Archive for 2012

The Rebirth of Vocational Schools

The Rebirth of Vocational Schools

It took a moribund economy and unemployment combined with underemployment exceeding 25 percent for the United States to wake up to the realities of vocational schools. Apprenticeships and on-the-job training can be traced back to our nation’s founding. But as America prospered throughout the 20th century, workers turned their backs on manufacturing jobs, which they perceived as dirty and unglamorous.

Today, the most glamorous goal for the 20 million unemployed and underemployed Americans is to have a job. Therefore, vocational schools ...

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Made in America Panel Bemoans Obama’s Antipathy for American Business and Black Unemployment

Made in America Panel Bemoans Obama’s Antipathy for American Business and Black Unemployment

Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by expressing his astonishment that France is considering raising its top tax rate to 75 percent.  The result is that French business owners are meeting with their lawyers to find an exit strategy for moving their business to another country that might be more receptive to successful business.

“Does this sound familiar?  A government punishes its job creators with high taxes.  They treat successful citizens with ...

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What America and India Have In Common

What America and India Have In Common

America has the largest economy in the world. India is ranked 9th. Yet, as a result of failed energy policies in both countries, America and India have more in common than you might think.

We all read or heard about the huge power outage in India that impacted 680 million people late last month. According to news reports, it affected eight Indian states, equal to nearly double the populations of the United States and the United Kingdom combined.

Trains were delayed for ...

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Made in America Proposes that Every American Will Feel the Financial Pain if Obamacare isn’t Overturned by the Next President

Made in America Proposes that Every American Will Feel the Financial Pain if Obamacare isn’t Overturned by the Next President

Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by reminding listeners that the country just got hit with a $500 billion tax increase, courtesy of Obamacare.  And that the bad news gets worse when the Bush tax cuts end.  Every American will see a $3,000 increase in taxes, or about five percent of the average family’s income.

Joining the show was first-time guest Republican Congressman Cory Gardner, a leading conservative voice in Colorado where ...

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Some Olympic Lessons for the U.N.

Some Olympic Lessons for the U.N.

As I watch the Olympics and marvel how nations around the world can compete in peace and without rancor, I wistfully begin to imagine what would happen if the Olympics and the United Nations traded places.

The U.N.’s General Assembly meets in regular session each year from September to December. Over the past years, the U.N. has become hyper-politicized, attacking nations they don’t like and ignoring their charter to forge peace and end poverty around the world. It has become an ...

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