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Excellent Explanation!

Jim Houtz August 3, 2011
Excellent Explanation!

Readers, I invite you to view the video Are You Kidding Me posted by drjgarvin on YouTube. I really appreciate his ‘telling it like it is’ commentary from the perspective of a business owner. He makes some very good points and gives a clear explanation of current issues affecting entrepreneurs in America. I really enjoyed watching [...]

Jon Huntsman and Paul Ryan: A Time for Choosing

Jim Houtz June 29, 2011
Jon Huntsman and Paul Ryan: A Time for Choosing

Jon Huntsman is quickly becoming a favorite Republican through the endorsement of Paul Ryan, and may have endeared himself as a qualified candidate to the Tea Parties. It’s our time for choosing: Anyone who disagrees with Paul Ryan’s Medicare reforms has a moral obligation to propose an alternative. Let’s hear what Jon Huntsman has to [...]

How Is Our Foreign Policy Doing?

Jim Houtz May 17, 2011
How Is Our Foreign Policy Doing?

How is our foreign policy doing? Based on the following article from the London Daily Telegraph we need a different approach to our foreign policy. This article points out some of our problems.
LONDON DAILY TELEGRAPH
The American Press has been reporting that since the Royal Wedding was not a state occasion, the only dignitaries invited were those representing [...]

Colonel West and the Truth About Islam

Jim Houtz February 10, 2011
Colonel West and the Truth About Islam

Only two blacks were newly elected to congress this cycle, and both are Republican. One is Lt Col. West who is from southern Florida, a bastion of the Democratic Party. He won in a walk.
This new Congressman was an extremely popular commander in Iraq. He was forced to retire because during intense [...]

The Direction of America, the Greatest Country in the World

Jim Houtz December 15, 2010
The Direction of America, the Greatest Country in the World

I have no doubt that we live in the greatest country in the World. We have the largest economy, the best military, the finest educational system, the best healthcare system, and the largest number of innovations and inventions in the world.
Our country is exceptional. Only in America are all men created [...]

Who Won the Election and Why?

Jim Houtz November 22, 2010
Who Won the Election and Why?

We all did! The American people, the Tea Party members, Conservatives, Independents and all that voted.
We live in the greatest country in the World; granted we have created several problems for ourselves during the last two years, but hopefully this new group in the House will find a new direction that the majority [...]

The Business of America is Business

Jim Houtz November 15, 2010
The Business of America is Business

Almost from the day our country was founded, The Business of America was business. This environment lasted through the end of World War II. We had tariffs and import fees on many American-made products when it was necessary to protect American products.
We frequently hear about how tariffs enacted during the Great [...]

Coping With Change, an Excerpt from My New Book, Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream

Jim Houtz October 18, 2010
Coping With Change, an Excerpt from My New Book, Grow The Entrepreneurial Dream

An excerpt from Chapter 1 of “Grow the Entrepreneurial Dream”, due out second quarter of 2011.
COPING WITH CHANGE
What does every person in the world have in common? Granted, there are numerous things, but few impact our lives as much as this one: We are all part of the twenty-first century and we will [...]

I Want a President Who…

Jim Houtz September 28, 2010
 I Want a President Who...

I Want a President who…
Is a President for all of America whether they be black, white, yellow or brown, young or old, rich or poor or unborn.
Understands our history, who recognizes the greatest generation and understands their great contribution.
Understands American economics, who appreciates that entrepreneurs and small businesses built the Great American Society.
Thinks and agrees [...]

A Veteran’s and Small Business Owner’s Letter to President Obama

Jim Houtz September 6, 2010
 A Veteran's and Small Business Owner's Letter to President Obama

This letter appeared in Investor’s Business Daily on August 20, 2010. The author is Jeffrey S. Howard, a small business owner, a Marine Corps veteran, University of Washington graduate, and a project developer in Washington and Oregon. This is one of the best open letters I have encountered. Thank you Jeffrey [...]

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