In most wars a victor is declared. Yet, there is one war that has raged for more than half a century and there is no winner: the war on poverty.
It started under the Lyndon Johnson administration with the best intentions. Now 50 years and $20 trillion later, poverty in this nation has actually grown worse.
How can the richest nation on earth have 50 million people living in poverty? The answer is that we have substituted a path to employment for ...
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Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 46 stations) with the sobering news that after 50 years of waging the War on Poverty – begun under the Johnson administration—that the U.S. has nothing to show for the $20 trillion it has spent on this pressing issue. Worse, there still are no real solutions.
Co-host Dr. Rich Roffman agreed, adding that the word “poverty” has such negative connotations that it is now ...
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Here in the United States we take free trade for granted. We have access to markets throughout the world, but most of us think nothing of it. We have grown accustomed to the goods and services that make our life easier.
Yet, in the Ukraine, access to free markets has been stomped on by Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych, who has decided that forming a union with Russia is preferred over a relationship with the European Union.
The result is that Ukrainians have ...
Finish Reading →Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 46 stations) by wondering why the polls that receive so much attention are so flawed and contradictory, and how anyone can make sense of what is actually going on in this country.
“But there’s one thing we all know: the cost of government is skyrocketing and needs to controlled,” proposed Neal.
Made in America welcomed back Seton Motley, president of Less Government, an organization dedicated ...
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I’m adamantly against profiling — except when it comes to profiling American-made goods. American consumers should do a better job “profiling” anything manufactured in this country and then purchase those goods. You may be surprised to know that when both foreign- and American-made products are offered, the Made in USA product is usually less expensive, and by a wide margin.
Besides spending your money wisely, there is another important reason: It creates American jobs, which contributes to American prosperity.
I recently visited ...
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