United States Not Even in the Top 10
The new issue of Newsweek conducted an international poll that ranked countries in a variety of areas like quality of life, healthcare and economic dynamism. But then they came to education. The United States is not in the Top 10. We are Number 12. This does not bode well for nurturing a new generation of students that can move into the high tech jobs that will maintain this country’s economic power. Finland ranked first, South Korea is second... Read More
Neal Asbury’s Second Live Appearance on Fox & Friends August 24th, 2010
“Fox & Friends” invited American entrepreneur, talk radio host, and author, Neal Asbury to appear for a second time on their Radio Rumble segment. Neal Asbury spoke with Brian Kilmeade during the “Radio Rumble” segment covering the “Key Primary Votes in AK, AZ, and FL. Neal was joined by Thom Hartmann, talk radio host from Oregon and Charles Goyette, talk radio host from Phoenix and best selling author of “The Dollar... Read More
Neal Asbury Speaking at MIT 2010 Leaders in Global Operations Alumni Conference
Neal Asbury will be a speaker at the MIT 2010 Leaders in Global Operations Alumni Conference. Neal Asbury, chief executive of The Legacy Companies will be speaking at the 2010 Leaders in Global Operations Alumni Conference on October 15th 2010. The LGO Alumni Conference is sponsored by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This year’s conference topic is “Operations Leadership in a Global Economy”. The event will be held October... Read More
Florida Congressional Candidate Corey Poitier: “Bailouts are Bad”
Corey B. Poitier, a conservative Republican candidate for the Florida State Senate, District #35, joined Neal. No career politician, Corey is a school teacher and coach, who was born in Miami-Dade County and has lived in South Florida for 35 years. Poitier decided to run for Congress after watching the Florida school system suffer due to waste and the power of teachers unions. He thought there was a better way to run the State. He says that he... Read More
Cato Trade Expert Sallie James: Agricultural Subsidies & Pork Barrel Funds Need to Stop
Neal Asbury opened the show by recounting that the nation’s unemployment rate is above ten percent, with some 15 million Americans looking for work, and millions more that just stopped looking or are underemployed or just working part-time. Taking this into account he estimated that the total unemployment rate is actually closer to 20 percent. With such staggering numbers, Asbury suggested that it’s hard for most of us to grasp the human dimension... Read More
Revitalizing the American Entrepreneur Exporter
It’s time for America to take back its title as the world’s most successful exporting nation. It begins when US entrepreneurs embrace global trade and accept the inherent challenges – and rewards – by becoming an exporter. As a successful entrepreneur and exporter to 130 countries, let me share with you some advice that will encourage you to consider seriously expanding your distribution to include overseas markets. It may seem that support... Read More
Putting a Face on Unemployment
The nation’s unemployment rate is above nine percent, with some 15 million Americans looking for work, and millions more that just stopped looking. Our “Shadow Unemployment” is well over twenty percent. With such staggering numbers, it’s hard for most of us to grasp the human dimension to this atmosphere of despair. I came across some numbers recently that really provide some perspectives. There are 432,000 men aged 35-44 that have been... Read More
Obama Channels Abraham Lincoln – And Not in a Good Way
Barack Obama likes to quote Abraham Lincoln and often fancies himself as a reincarnation of our 16th president. The fact is, he’s pulled it off! Not since the Civil War has this nation seen such anger from its states, when 11 states seceded from the Union after Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Ironically, one of the original four states that seceded was Virginia, now locked in a legal battle with the White House over provisions of Obama... Read More
Sallie James – Policy Analyst for The Cato Institute’s Center for Trade Policy Studies
Sallie James is a policy analyst with Cato’s Center for Trade Policy Studies <http://www.freetrade.org/> . James writes and speaks on a variety of trade topics, with a research emphasis on the subject of agricultural trade policy. Before joining Cato in 2006, James was an executive officer in the Office of Trade Negotiations in the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, working on industrials market access... Read More
Neal Asbury Featured Speaker at Harvard Business School Alumni Club
Neal Asbury will be the featured speaker at the Harvard Business School Alumni Club of South Florida. Neal Asbury, chief executive of The Legacy Companies will be speaking at the Harvard Business School Club of South Florida Alumni Event on September 14, 2010. The event will be held at the University of Miami School of Business Storer Auditorium at the Coral Gables campus. The program will include a preview presentation of Neal’s “Conscientious... Read More
