Moneynews RSS FeedThu, 16 May 2013 07:45:14 EDTAs an exporter, I half-heartedly believed President Obama's proposal to double U.S. exports in five years. That pledge was made in his State of the Union address in 2010, which means the clock is ticking on his plan to double American exports from $1 trillion to $2 trillion by 2015.Thu, 09 May 2013 07:38:10 EDTThe United States currently has an estimated 11 million immigrants who entered this country illegally. According to the National Research Council, the migration of these individuals into the United States costs American taxpayers $346 billion annually.Thu, 02 May 2013 07:40:04 EDTThere are 26 million unemployed and underemployed Americans, and we've just suffered the worst terrorist strike in this country since 9/11. So our Congress has snapped into action by concentrating on critical initiatives to push our nation forward.Thu, 25 Apr 2013 07:38:44 EDTIt is still galling that this nation’s entrepreneurs and small businesses — our country’s job creators — don’t get any support. Our political parties rail against each other, determined not to let either side win. This is a giant roadblock toward economic security.Thu, 18 Apr 2013 07:39:18 EDTWhile I disagree with most everything this administration has done relative to our economy and getting this country working again, as an exporter, I do agree with the consolidation of our global trade infrastructure into a single powerful agency.Thu, 11 Apr 2013 08:16:53 EDTAfter years of building what they hoped would boost profits by enhancing overseas operations, many U.S. manufacturers have become disillusioned by the lack of the return on investment they had anticipated.Thu, 04 Apr 2013 07:39:41 EDTI don’t think any sane person would disagree that our immigration policy is in complete shambles. But every 20 years or so, Congress wakes up to discover that the nation is flooded with undocumented workers. Inevitably, the solution in the past was to grant amnesty, even if it wasn’t called that.Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:39:30 EDTIf you want to know one of the biggest reasons there are no jobs, it starts with the plight of our small businesses, which account for some 80 percent of all new jobs.Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:42:06 EDTImagine a land with 47 million people who can’t afford food on their table. A new apocalypse movie blockbuster? It’s worse than that … it’s the United States of America — today. We have become The Land of the Walking Dead.Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:41:25 EDTThe president made the case during his most recent State of the Union address that the way to prosperity was to raise the federal minimum wage to $9 an hour by 2015. The rationale is that raising the minimum wage would help the middle class and businesses alike.Thu, 07 Mar 2013 08:02:26 EDTWe have companies making record profits but they aren’t hiring. How can that be?Thu, 28 Feb 2013 07:41:55 EDTIt’s time to have a conversation in this country about how we define jobs. Is any job a good job? Some would say yes, but I don’t think America should be staking its future on creating poor-paying jobs just to make the unemployment numbers look good.Thu, 21 Feb 2013 07:40:13 EDTAs an American exporter, I have pretty much given up on relying on President Barack Obama to carry through on his promises to spur American trade. He promised to double exports by 2015, but that promise is languishing.Thu, 14 Feb 2013 07:38:05 EDTIntuitively, the electric car makes all kinds of sense. It reduces our dependence on foreign oil, cuts pollution and reduces street noise. So why hasn’t America embraced the electric car?Thu, 07 Feb 2013 07:42:31 EDTToday’s young people, by and large, have shunned manufacturing work despite the opportunities. So many are either unemployed or underemployed.Thu, 31 Jan 2013 07:40:20 EDTAs an entrepreneur and business owner, I run my business based on a basic guiding principle: Return on investment (ROI). Every successful organization uses this as a yardstick for profitability — except one: the federal government.Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:44:38 EDTIf you wanted to find the poster child for out-of-control unions and a crazy worker pension system, France was where you looked. We took great delight sneering at its dysfunctional labor system that dates back to the 1789 French revolution.Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:37:47 EDTDo you have the feeling that President Barack Obama loses interest in initiatives after some time has passed? It’s like he suffers from an attention-deficit disorder.Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:41:50 EDTAs a small business owner, I knew it was coming. As a skeptic of any pronouncement by the White House relating to healthcare, I knew consumers and small businesses would get socked with higher rates.Thu, 03 Jan 2013 08:06:01 EDTTaking temporary measures to prevent tumbling off the fiscal cliff, extending the milk subsidy, delaying sequestration and partially extending the Bush tax cuts are examples of stopgap measures undertaken to prevent further economic damage.