Articles by Roger Simmermaker
Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries is economist Ian Fletcher’s latest published work with co-author Marc Fasteau, vice-chairman of the Coalition for a Prosperous America (CPA). This new book follows up on Ian Fletcher’s excellent 2011 book Free Trade Doesn’t Work: What Should Replace it and … Read More
No political group is doing more to save face these days than free trade advocates. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “save face” equates “to avoid having other people lose respect for oneself.” The Oxford English Dictionary defines “save face” as “retain respect; avoid humiliation.” Free traders today are busy trying to save face in the … Read More
Free traders have constantly dismissed “Buy American” advocates, policies, and legislation by claiming that importing products from foreign countries that could be made in America is cheaper for the consumer. Read the article.
The ‘Buy American’ strategy has always been more than walking into a store, looking at products on the shelves, and hoping that store offers made in the USA merchandise. Many small companies make products in America that aren’t on the shelves of big-box stores or on Amazon that deserve our consumer support. Read the article.
We are already in danger of witnessing China’s surpassing the United States in critical areas economically, technologically, and militarily. It follows, then, that we must add an “American factor” to ensure that China does not successfully challenge America’s leadership in space. Read the article.
The United States economy suffers a $13.6 billion annual loss to its largest sector of American agriculture: the U.S. cattle industry. Because of this injustice, I am inviting every American to join a national grassroots campaign to raise awareness for immediate legislative or executive action to reinstate M-COOL for beef to support America’s hardworking cattle … Read More
We cannot let China surpass us to become the world’s number one superpower economically, technologically, and/or militarily. If we do, will Americans take to the streets chanting, “We’re number two, we’re number two!”? I doubt it. Second place means second tier and second rate. That’s not America. Read the article.
Fred Hochberg, former chairman and president of the Export-Import Bank, and the author of Free Trade Is Not A Four-Letter Word, would have you believe (as the book title indicates) trade is not a four-letter word. However, he advocates free trade, and the word ‘free’ is, in fact, a four-letter word. Close enough.
Irish Spring makes several types of body wash. Some are made in the USA (the ones I buy) and some are made in Mexico. The shocking part is that they are all priced the same in the stores, even though Mexican wages are one-eighth of U.S. wages. On each bottle, there is a numerical code. … Read More
Consumers may save money now by buying Chinese-made toys, shoes, apparel, and the like. However, they are simultaneously cutting the lifespan of Social Security – and therefore future benefits for themselves – by not buying goods from American producers. Foreign producers don’t pay taxes to America for the benefit of any taxpayer-funded program popular with … Read More
