Archive for December, 2012

US Energy Future Being Held Hostage

US Energy Future Being Held Hostage

After President Barack Obama won re-election, Benjamin Cole, a spokesman for the American Energy Alliance said: “I think what’s disappointing is that the policies that have seen gas prices rise and electricity rates skyrocket, and which basically worked to kill the coal industry — I think it’s disappointing that those policies will continue to be in place.”

I think Cole’s remarks should reflect the disappointment all Americans should feel about the war on coal. Fossil fuels are not going away no ...

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The Right to Work

The Right to Work

With Michigan becoming the 24th state to adopt a right-to-work law, the handwriting is on the wall: If you want to attract investment and create jobs, unions are a barrier not a benefit.

Understanding why Michigan chose the right-to-work path isn’t difficult to analyze when you consider the state has an unemployment rate of 9.1 percent. In Detroit, the state’s largest city, 34.5 percent of its citizens are on food stamps, 45.7 percent aren’t in the work force and 99,702 of ...

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Made in America Panel Concerned GOP is Overplaying its Hand on Fiscal Cliff

Made in America Panel Concerned GOP is Overplaying its Hand on Fiscal Cliff

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by noting that the right to work is a basic American tenet and that Michigan’s decision to become the nation’s 24th right-to-work state is another indication that unions are no longer creating or preserving American jobs.

Joining the show as a first time guest was conservative radio host Steve Deace, who grew up in Michigan and still has strong ties there.  An advocate of free enterprise ...

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Made in America Panel Predicts a Continued Rise in Right-to-Work States

Made in America Panel Predicts a Continued Rise in Right-to-Work States

Neal Asbury opened his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by urging listeners to look at the new job numbers with a jaundiced eye. Although Gallup predicted the new unemployment rate would hit 8.3 percent, the Obama administration once again was able to manipulate the jobless numbers to make it appear that the jobless rate has dropped below eight percent.

“You can’t take these job numbers seriously. They are just cooking the books.  What the numbers ...

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Choking on a Twinkie

Choking on a Twinkie

(Photo courtesy of Flickr Creative Commons)

Like many Americans, I was saddened by the news that Hostess Bakeries in the United States would cease operations, because who doesn’t have fond memories of, and love, for a Twinkie or Ding Dong?

But as a business owner, I was even more saddened that 18,500 employees would lose their jobs because the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers (BCTGM) Union went on strike rather than negotiate a new contract. The closure also means the end ...

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