Archive for 2013

Our Bundled Ambassadors

Our Bundled Ambassadors

The way President Obama is handing out ambassadorships to big donors and bundlers, it’s like he’s channeling Oprah Winfrey. “And you get an ambassadorship, and you get an ambassadorship and you get an ambassadorship.”

There certainly is a precedent for presidents bestowing ambassadorships on supporters, but they usually had some basic qualifications.

Caroline Kennedy was recently named ambassador to Japan. Does she have any experience in international relations? No. Does she speak Japanese? No. Does she have any experience in trade relations, ...

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Made in America Panel Pushes to End Dodd-Frank

Made in America Panel Pushes to End Dodd-Frank

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 45 stations) with the sobering news that it’s been three years since the ill-conceived Dodd-Frank bill was enacted supposedly to clean up the banking industry.  Yet in its wake, it has dried up loans to small businesses and hurt mortgages.

Neal’s first guest was returning banking expert John Berlau, Senior Fellow for Finance and Access to Capital in the Center for Economic Freedom at ...

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Could Henry Ford Have Saved Detroit?

Could Henry Ford Have Saved Detroit?

Every American should be sickened by the news that Detroit is bankrupt. What was once the envy of the world for its pioneering automobile industry has become an also-ran on the world stage.

What went wrong? In one word: unions.

At the start of the 20th century, Henry Ford recognized that innovation and a productive work force was a winning combination.

According to Ford Motor Co.’s own overview: “Early on, Ford had shocked his business and industrial contemporaries by creating the $5 workday, ...

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Made in America Panel Advocates Dumping Obamacare’s Employer Mandate

Made in America Panel Advocates Dumping Obamacare’s Employer Mandate

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 45 stations) by wondering aloud why if Obamacare is so good, why is it being delayed? The answer, of course, is that it’s a political ploy.

Neal’s first guest was Avik Roy, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute and Editor at Forbes, who reminded listeners that only Obamacare’s employer mandate was being delayed. Roy attributes the delay to an outcry from both big and small businesses ...

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Made in America Panel Proposes it’s Time to Dump the NLRB and Farm Bill Subsidies

Made in America Panel Proposes it’s Time to Dump the NLRB and Farm Bill Subsidies

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 45 stations) by expressing his astonishment that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) admitted what most people have suspected all along, that their major job was to help workers unionize – one of the chief impediments to job creation.

Neal’s first guest was Trey Kovacs, a Policy Analyst at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. He focuses on economic impacts of labor and finance policy.

He is ...

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