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GiGo (that’s garbage in assures garbage out…)

September 6, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 2 Comments

Let me reiterate. I am not a proponent of an increase in the minimum wage. Instead, I advocate for all large ($ 2.5 million in gross sales or 50 employees, which ever threshold is exceeded) firms to be penalized (that’s 110% to 125% of the costs) when their employees need to rely on AFDC (Aid For Dependent Children), SNAP (the new name for Food Stamps), Medicaid, etc. to make up for an employer not paying a living wage to its staff.

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Economy

Constitutional Crisis?

May 2, 2017 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I have often reminded folks that the ability of America to remain a great nation revolves around the stability it garners from its middle class. The evidence (including that from around the world, as well as history) demonstrates that oligarchies are antithetical to liberal constitutions- and vice versa.

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Business Management, Economy

A Promise Kept- but one that ruined America

September 26, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 5 Comments

It’s virtually complete. The change in America that Ronald Reagan wanted. To make American’s totally distrust their government. (Cut the bullshit. You know what he said: “Government is not the solution to our problem. Government is the problem.” Oh, and for all the crap about his capabilities- the deficit doubled under his tenure. As opposed to dropping deficits for the two Democratic Presidents since his tenure.)

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Economy, Just Because

Eschew Obfuscation

July 19, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 9 Comments

I spoke the other day how our government lies to us. And, continues to do so. (That is true for the Executive and Legislative Branches. Although the legislative branch is working very hard to win the battle on lying and obfuscation.)

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And, you are surprised?

June 10, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 7 Comments

We spoke yesterday (Brother, can you spare a dime?) about the sad situation that pertains in the US economy. That even though the economy is supposedly limping along, businesses are husbanding cash and not investing in new technology and machines. And, then complain that productivity is not increasing.

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Economic Distress

March 25, 2016 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 8 Comments

I remember when candidate Ronald Reagan would prance about asking “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” It was his effective mantra to become the US President.

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Business Management, Economy

Christmas Spirit? Or, daily routine?

December 24, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. Leave a comment

You know the statement- all men are created equal. The problem is that it’s a lofty goal- and one open to terribly wrong interpretations.

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Unequal Companies=Income Inequality

November 24, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

I’ve talked often about the abrogation of the social contract that obtained between companies, their employees, and their communities. That schism- advocated by Dr. Milton Friedman– has been accompanied by the erosion of the US middle class and the flattening of wages (except for corporate executives).

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Teach your children well…

November 23, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A.

Despite what Tim Montgomerie claimed in his Wall Street Journal piece (discussed last week), the facts are that there real problems exist in America- and the world over. We are not deluded with our thinking that the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer or that corporations are evading their financial responsibility to their employees and to our communities.

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False Beliefs?

November 20, 2015 Roy A. Ackerman, Ph.D., E.A. 1 Comment

So, I was perusing my Wall Street Journal. OK. I was scouring it from cover to cover, just like I do for each newspaper I read. (NY Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Long Beach Press Telegram, Detroit Free Press, and the Wall Street Journal.) And, this one article made me burn.

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