Curtis Ellis: ‘MAKE IN INDIA’ A REMAKE OF ‘MADE IN CHINA’
India and China are rivals, with disputes over borders, the Dalai Lama and matters of cultural and national pride. But the world’s largest democracy has found something to emulate in the world’s largest communist dictatorship: predatory trade practices. Americans usually associate India with outsourced call centers and IT workers who …
Restore Accountability: Six Things to Know About Our $666 Billion Deficit
The results are in, and it doesn’t look good. Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the Fiscal Year 2017 budget deficit (fiscal years end on Sept. 30th). The final tally was an ominous $666 billion deficit – a shortfall that will add to our $20 trillion …
Last Week In Congress: Tightening Up FEMA, Help for Small Businesses in Raising Money
This week both houses of Congress are observing Veterans’ Day. That means they are taking Friday off. It also means that they are using this week to load the legislative calendar with much-needed bills related to veterans’ affairs. The House has already passed a number of these bills, including the …
Marjorie Cohn: “Mattis, Tillerson Want Blank Check to Wage Illegal War”
Via Truthout Defense Secretary James Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 30 that the Trump administration has all the legal authority it needs to kill people anywhere in the world. But just in case Congress wishes to update its old Authorization …
