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Made in America Panel Predicts that Employer-Paid Health Insurance Could Disappear in Light of Soaring Insurance Costs

Made in America Panel Predicts that Employer-Paid Health Insurance Could Disappear in Light of Soaring Insurance Costs

Host Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 69 stations) with a prediction that employer provided health care coverage is in danger of being eroded as health care costs soar under Obamacare. Employers may convert employee healthcare coverage to the federal government program, which will give employees the short end of the stick.

The first guest on Made in America was Carrie Sheffield from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, who returned to ...

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UAW Killed the Golden Goose

UAW Killed the Golden Goose

The general consensus is that America’s auto manufacturers gave unions an open-ended check and when they cashed it, they cashed out the futures of thousands of workers when their plants began massive layoffs.

The result is the UAW got a black eye from its members and from thousands of downstream workers who were impacted by the union’s role in the demise of the nation’s auto manufacturers.

In Chattanooga, Tenn., this week, the nation will get a glimpse of the UAW’s clout when ...

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Detroit Continues a Legacy of Inclusion

Detroit Continues a Legacy of Inclusion

Some people count Detroit down and out. I’m not one of them. To do so would ignore the contributions that the American car manufacturing industry made to the world’s industrial and economic development. And its center was Detroit.

Henry Ford is known as a visionary inventor, but he also saw the wisdom in creating a diverse workforce. According to a Ford Motor historical perspective, since its founding in 1903, “Ford has established itself as a premier American employer by supporting equitable ...

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Innovation Drives Our Economy

Innovation Drives Our Economy

The Business Roundtable recently proposed that the United States is the world’s innovation leader because of a commitment to basic research, a world-class workforce and a climate that rewards innovation.

This sense of pride has been eclipsed by a feeling of economic pessimism manifesting itself in a perceived lack of innovation from our private sector, and especially by our entrepreneurs.

Let’s look back to one of America’s greatest entrepreneurs: Henry Ford. He revolutionized automobile manufacturing and helped turn Detroit into the envy ...

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Made in America Panel Presses Obama to Recommit to Job Creation

Made in America Panel Presses Obama to Recommit to Job Creation

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 45 stations) by wondering why we have a president who wants to talk about everything but job creation, pivoting his attention on every issue that arises while ignoring 26 million unemployed and under-employed Americans.

Made in America welcomed Carl Schramm, bestselling author, economist and entrepreneur to the show as a first time guest.

In an article he wrote for Forbes entitled “Detroit Sells Off All ...

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