Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog ***** Stop The TPP Thom Hartmann  |  October 24, 2013  |  Campaign for America’s Future A coalition of public interest groups wants Congress to stop the Trans Pacific Partnership.  The groups sent a letter to several ranking members of Congress, asking them…

We talk a lot about why currency reform is important.  I wanted to take a moment and explain how it affects trade. A number of countries, by using government funds to buy dollars in the international currency markets, keep their own currencies persistently and artificially undervalued. This is a way…

Reposted from the Huffington Post ***** Offshore Outsourcing Has Crippled America’s Innovation Engine Curtis Ellis  |  October 19th, 2013  |  Huffington Post A generation of efficiency experts have been telling us the U.S. doesn’t need to manufacture things. We will lead the world at innovating — coming up with new…

“The future of American Mfg. is in Your Head” talk host and co chair of CPA’s OH Steering Committee, Mary Kaye Denning, speaks with Michael Stumo, CEO of the Coalition for a Prosperous America, about the impact the trade deficit has on our local economy, and our jobs. You can…

Reposted from Wire Net News ***** NEOCAM: When WIRE-Net Decided to Take On the World October 18, 2013  |  Wire Net News The year was 1999 and Gordon Barr had just purchased NewKor, Inc., a Cleveland manufacturer of high end insulation jackets for exploders and rockets, and one of the…

The Coalition for a Prosperous America is pleased to present A CPA webinar for *members* and *government staff* A Briefing from the Peterson Institute for International Economics TIME: 3:00p - 4:00p et, Tuesday, October 22nd, 2013 COST: Free DETAILS: Joe Gagnon, Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics (PIIE),…

Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog ***** It’s MFG Day! Dave Johnson  |  October 4, 2013  |  Campaign for America’s Future Today is MFG Day! From the website: MFG DAY addresses common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated…

Short and sweet, but makes the point:  

Reposted from the Campaign for America’s Future blog ***** Even In Shutdown, TPP Still Troubles Dave Johnson  |  October 3, 2013  |  Campaign for America’s Future Even as the government is shut down, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) corporate-dominance treaty rolls on. President Obama is supposed to meet with leaders at…

Our Founding Fathers determined that the legislative branch, not the president, should have trade authority.  That’s why we’re asking you to oppose something called “Fast Track” trade authority that gives too much power to President Obama. Article 1, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution says: The Congress shall have Power…