Posts Tagged 'unemployment'

Central Planning Is a Job Killer

Central Planning Is a Job Killer

In Paul Ryan’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, he referred to “central planning” as the core of the Obama administration’s approach to the economy. He nailed it. Central planning is actually a form of social engineering, where the chief planner (President Barack Obama) intervenes in the economy to manipulate it to his own standards and anticipated results.

This is the antithesis of how this country grew and prospered. After suffering under the yoke of a British monarchy where the ...

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RNC Demonstrates GOP Support for Small Business

RNC Demonstrates GOP Support for Small Business

I was honored to have been invited to appear in Tampa during the Republican National Convention on a panel together with Rep. Darrell Issa of California titled Government and Entrepreneurship. However, Hurricane Isaac caused the session to be cancelled.

Yet, the topic intrigued me. When discussing how entrepreneurship and government should intersect, the easy answer is … not at all. The last thing that entrepreneurs and small businesses need is more government interaction.

As an entrepreneur, I’ve seen enough intersection with government ...

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The Rebirth of Vocational Schools

The Rebirth of Vocational Schools

It took a moribund economy and unemployment combined with underemployment exceeding 25 percent for the United States to wake up to the realities of vocational schools. Apprenticeships and on-the-job training can be traced back to our nation’s founding. But as America prospered throughout the 20th century, workers turned their backs on manufacturing jobs, which they perceived as dirty and unglamorous.

Today, the most glamorous goal for the 20 million unemployed and underemployed Americans is to have a job. Therefore, vocational schools ...

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Made in America Panel Bemoans Obama’s Antipathy for American Business and Black Unemployment

Made in America Panel Bemoans Obama’s Antipathy for American Business and Black Unemployment

Neal Asbury began his nationally syndicated “Neal Asbury’s Made in America” show on Radio America by expressing his astonishment that France is considering raising its top tax rate to 75 percent.  The result is that French business owners are meeting with their lawyers to find an exit strategy for moving their business to another country that might be more receptive to successful business.

“Does this sound familiar?  A government punishes its job creators with high taxes.  They treat successful citizens with ...

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When a President Mocks Small Business

When a President Mocks Small Business

As an entrepreneur who has worked my entire life to create new businesses, hire more than 200 employees and risk everything I own on my companies, I join the chorus of Americans who are outraged by President Barack Obama’s recent outburst, “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

This is clearly the most definitive proof that Obama does not understand small business, does not like small business and lacks the rudimentary knowledge of how ...

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