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Made in America Panel Adamant that Imperfect New Budget Must Restore Benefits to Veterans

Made in America Panel Adamant that Imperfect New Budget Must Restore Benefits to Veterans

Passing the new budget–five years in the making—lead off the discussion on Neal Asbury’s nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America (now on 46 stations).  Neal was gratified that at least Congress had a voice in the budget process and President Obama didn’t unilaterally decide to pass the budget himself.

Made in America welcomed back Tennessee Congresswomen Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), who noted that while the new $1.1 trillion budget isn’t perfect, at least it adds some certainty ...

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A Culture of Dependency

A Culture of Dependency

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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Made in America Panel Proposes that Government has created a Culture of Dependency

Made in America Panel Proposes that Government has created  a Culture of Dependency

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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Taking Free Trade for Granted

Taking Free Trade for Granted

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 ...

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