In Jewish culture one of the highest ranking “mitzvahs” (good deeds) is to give someone a job. The old adage about “give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach him how to fish, he eats for a lifetime” is in the same vein. Yet, the most highly paid fishing instructors in this Read More
Apple is sitting on about $54 billion in cash right now. iPad’s are still back ordered, and the company is looking at record earnings. However, this isn’t generating jobs here- it’s generating jobs in China- where the workers can’t afford to buy the products: Taiwanese contractor Foxconn said today it would hire 400,000 workers at Read More
Tax breaks as “economic development” tools is a smoke and mirrors expression for making the rich richer, and the poor poorer. If there is one thing that needs to be changed nationally, it’s the outlawing of all tax breaks for business by any state or local agency for the purpose of relocation assistance. In other Read More
I work in advertising, a creative industry. If there is one thing I’ve learned, it’s that age has nothing to do with being creative. Some people have creativity, or the ability to coax great things out of others, most don’t. Steve Jobs is creative. He’s over 40 (54 right now), and has been a driving Read More
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