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CEO of California Association for Recycling All Trash, www.Calrecycles.com and CEO of Genuine-American Merchandise & Equipment, www.genuine-american.com, manufacturers of tennis equipment in the USA (Tennis Wellbow, Good Vibe vibration dampener and Mother Deuce: a children's book about tennis.www.genuine-american.com) Former Chairman, Made in the USA Foundation, economist and lawyer, author of 18 books and hundreds of articles.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, October 20, 2013 Outsourcing Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act website was outsourced to Canada and does not work well. This article explores how it can be fixed.
SHARE Saturday, August 17, 2013 Great American Products to Buy Labor Day Weekend
Ten great American products to buy Labor Day weekend, from lightbulbs to cellphones and flat screen TVs, all Made in the United States.
(5 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 4, 2013 Why Lincoln and Cadillac are Failing
Mercedes and BMW manufacture more luxury cars in the United States than either Cadillac or Lincoln. Cadillac and Lincoln are making more cars in Mexico despite the fact that Americans believe quality is better in products Made in the USA.
(13 comments) SHARE Tuesday, August 15, 2017 Endgame: How President Trump will go Down
This article explains how the Trump Administration will end. Mueller will indict General Flynn, Paul Manafort, Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and others. The President will pardon them. With mounting pressure to impeach the president, he will resign.
(13 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 4, 2014 Is Mercedes Illegally Dumping Cars in the United States?
Mercedes is selling its CLA 250 in the United States for $29,900. It is selling the same car in Germany for $44,525. This is illegal under U.S. and international law.
(23 comments) SHARE Wednesday, May 15, 2019 Arresting the Attorney General
Congress has the power and ability to arrest the Attorney General for contempt of Congress.
SHARE Tuesday, December 3, 2019 Ford Motor Company Has Lost its Way
Ford is making its new Mustang SUV in Mexico with Polish batteries. Henry Ford would roll over in his grave. He wanted his workers to be paid well enough to afford his cars. Mexican workers making $2.25 per hour will not be able to afford this $50,000 vehicle.
(18 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 13, 2020 It is Time to Boycott Russian Products
Russia is killing Americans, invading the Ukraine and interfering in our elections. It is time to strike back, and hit Russia in its pocket book by boycotting Russian products.
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, September 16, 2017 It is Time to Ban Boxing
Article makes the case for banning boxing. It includes medical, ethical and other arguments for banning a barbaric "sport."
(20 comments) SHARE Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Why Baltimore is Burning
Describes the underlying economic reasons for the recent riots in Baltimore.
SHARE Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Dozen Dumbest Things About the United States
Dozen Dumbest Things About the United States, including horrible train service, gridlock in Congress, immigrants crossing the border in droves, plastic pollution, massive student debt, out-of-control wildfires and a shortage of fresh water. As a nation we have made many drastic mistakes. I will highlight the Dozen Dumbest mistakes that we have made.
(6 comments) SHARE Friday, September 15, 2023 Seize Starlink from Elon Musk
Elon Musk has refused to provide his Starlink service to the Ukraine in crucial areas. Musk has also been talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin about Ukraine. The US government has the power to seize Starlink if Musk will not agree to provide service the Ukraine seeks.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 14, 2014 Richard Nixon's Biggest Mistake
Richard Nixon's biggest mistake was opening trade to China with no regulation of pollution or currency manipulations.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 8, 2020 Trump Violated Anti-Nepotism Law
President Trump violated the federal anti-nepotism law by appointed his daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner to high-level government positions.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 28, 2015 WTO: World Take Over
Explains that the WTO is not a legitimate international organization and that the United States should either reform it or get out.
(4 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 21, 2019 How U.S. Got Into Economic Distress
The U.S. economy is not in good shape. Student loans are out of control. Housing costs are unaffordable. Most Americans are living paycheck to paycheck.
(5 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 15, 2016 Why Self-Driving Cars will Fail
Obtacles to adoption of self-driving cars. Accidents, exchanging insurance information, getting pulled over by the police, ice, snow, mechanical problems.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, January 22, 2014 Outsourcing Obamacare Again
Obama Administration fires Canadian healthcare website company and hires expat American company that dodges US taxes by incorporating overseas.
SHARE Saturday, April 1, 2017 12 Things President Trump Should Know About Trade
12 things trump should know about trade, that the WTO is not a legitimate organization, that consumers want country of origin labeling, that CVS doesn't want consumers to know where their drugs come from.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, July 24, 2023 We Should Invite Taiwan to Become a U.S. Territory
In order to prevent another Ukraine situation, we should invite Taiwan to become a U.S. Territory to protect the democratic island nation.
(26 comments) SHARE Thursday, May 26, 2022 Open Up the Port of Odessa
NATO, led by the United States, should end the blockade of Odessa with its navies. Millions of Africans and Asians will starve if the Ukraine cannot ship grain and other food products there.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 4, 2019 Gerrymandering and the Supreme Court
Article criticizes Supreme Court for allowing gerrymandering, an undemocratic scheme that runs afoul of the principle of one man, one vote.
SHARE Saturday, October 12, 2019 The US-Japan Trade Agreement is Weak and Unconstitutional
President Trump failed in the US-Japan trade agreement to cover most important causes of our trade deficit: autos. The President also failed to submit the treaty to the Senate as required by the Constitution.
SHARE Tuesday, August 20, 2019 Trade War with China is Good for United States
We have been in a trade war with China for 40 years, but only China has been fighting it. We have become too dependent on China and need to become more self-sufficient.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, December 25, 2018 Worldwide Corporate Tax Dodge
Corporations are not paying their fair share of taxes. Corporations have lobbied governments around the world for low tax rates, and now pay much less than real people. This is the reason most workers are struggling to make ends meet.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, November 21, 2022 Immunity for Mohammed Bin Salman is a Grave Mistake
The Justice Department's decision to grant immunity to Mohammed Bin Salman is a mistake. It gives the wrong signal to dictators, like Putin, to continue to kill and imprison innocent people.
(5 comments) SHARE Monday, September 12, 2022 U.S. Supreme Court is Off the Rails
The Supreme Court has lost all respect by becoming a reactionary court. Even conservative Chief Justice Roberts disagreed with the decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
SHARE Wednesday, November 21, 2018 The Demise of American Denim?
Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross caused the last major denim factory in the U.S. to close shop. A billionaire, he could have easily saved the company.
(4 comments) SHARE Thursday, September 29, 2022 Lies Chrysler Tells Us
Chrysler has ads for the Dodge Challenger that proclaim "Domestic, not Domesticated." This is a bald-face lie. The Challenger is made in Canada.
SHARE Thursday, April 13, 2023 Eliminate the Cap on FDIC Insurance
The cap on FDIC insurance of $250,000 should be eliminated. This will prevent runs on banks when depositors fear their bank is failing.
SHARE Thursday, September 20, 2018 Is the WTO Unfair to the United States?
President Trump called the WTO unfair. Bob Woodward responded that the WTO often rules with the United States. Who is right? Both are right.
The WTO needs reform because it does not have a permanent judiciary and because it hears cases in private.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, August 23, 2017 Unintended Consequences of Trading with China
Our massive trade deficits with China are causing our housing shortage by encouraging Chinese citizens to buy U.S. homes.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, September 18, 2017 Why President Trump Should Support Single-Payer Healthcare
Reasons that President Trump should support single-payer health care. The main reason is that private insurance paid for by manufacturers hurts U.S. competitiveness.
SHARE Tuesday, June 16, 2020 Free Trade Bill of Rights
Free trade does not really exist. We cannot have free trade with slave and child labor and uneven environmental laws. We need ground rules before we can have truly free trade.
SHARE Tuesday, February 28, 2017 Oh Canada! How Canada Cheats on Trade
How Canada cheats on trade--by banning U.S. beer, slapping very high tariffs on cheese and illegally subsidizing movies.
SHARE Tuesday, February 7, 2017 Is Judge Neil Grouch a Closet Liberal?
Article discusses why author believes Judge Gorsuch will not be a reliable conservative on the Supreme Court.
SHARE Monday, July 24, 2023 Open Letter to Gavin Newsom re Recycling Loophole
California allows companies to avoid recycling by paying a fine of $100 a day per store. This is a massive loophole that does not help reduce plastic waste.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, May 18, 2020 Respect the Inspectors General
The Inspectors General were created to prevent fraud and abuse in government. They are under attack by President Trump.
SHARE Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Trump's Trade and Tax Theories are Seriously Flawed
Trump's trade policies are wrong. Negotiating a better deal is a small part of the problem. The real problem is businessmen like Trump who outsource products to China and Mexico.
(13 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 9, 2018 Harm Caused by Electoral College
Harm caused by electoral college included two minority presidents in the past 20 years, George W. Bush and Donald J. Trump.
SHARE Friday, August 26, 2016 Winners at the Olympic Games
Real winners at Olympic Games are U.S. manufacturers who, for the first time in many years, produced all the U.S.A.'s uniforms for the games.
(5 comments) SHARE Friday, January 14, 2022 Who Killed Martin Luther King?
I published James Earl Ray's story that he did not kill Martin Luther King. The King family, and most civil-rights leaders, agreed with me that James Earl Ray was not the assassin.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, November 28, 2017 Medicare Imports Must be Reduced
Medicare imports $100 billion per year in medical devices, equipment and drugs. This can easily be reduced.
SHARE Wednesday, July 22, 2015 The New Green of Ireland
Ireland is stealing American companies by offering low tax rates. Most pharmaceutical companies are now manufacturing in Ireland.
(3 comments) SHARE Monday, February 19, 2018 Sex, Age and Video Games
Require gun buyers to be 25 years of age, ban assault rifles and advise children to avoid violent video games.
SHARE Thursday, July 27, 2017 Trump Administration Fails to Buy American
Military exchanges are 90% imports. We can create 200,000 jobs by requiring the Army, Navy and Air Force stores to buy American-made products.
SHARE Friday, September 23, 2022 Houston, We Have a Problem
NASA allows China and other countries to sell NASA-logoed products around the world. Congress can pass legislation to require that these American iconic products are made in the USA.
SHARE Thursday, March 19, 2020 We are Too Reliant on China
The coronavirus has shown that we are too dependent on imports from China of medical supplies and other equipment.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, October 22, 2018 Nafta 2.0
NAFTA 2.0 is a fraud. Trump gives it a new name but in reality it is NAFTA Light.
(1 comments) SHARE Thursday, December 24, 2015 Country of Origin: Where is Your Beef From?
Congress and the President have just caved in and gutted the Country of Origin Labeling Act (COOL) removing the requirement that meat must be labeled with its source.
SHARE Tuesday, May 2, 2023 The Fed's Collateral Damage
The Federal Reserve's extraordinarily fast increases in interest rates was the cause for Silicon Valley Bank and First Republic Bank's demise.
SHARE Saturday, August 13, 2022 Six Reasons Democrats will Win Midterms
Democrats will win the midterms because of their fundraising advantage, the abortion and gun control decisions of the Supreme Court, because their candidates are superior and because inflation is coming down.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, April 26, 2018 Buick Fails to Get U.S. Consumers to Buy Its Imported Cars
General Motors, which U.S. taxpayers bailed out in 2008 for $50 billion to save U.S. jobs, has been importing Buicks made in China and Poland. That's the bad news. The good news is that consumers are rejecting these imported vehicles.
SHARE Tuesday, April 15, 2014 What's Wrong with General Motors?
What General Motors needs to do to reform: Compensate the victims of its dangerous defects and become and American company once again.
SHARE Friday, May 31, 2019 National Service and College Loans
We should reward national service, in the military, Peace Corp, Americorp, doctors in rural communities and teachers with a new GI bill that pays off student debt for every year of service.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 26, 2022 I'm Fed up with the Fed
The Federal Reserve does not know how to fight inflation. Raising interest rates won't work. It needs to buy bonds of microchip companies and construction firms to increase the supply of houses and microchips.
SHARE Wednesday, January 23, 2019 College Coaches, Tuition and Homeless Students
College coaches are overpaid, tuition is too high and there are far too many homeless students. All of this can be changed by Congress by limiting salaries of college coaches at public universities to $500,000 per year.
SHARE Thursday, October 19, 2023 Inequality and Lotteries
Lotteries give too much to one winner. We should spread the wealth giving $1 million to 1,000 people rather than $1 billion to one person
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Defense Department is Offensive
Patriot Missiles don't work very well. We need to protect our troops with better defensive systems.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 1, 2023 Blowback from Stock Buybacks
Stock buybacks harm corporations and the economy. They are a symptom that something is wrong with our tax system and with the economy.
SHARE Friday, May 12, 2023 California's Proposed Reparations are Not Justified
California is considering reparations to African Americans living in the state. But California was never a slave state. Individual reparations where a government agency took property or discriminated against citizens are often justified.
(8 comments) SHARE Saturday, January 27, 2018 An Elected Attorney General
Benefits of an elected attorney general. Attorneys general are elected in most states.
SHARE Saturday, July 22, 2023 Reopen the Port of Odessa
Russia is once again blockading the export of Ukrainian grains to the world. The US, France and the UK navies should escort grain ships from Odessa to ports in Africa and Asia.
(10 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 15, 2021 Five Reasons to Ban Bitcoins
Bitcoins have no instrinsic value and are the favorite currency for drug dealers and other criminals.
SHARE Tuesday, February 27, 2018 U.S. Olympic Failures
US Olympic Committee should resign for failure to expose Larry Nassar's abuse of gymnasts, for poor showing in South Korea and for failure to provide "Made in the USA" uniforms.
SHARE Thursday, April 30, 2020 Tesla Should Buy Ford
Tesla and Ford should merge to make a 21st Century American car company that can succeed worldwide.
(3 comments) SHARE Tuesday, June 7, 2022 The Minimum Age to Buy a Gun Should be 25
Most gun deaths are caused by males under the age of 25. We should raise the age to buy a gun to 25. In Israel, it is 27.
SHARE Tuesday, April 14, 2020 Let the Large Cruise Lines Sink
Large cruise ships are floating petri dishes that are registered overseas. They should not be bailed out by U.S. taxpayers.
SHARE Tuesday, April 13, 2021 How to Pass Gun Control Legislation
Gun control legislation can be passed as a budget reconciliation bill if it imposes fees and taxes.
(5 comments) SHARE Sunday, December 12, 2021 Bury Power Lines
Above-ground power lines have ignited most forest fires in California. California now has a massive budget surplus and can afford to bury all power lines.
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(11 comments) SHARE Thursday, July 1, 2021 Water in All the Wrong Places
We have a critical shortage of fresh water. We can build desalinization plants that will replenish fresh water and will reduce sea levels that are rising at an astonishing pace.
SHARE Wednesday, April 12, 2023 Tennessee in the Crosshairs
The Tennessee legislature expelled two young black representatives for protesting the legislature's lack of gun control legislation.
SHARE Monday, April 12, 2021 An Alternative Tax Increase
Biden's proposed corporate tax increase needs to be modified to tax manufacturers less so that we can compete worldwide.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, October 28, 2015 Drones are a National Security Nightmare
Drones present a serious danger to national security. This article describes how they should be regulated.
(4 comments) SHARE Monday, December 28, 2015 Born in the USA?
Senator Ted Cruz is not eligible under the Constitution to be President of the United States because he was born in Canada. Only one of his parents was an American citizen, the other a Cuban.
SHARE Saturday, March 16, 2019 GM Should Keep the Lordstown Plant Open
GM owes it to American taxpayers to keep the Lordstown, Ohio factory open. It should restore production from South Korea and other countries and make those cars in Ohio.
(1 comments) SHARE Sunday, June 19, 2022 What the U.S. Can Learn from the Israeli Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court usually makes "winner take all" decisions while the Israeli Supreme Court often issues compromise decisions. The Israeli Court defuses controversial issues by giving each side a partial victory.
(2 comments) SHARE Monday, December 13, 2021 Can You Spare a Tire?
More and more cars and sold without a spare tire. This can be dangerous when you get a flat is a desolate area.
(1 comments) SHARE Monday, April 29, 2019 China is Burying Us
China is burying us with opioids, trade imbalances and espionage.
SHARE Friday, December 24, 2021 Establishing Federal Corporations and a Federal Small Claims Court
All too often consumers, and businesses, buy products on the Internet that are unacceptable or never delivered. In addition, defendants are difficult to locate and serve. This article proposes creation of a national small-claims court to simplify disputes concerning Internet purchases.
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SHARE Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Saudi Arms Deal Must be Stopped!
Trump's deal with Saudi's to give them U.S. high-tech bomb technology violates Berry Amendment and Buy American laws.
(2 comments) SHARE Thursday, August 26, 2021 Kill Switches for Military Equipment
After we withdraw forces from a country our military hardware winds up in enemy hands. Kill switches will allow the U.S. to deactivate tanks, planes and other military equipment when we leave a country.
(2 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 3, 2021 Arrest Steve Bannon
The House of Representatives has the power to arrest witnesses who fail to appear. Rather that begging the Justice Department who will then have to beg a court, the House should act on its own.
SHARE Sunday, January 24, 2021 Political Prisoners
Alexei Navally and Rebekah Jones are both political prisoners, one held in Russia the other in Florida. We should set the example for promoting free speech and opposing arresting those who challenge the political establishment.
(7 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 14, 2021 Democratize Saudi Arabia
The U.S. and Europe should push Saudi Arabia to democratize.
SHARE Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Trade Wars
President Trump is fighting too many trade wars at a time.
The President has said that trade wars are good and easy to win. This is ridiculously false and simplistic. Trade wars made the Great Depression worse, and once started, trade wars are difficult to end. Trade wars are generally bad: A trade war with the entire world could be catastrophic.
SHARE Thursday, October 15, 2020 Amy Coney Barrett Should Not Be Confirmed
Amy Coney Barrett is the opposite of the Justice she may replace, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and should not be confirmed.
SHARE Wednesday, November 3, 2021 A Tale of Two Industries
We have a massive chip shortage and a shortage of pharmaceutical products. The United States has suffered large declines in these two industries because of foreign subsidies. We have to fight back to regain our pharmaceutical and chip industries.
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, July 22, 2015 O Canada! Mexico at the Cry of War! The Country-of-Origin Labeling War
Canada and Mexico are challenging the U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling Act. At the same time Canada has huge tariffs on cheese, milk, ice cream, and chicken, and Mexico illegally subsidizes sugar and steel.
SHARE Monday, November 9, 2020 How President Biden Can Convert Trump Voters
Biden can convert Trump voters by:
1. Requiring PXs to buy American
2. Require disclosure of country-of-origin of products in ads
3. Lower taxes for those manufacturing in the USA
SHARE Tuesday, March 12, 2024 The Tide is Turning on Plastic Pollution
Plastic pollution is everywhere, in the air, in streams and in the ocean. It is in our water, food and fish. We must reduce plastic pollution or the human species is doomed.
(1 comments) SHARE Tuesday, April 30, 2019 Sex, Age and Gun Control
Most mass shootings have been committed by males under the age of 25. The male brain is not fully developed until 26. The age for gun ownership should be changed to 25 or 27.
SHARE Thursday, September 24, 2015 Trumpmania
Trump raises good issues including our massive trade deficit. On the other hand he outsourced products of his menswear. He also fails to question the failure of Senator Cruz to be born in the USA.
SHARE Thursday, March 24, 2016 Workers Knew First
The establishment, the Democratic and Republican parties, the media and most economists said the free trade was good for America. Finally, the truth has come out. Workers were right: trade hurts U.S. workers.
SHARE Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Solomonic Justice in Georgia
Judge Scott McAfee in Georgia ruled that Fani Willis could continue to prosecute Donald Trump. He also required her to step down or fire her former lover, Nathan Wade.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, December 7, 2012 Apple Redux
Apple is going to move production of computer line to the United States.
SHARE Wednesday, January 27, 2016 Chinese Stock Market Syndrome
We should not let the meltdown in Chinese stocks lead to a recession in the United States.
SHARE Saturday, January 6, 2024 Apple Should Settle with Masimo or Buy It
Apple has been in a three-year patent fight with Masimo. Apple used Masimo's oxygen-sensor technology and should either settle with Masimo or buy it.
SHARE Thursday, January 18, 2024 The Iowa Caucus is Undemocratic
The Iowa caucus is undemocratic because only 15 percent of the electorate participated in it.
SHARE Wednesday, January 10, 2024 What the Supreme Court Should Do with Donald Trump
The U.S. Supreme Court is going to decide is Donald Trump has immunity and if he should be kept off the ballot by the Fourteenth Amendment.
SHARE Thursday, December 21, 2023 Cashless in San Diego
Courts are refusing to accept cash payments as are many restaurants and stores. This hurts the poor.
SHARE Sunday, December 24, 2023 Sandra Day O'Connor is Irreplaceable
Sandra Day O'Connor was a force to be reckoned with. She was the key vote on more than 300 Supreme Court cases.