Donald Trump has promised a $1 Trillion Infrastructure plan to create jobs, but has been vague about how that would be implemented. In an interesting post, Ellen Brown makes the […]
During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to save Social Security and to protect Medicare. But since he made those commitments he seems to have gotten much closer to Paul […]
Keeping in mind that the Federal Government cannot involuntarily “run out of money” because of its constitutional money-creating capacity, then the answer to the question in the title is “of […]
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Social Security Administration, and other economic projections show Social Security and Medicare programs drawing down the balances in the “trust funds” and eventually creating an […]
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) encountered increasing resistance both in and out of Congress, the President began to look for support for the TPP by claiming that serious national […]
The Administration’s argument against the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) is that it puts our relations with nations such as Saudi Arabia in jeopardy, and so also jeopardizes […]
Investor – State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) – based agreements create a critical and ongoing problem for US Federalism. The Tenth Amendment of the US Constitution says: The powers not delegated […]
Existing and proposed trade agreements with Investor – State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) provisions fail to support and defend the Constitution, and even subvert it. Here is a partial list of likely […]
The oath of office for Congress says: “I . . . solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, […]
Well, after years of negotiation, secrecy, and, more recently, struggle in Congress to pass the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) “fast-track” bill, followed by another year or more of negotiations to […]