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Opponents of expanding American exports are going to great lengths to attack trade promotion authority (TPA) as well as a…
Read More (No, TPA has nothing to do with do with the President’s immigration agenda)Today, the House will vote on a bipartisan bill to permanently repeal the death tax. In recent weeks, the Ways…
Read More (The Death Tax: The ‘Wrong Tax at the Wrong Time’)Editorial boards across the country are speaking out in favor of expanding U.S. trade with other countries. With 96 percent…
Read More (Across the Country, Newspapers Support Trade Promotion Authority)Trade-deal doomsayers are raising a stink about one of the more mundane procedures of trade law: the investor-state dispute settlement…
Read More (ISDS—What’s That?)Median Household Income Is Down $2,000 during the “Recovery.” As of May 2014, U.S. median household income is down by…
Read More (Reason #20: Median Household Income Is Down $2,000 during the “Recovery”)Record Numbers Are Working Temp Jobs. Today nearly 3 million American workers are in temporary positions. Source: U.S. Department of…
Read More (Reason #19: Record Numbers Are Working Temp Jobs)Full-Time Jobs Down, Part-Time Jobs Up. In June 2014, all the job creation was in part-time employment, with significant loses…
Read More (Reason #18: Full-Time Jobs Down, Part-Time Jobs Up)Record Low Share of Adults Are Working Full-Time. The percent of adults in their prime working years (i.e. ages 25-54)…
Read More (Reason #17: Share of Adults Working Full-Time Remains Near Record Lows)Thirty-Two States Have Yet to Recover Lost Jobs. Most States have yet to recover all the jobs that were lost…
Read More (Reason #12: Thirty-Two States Have Yet to Recover Lost Jobs)More People Dropped out of the Workforce during the “Recovery” Than during the Recession. In a “recovery” that has been…
Read More (Reason #11: More People Dropped out of the Workforce during the “Recovery” Than during the Recession)