Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by suggesting that the new unemployment numbers released by the Obama administration are highly suspicious, based on the time proximity to the November election.
“These are crazy unemployment numbers. You can do anything to manipulate numbers. I mean if everybody stops looking for a job, the unemployment rate will be zero. They keep telling us everything is improving, but not a single entrepreneur I talk with believes that this country is headed in the right direction,” said host Neal Asbury.
Joining the show as a first time guest was Republican Congressman, Phil Gingrey, MD, representing Georgia’s 11th district.
“The new unemployment numbers are very suspicious. But even a drop from 8 to 7.8 percent isn’t an occasion to dance a jig. Out of the last 48 months, 43 of them had an unemployment rate above eight percent. Here in Georgia our unemployment rate is above nine percent. If things are getting better, we’re not seeing it,” said Dr. Gingrey.
He added that Obama adding three more months to federal unemployment benefits isn’t the solution to job creation.
Co-host Dr. Rich Roffman joined the discussion and revealed that the BLS unemployment figures were missing statistics from one large state—not identified by the Dept. of Labor—although confirmed by them, which could have impacted the actual numbers.
Dr. Gingrey noted that Obamacare has added $27 billion in federal spending and had led to a drop of 18,000 jobs. This is on top of the 100,000 jobs that were lost when Obama vetoed the Keystone Pipeline project.
“Obamacare will kill medicine as we know it, and it will permanently harm the doctor/patient relationship,” concluded Dr. Gingery.
The discussion about the suspicious unemployment numbers continued between Neal and Dr. Roffman.
“Now you have Gallup revising their poll methodolgoy because the Obama administration objected to some of their numbers and the DOJ threatened Gallup with a federal lawsuit. Obama is betting that people will stop looking for work and will become invisible when the unemployment rate is calculated. But unemployed people don’t deserve to be invisible,” said Neal.
Dr. Roffman agreed that the job numbers were—at best– manufactured.
“Obama is taking credit for creating 1,000,000 jobs in the month of September, which would be the most jobs created in one month since the 1980s, during the robust Reagan economy. More than 20 economists have gone on record saying that the numbers were impossible when you have a GDP of 1.3 percent and a flat U-6. You can’t keep putting out numbers and pretending that everything is fine. It’s not,” said Dr. Roffman.
Joining the show as first-time guest was J Mays, Group Vice President for Design, and chief creative officer for the Ford Motor Company. He is responsible for shaping the global design direction of Ford Motor Company’s Ford and Lincoln brands.
During his career at Ford, Mays has managed and developed the design language of multiple vehicle brands, successfully leading the effort to develop the single, global Ford design language that now applies to most vehicles the company produces around the world.
In introducing Mays, Neal reminded the audience that 57 percent of car buyers favor Ford over GM because Ford did not accept any bailout money.
“I have a team of 1,100 designers all over the world, although the majority is in Dearborn, Michigan. Our job is to have buyers fall in love with our car designs. It’s like any relationship. You fall in love due to an emotional attachment, so we put a lot of effort in creating a car design that delivers that emotional attachment,” said Mays.
Both Neal and Rich are avid car lovers and were envious when May revealed that he worked on two generations of the Ford Mustang and had his picture taken with Ford icon Carroll Shelby, who created the 427 Cobra.
Made in America’s final guest was Lauren Stover, Assistant Aviation Director for Public Safety, Security and Communications for the Miami-Dade Aviation Department (MDAD), responsible for supervising the Security Operations and Communications divisions for Miami International Airport as well as overseeing the Police and Fire Rescue operations for the Department.
Normally a behind-the-scenes executive at Miami International Airport (MIA), Stover has raised her profile due to her participation in a reality TV show airing on the Travel Channel entitled, “Airport 24/7 MIA.” Stover gives viewers a behind the scenes look at parts of the airport off limits to most people, but she noted that no sensitive security information was divulged.
“I was hesitant at first but I think our visitors and customers have a right to know what we do to protect their safety and security,” said Stover.
She suggested that MIA was an understandable choice for the show since it adds $26.7 million to the local economy, is an economic engine for Dade County and creates thousands of jobs.
Once again, Asbury and co-host Dr. Rich Roffman introduced their weekly “Cronyism Report,” an ongoing look at how federal funding payouts are wasting taxpayer dollars.
Despite his seeming obsessing with the Chevy Volt each week, Dr. Roffman admitted that he tried to avoid talking about the car again, but it continues to make news, and for all the wrong reasons.
“Since the taxpayers now own GM, we are all not only losing millions of dollars on the terrible Chevy Volt, we also are losing the American jobs it was supposed to create. Now there’s word that Compact Power, which received a $150 million in DOE federal loans, plus federal tax credits, to produce the specialized batteries for the Volt, are now outsourcing manufacturing to their South Korea division. So now we continue to lose money and—apparently–jobs,” said Dr. Roffman, adding, “And worse–we are forcing our embassies to buy the Volt when they don’t have enough money to afford more security.”
Each week Neal Asbury’s Made in America provides Neal’s insights into the week’s top news stories and their impact on the worlds of entrepreneurship, small business ownership and the overall economy. Neal’s analysis, together with co-host Dr. Richard Roffman, a veteran 30-year publisher with extensive domestic and international experience, takes a non-biased approach based on real life experience in business as an American manufacturer and exporter. Made in America airs nationally each Saturday from 7-8:00 PM on Radio America. Link to Made in America at http://www.nealasbrysmadeinamerica.com.
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