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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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A Really Different Small Business Day for 2013

A Really Different Small Business Day for 2013

Saturday, Nov. 24 was Small Business Day. Nestled between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Small Business Day is a time to encourage consumers to buy from small retailers. President Barack Obama made a big deal about buying some books at a small bookstore.

The irony is that while he was giving himself a public relations boost, his tax hikes and Obamacare were shoving many of these small businesses into insolvency. As this trend continues, next year there will be far fewer ...

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What Could Business Owners and Obama Possibly Talk About

What Could Business Owners and Obama Possibly Talk About

Last week President Barack Obama invited business leaders to a meeting in the White House to try and allay fears that the economy would move back into a recession if the more than $600 billion in tax increases take effect Jan. 1.

Obama meeting with business leaders? It’s like asking the maintenance person in a hospital to practice brain surgery. It’s already been painfully proven that Obama knows next to nothing about creating jobs, and neither do members of his staff. ...

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One Lousy New Year for Small Business

One Lousy New Year for Small Business

When midnight rolls around on Dec. 31, small business owners won’t be in the mood to celebrate. Instead of popping champagne corks, they’ll see their budgets burst as we go barreling off the fiscal cliff. Small businesses, entrepreneurs and inventors will be staring down at a $607 billion tax increase.

What’s worse is 25 million unemployed and underemployed Americans will have one big hangover on Jan. 1, when it is estimated that as a result of the fiscal cliff, unemployment will ...

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