Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by refusing to let the Obama re-election stand in the way of continuing to fight to create more American jobs.
“We went from the high of the 2010 Congressional elections to the low of 2012, but like any entrepreneur accustomed to temporary setbacks, you have to dust yourself off and get back into the fight. If Obama thinks he has a mandate to raise taxes, he’s going to find that the nation and Congress didn’t agree to that,” said Neal, adding that he is delighted to witness Nancy Pelosi’s swan song as a Democratic leader.
Co-host Dr. Rich Roffman agreed, wondering if some people were watching the Twilight Zone when they made projections about the election. He is still amazed that so many Republican leaders, like Dick Morris, missed the danger signs and didn’t see the voting trends that toppled Romney’s election bid, and couldn’t anticipate that the coal country states weren’t coming out for Romney.
Joining the show as a return guest was Paul Lindsay, National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) Communications Director.
“We’re all naturally disappointed about the election outcome for conservatives and for the Republican Party, but we’re glad that the House retained its Republican majority running on Paul Ryan’s budget plan. But the best news is that Nancy Pelosi will never again be speaker of the House,” said Lindsay.
Lindsay warned that Obama should not interpret the election returns as a mandate to raise taxes. The American people, suggested Lindsay, do not expect Obama to go down the same path he did during his first term, and that Americans are looking for a leader that can get both parties working together.
“We cannot stand by and watch America go down a fiscal cliff in January when the Bush tax policies expire and sequestering chops vital government expenditures. Obama has lots of responsibilities on his plate and he hasn’t changed anything in Washington. He needs to start talking to Republicans,” concluded Lindsay, who predicted that the House should only lose two Republican seats, maintaining a solid Republican majority.
Neal and co-host Dr. Rich Roffman went on to explore the Obama administration’s refusal to follow the guidelines set forth in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN), which was designed to make sure that workers were given at least 60 days’ notice if they would be losing their jobs.
“Big defense contractors like Lockheed Martin and Boeing will be laying of thousands of employees without the 60 day advanced warning, which they are required to do under the WARN Act, But they held off making any announcements until after the elections, which is against the law,” said Neal.
Dr. Roffman agreed that the Obama administration has broken federal law, with the result that thousands of workers will get a nasty surprise when they are given pink slips instead of holiday bonuses.
“Nobody talked about this during the election. Yet, when factories close or are consolidated, it will have a devastating effect on employees, vendors and the local small businesses that rely on these companies for income,” said Dr. Roffman.
Dr. Roffman suggested that when you combine high taxes and out of control regulations, you have the “Hurricane Sandy” of small business loss. This was the perfect segue to a return guest of the show, Phil Kerpen, President, American Commitment, who recently published a piece in the Daily Caller entitled “Obama’s Secret (and illegal) Regulatory Bomb.”
“There are 4,000 new regulations coming down that were bottled up for 18 months so they wouldn’t drop until after the election. These new regulations will cost American business some $500 billion dollars, and this doesn’t take into account another $500 billion dollars that will hit the energy industry in the form of new “green” regulations,” proposed Kerpen.
He noted that the regulations were supposed to be released in October, but they weren’t released in 2011 until January, which is probably what will occur this year.
“These regulations will have a very negative impact on business, and there’s a good chance it will usher in a 2013 recession. But there isn’t much anybody can do about it, short of having the GOP shine a spotlight on how these regulations will impact people, or bringing it to a vote in the Senate where only 30 senators need to sponsor the vote,” concluded Kerpen.
Dr. Elaina George, Board Certified Otolaryngologist, joins Neal to comment on the rise of the nanny state.Dr. Elaina George, Board Certified Otolaryngologist, joins Neal to comment on the rise of the nanny state.Dr. Elaina George, Board Certified Otolaryngologist,Dr. Elaina George, Board Certified Otolaryngologist, Made in America’s final guest was return guest Linwood Brooks, policy director for Public Notice.
“We are heading for a fiscal cliff in January when the Bush tax cuts expire and the threat of sequestering becomes a reality. It’s enough to trigger a recession when tax increases and spending cuts occur at the same time,” said Brooks.
Brooks noted that compromises are more apt to occur when there is a lame duck administration. He believes that a bridge agreement will occur that will extend the Bush tax cuts, just as Obama did two years ago.
“It’s important that Republicans examine where we are. We need to stay up with our core principles, but that shouldn’t interfere with some compromise. Obama was willing to extend tax cuts before and I think he will again, but the debate will be extremely contentious,” predicted Brooks.
Once again, Neal and Dr. Roffman continued the weekly “Cronyism Report,” an ongoing look at how federal funding payouts are wasting taxpayer dollars.
Neal bemoaned the fact that America has to endure four more years of cronyism which robs America of jobs.
Dr. Roffman reported that the Fisker Karma, a plug-in hybrid luxury sports sedan produced by Fisker Automotive that received federal money so that the car could be manufactured in the U.S., instead is being built by Valmet Automotive in Finland. The brand has had its share of problems, including recently catching fire while warehoused in the U.S. when the batteries exploded during the Hurricane Sandy floods, which amused Dr. Roffman, who noted that a car wash isn’t probably a good idea for Fisker owners—and definitely stay away from the hot wax.
In other car news, Dr. Roffman relayed the fact that while the rumor was that Jeep, partly owned by Chrysler (thanks to a U.S. bailout) and Fiat, was going to be built in China. Instead it now might be manufactured in Italy. Either way, thousands of U.S. jobs are at stake.
“Ironically, Obama has defended his bailouts by suggesting that sometimes you lose money in an investment. Maybe if he had some business experience he would have known this BEFORE he sent billions of dollars out the federal door,” concluded Neal.
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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