Posts Tagged 'Obama'

Our Bipolar Economy

Our Bipolar Economy

For the 26 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, this economy has got to be mind-blowing. On one hand, the Shadow Government Statistics’ “Alternate Unemployment Rate” remained at 23 percent in January, its highest level ever.

On the other hand, the Dow Jones Industrial Average just zoomed past 14,000, hitting record highs.

In addition, Dean Maki, chief U.S. economist at Barclays, is quoted as saying: “As a percentage of national income, corporate profits stood at 14.2 percent in the third quarter of 2012, ...

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Made in America Panel Proposes that Sequestration is not necessary and Obama is using it as a scare tactic

Made in America Panel Proposes that Sequestration is not necessary and Obama is using it as a scare tactic

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 44 stations) by noting that the cost of Obamacare is predicted to add $6.2 trillion to the national debt, further hurting the 26 million Americans that are unemployed or underemployed.

Joining the show as a return guest was Republican Representative, John Fleming, an MD and small business owner who represents Louisiana’s Fourth Congressional District.

“I’ve talked to constituents throughout the country and they are starting ...

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Obama’s Most Important Sentence

Obama’s Most Important Sentence

As an American exporter, I have pretty much given up on relying on President Barack Obama to carry through on his promises to spur American trade. He promised to double exports by 2015, but that promise is languishing.

In fact, the Economic Policy Institute notes that “while the U.S. trade deficit in petroleum goods declined $34.8 billion (10.7 percent), the U.S. trade deficit in non-petroleum goods increased $35.3 billion (8.8 percent). Growing goods trade deficits have eliminated millions of U.S. ...

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Made in America Panel Characterizes State of the Union Address as Valentine for Obama Cronies

Made in America Panel Characterizes State of the Union Address as Valentine for Obama Cronies

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Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 44 stations) by wondering why in his State of the Union Address, President Obama failed to mention any initiative that would help the nation’s  entrepreneurs — America’s job creators.  It’s a repeating trend that Neal finds troubling. Returning to Made in America as a guest was David Harsanyi, of Human Events. He was previously Editorial Manager at ...

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Wasting Away in Washingtonville

Wasting Away in Washingtonville

As an entrepreneur and business owner, I run my business based on a basic guiding principle: Return on investment (ROI). In other words, for every dollar I spend, what do I hope to get in return? Every successful organization uses this as a yardstick for profitability — except one: the federal government.

Total federal debt in 2012 surpassed $16 trillion, while federal spending reached $3.6 trillion, or 22.9 percent of a share of the overall economy. This equates to $10 billion ...

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