as well as the insights she gained.
BUSINESS
The Black Friday Challenge: Buy One American-Made Item
By
Scott Paul
, Contributor
President, Alliance for American Manufacturing
The day after Thanksgiving, "Black Friday," is also an American tradition, and it's the most visible symptom of what's really dragging down our middle class: we consume too much from overseas, and we don't produce enough here to make up the difference.
SMALL BUSINESS
The Patriotism of Entrepreneurship
By
Nick Friedman
, Contributor
Co-Founder and President, College Hunks Hauling Junk and Movin...
As a business owner, I have the power to create jobs and help fuel a stalled economy. Beyond the confines of my own business, though, I also have the power to help rejuvenate all the tangential businesses that help my own company run.
BUSINESS
The High Cost of Cheap Imports
By
Linda and Tony Cole
, Contributor
Contributor
A consumer movement aimed at buying American goods, or goods from balanced trade partners, could save our economy. But to do this, we need more accurate information about where things actually come from. We need a detailed country-of-origin label.
POLITICS
Trans-Pacific Partnership: Key Senate Democrat Joins Bipartisan Trade Revolt Against Obama
By
Zach Carter
Like Issa, Wyden spent much of 2011 opposing new intellectual property standards from the Stop Online Piracy Act that Internet
POLITICS
Darrell Issa Questions Obama On Trans-Pacific Partnership, Leaks Key Text Of Trade Deal
By
Zach Carter
Issa -- who endeared himself to the tech community in 2011 by speaking out against the Stop Online Piracy Act -- is again
POLITICS
Congress Revolts On Obama Plan That Would Ban 'Buy American'
By
Zach Carter
Public interest groups also worry that the same trade policies that could ban Buy American breaks will also prevent the U.S
MONEY
National Consumer Protection Week: It's Up to You (Sorry!)
By
Adam Levin
, Contributor
Author of Swiped. Former Director New Jersey Division of Consu...
I'm not suggesting that anyone purchase an inferior product just because it was made in the U.S.A. But if it's a tossup between two products of comparable price and quality, one American and one not, buy American. Here's why.
SAN FRANCISCO
New BART Cars Spark Outrage Over Cost And Outsourcing (PHOTOS)
By
Aaron Sankin
BART's plan to completely replace its fleet of 669 train cars has long been in the works; however, as more details of the
POLITICS
Legislation Offers Antidote for Stupidity of Shipping Tax-Dollar-Financed Jobs Overseas
By
Leo W. Gerard
, Contributor
International President, United Steelworkers
Amid prolonged, painfully high unemployment, ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer for the past year tirelessly advocated a simple solution: buy American-made products.
BUSINESS
Job-Creation Idea No. 11: Buy American -- If You Can
By
Dan Froomkin
They also need to adopt "buy domestic" requirements for federal procurements, which represent 20 percent of our nation's
POLITICS
Gallup: Americans Think the Best Way to Create Jobs Is to Protect Manufacturing
By
Mike Elk
, Contributor
Labor reporter at POLITICO; Member of the Washington Baltimore...
Senate Democrats should go back to the drawing board and do a real job bills that makes America competitive with China by investing in infrastructure with Buy America provisions.
BUSINESS
Toyota's Gift to Detroit
By
Andy Ostroy
, Contributor
Political and Pop Culture Analyst
Toyota's crisis is the biggest gift to American automakers since the government's bailout eighteen months ago. If Detroit is smart, we'll be hearing a lot of
"Buy American"
very soon.
POLITICS
Like 5.7% GDP Growth? Pass A Real Jobs Bill.
By
Bill Scher
, Contributor
Senior Writer, Campaign for America's Future
POLITICS
Before And After Obama's Speech, With Populist Caucus Chair Bruce Braley
By
Chris Weigant
, Contributor
Chris Weigant is a political commentator.
Congratulations on the Populist Caucus's upcoming first anniversary. I notice you've now got 30 members, up from your original
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