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Facebook Co-founder’s Actions Expose Our Broken System

By John Olen May 18, 2012
Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin has sparked outrage by renouncing his U.S. citizenship in advance of his company's initial public offering (IPO) today. It appears that his motivation for doing so was to avoid paying what could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars in capital gains taxes in coming years. Read More »

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Our Election System is Not Working

By Thomas Heffner May 18, 2012
The focus of every politician or political candidate is to receive money to sway voters. Rather than looking out for what is best for the nation, politicians look out for what is best in the short term – supporting whatever policies will get them more votes. Read More »

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Bonds Could Help Save American Manufacturing

By Karl Rusnak May 17, 2012
American manufacturing is in desperate need of help. The U.S. needs to make it easier to fund new investment in manufacturing. Read More »

Increased Imports Will Not Produce Better Jobs

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NAFTA cannot be called anything but an economic disaster for the United States, but that is not to say that profits have not been made. Multinational corporations have seen their profits grow as a result of NAFTA, but those profits have not created jobs in the United States. When the public is sold on free trade agreements, they are told that free trade agreements create economic activity through increased trade. Unfortunately for American workers, that economic activity usually means a few rich individuals are profiting at their expense.

Coming to Terms with Reality

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The wealth of the United States was largely achieved during the 20th century through the development of our industrial base. Our manufacturing industry has been eroded and rebuilt overseas, motivated by our domestic and foreign policies that did nothing to maintain America’s manufacturing capabilities. Free trade is meant to provide a mutual advantage between the two trading parties. When one country is better at production in one particular sector, and the other party is better in another, the two benefit from trade.

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