Ross Perot

We All Do Better When We All Do Better

Stan Sorscher | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Top 1%, Income Inequality, Productivity, Ross Perot, Invisible Hand, Henry Ford, Alexis De Tocqueville, Self-Interest, Strong Middle Class, Real Wages, Lesser America, Erik Reinert, Nick Hanauer, Joseph Stiglitz, The One Percent, Economics, Business News

Lately, the public mood has gone the opposite way. Simply put, we are told that we will all do better when most of us do worse.

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Getting Clear About Voting Independent

Mitchell J. Rabin | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Big Pharma, Justice-Party, Leadership, Third Party, Abetterworld, Fukushima, Mayor, Nuclear Power, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Guantanamo, Two Party System, Independent Party, Clean Energy, Obama, Health Insurance, Green Energy, Presidential Debates, Banking Industry, Barack Obama, Rocky Anderson 2012, Chernobyl, Politics, Dr. John Hagelin, Ross Perot, Green Technology, Agribusiness, Banking Crisis, Constitution, Rocky Anderson, Ralph Nader, Voting, Politics News

What matters is having a leader, not a politician, assume political office. And so I suggest that people look to break out of the two-party trance and take on a pro-active role in taking your government back to serve You, your family, your friends, your community.

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The Misconception Debate

Scott Blakeman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Mitt Romney, Misconception, James Stockdale, Arizona Debate, Ross Perot, GOP Debate, John King, Politics News

The most telling moment of last night's Republican debate was virtually ignored by most pundits.

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We Need More Independent-Minded Voters

David M. Walker | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Elections 2012, Thomas Friedman, Third Party, Third Party Candidate, Ross Perot, 2012 Election, Independents, Independent Voters, Politics News

I was honored and humbled that syndicated columnist Tom Friedman this week suggested I consider running for president, putting me forward as a third choice to voters. But our need is bigger than for me -- or any other third-party candidate

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Can Manufacturing Jobs Come Back? What We Should Learn From Apple and Foxconn

David Paul | Posted 04.14.2012

If Americans care about where their products are made, companies will care. Therefore, even as the president promoted tax credits for insourcing -- the new word for bringing those jobs back -- perhaps another step would be to build on the power of choice.

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Nonpartisan Group Has Plan B For Picking President

AP | NANCY BENAC | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Bill Clinton, Video, Ross Perot, Michele Bachmann, Michele Bachmann 2012, 2012 Election, Rick Perry 2012, George W. Bush, Americans Elect, Elections 2012, Gop, Democrats, Rick Perry, Republicans, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Lots of people complain about the shortcomings of the country's two-party system for picking a president. Now a nonpartisan group i...

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Cultural Revolution Redux... Little Red Book and Little Grey Apple Hook Up

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Lsd, Steve Jobs, Foxconn, Boeing, Bill Gates, China, Atari, Brazil, Nolan Bushnell, Occupy Wall Street Movement, Ross Perot, Apple, Max Palevsky, Tim Cook, Jann Wenner, Terry Gou, John Sculley, Ipod City, World News

Apple's first quarterly downturn in five years is being spun by analysts as a one time event linked to planned obsolescence of an iPhone and the death...

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Truman Moment for Dems

Brent Budowsky | Posted 11.22.2011

The idealism of JFK, the reformism of Ross Perot, the toughness of Harry Reid and the fighting spirit of Truman will make today's headlines look like ancient history long before ballots are cast in 2012.

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Is the Sun Already Setting on Domestic Solar Manufacturing?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Jobs, greenrealestatedaily.com, Energy Independence, Ross Perot, Jonathan-a-Schein, Devens Ma, East Fishkill Ny, Spectrawatt, Scheinmedia, Solar-Manufacturing, Green Economy, Solyndra, Solar Power, China, Evergreen Solar, Green News

Last week Evergreen Solar, America's third-largest such manufacturer, announced that it is shutting down its plant and shedding 800 local jobs in order to move its operations to China.

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Stan Greenberg: Afghanistan War Likely Cause of Primary Challenge

Robert Naiman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stan Greenberg, Eugene McCarthy, Ross Perot, Afghanistan, Nancy Pelosi, Jesse Jackson, Christian Science Monitor, Joe Biden, Huey Long, Afghanistan War, Foreign Policy, World News

Press reports have suggested that the White House is trying to make Democratic voters forget that the Administration promised to start drawing down troops from Afghanistan in July 2011.

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Tea Party Movement Obsession With Socialism Misses the Cause of Middle Class Plight

David Paul | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pat Buchanan, Silent Majority, Ross Perot, Federal Budget Deficit, Paddy Chayefsky, Middle Class, Sarah Palin, Health Care Reform, Reagan Democrats, Glenn Beck, Socialism, Capitalism, Tea Party, Barack Obama, Politics News

It has been capitalism, not socialism, that has led to the dramatic changes in the world economy that have pressured American real incomes and brought middle class America down to where it is today.

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Why the Tea Party Energizes Both Parties' Bases

Matt Kane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Delaware, Christine O'donnell, Andrew Cuomo, Tea Party, New York, Carl Paladino, Michael Bloomberg, Ross Perot, Midterm Elections, Michael Steele, Republican Party, Extremism, Abortion Rights, Obama Administration, Progressive Movement, Cordoba House, New York News

The Tea Party is based on an extreme disapproval of the current Democratic administration and may be inadvertently energizing the left. Could progressives galvanize around an anti-Tea Party movement?

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Whither the Tea Party

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Tea Party, Glenn Beck, Ross Perot, Anti-War Movement, Fox Television, Anti-War Left, Politics News

The political and demographic momentum is not on the side of the Tea Party movement, but of those who see a diverse, multi-cultural America not with trepidation or fear, but as inevitable and positive.

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Dancing With Davos: The World Bank and the IMF

Eric Ehrmann | Posted 05.25.2011

The good guys are the free marketeers who reform, redesign and rebuild civilization at the World Economic Forum.

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Preferential Voting: Another Democracy Lesson from Australia

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Third Party, Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Preferential Voting, Australia, Reform, Tea Party, Voting Problems, Ralph Nader, Voting, Politics News

Democracies benefit from people expressing themselves freely and openly. I mentioned previously that a successful democracy is one where people vote ...

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The Tea Party's Enemies

Charles W. Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tea Party Movement, Ross Perot, Two Party System, George Wallace, Tea Party, Reform Party, Southern Strategy, Republican Party, Politics News

If history is the best predictor of the future, and it usually is, the "Tea Party" will have a short shelf life. Beginning well before the Civil War, such movements have come and gone.

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President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hawaii, Al Gore, Small Business, Entrepreneurial Time System, Toronto, Small Town, 1976 Election, George W. Bush, Single Mothers, President Obama, Entrepreneurs, Kentucky Guardianship Administrators LLC, David and Goliath, The Audacity to Win, Senators, Ellen, Political Organizing, Larry King, Lexington KY, Richmond Ky, John Kerry, William Jennings Bryan, Xerox, Steven Jobs, 2008 Campaign, The Strategic Coach, American College, Ibm, Wall Street, African Americans, Google, McNay Settlement Group, Bill Clinton, John McCain, Impossible Goals, Microsoft, Washington Insiders, Kentucky, Don McNay, Bill Gates, 2008 Election, Southern Politics, David Plouffe, Entrepreneurial, Main Street, Structured Settlements, Ross Perot, Vanderbilt University, Jay Leno, George Wallace, Dan Sullivan, Oprah, Million Dollar Round Table, Eastern Kentucky University, Jimmy Carter, Hillary Clinton, Obama Calls Small Towns Bitter, Tyra Banks, Fundraising, Entrepreneurship, David Lettterman, Nssta, Business News

I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.

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More Insider Trading Scandals Brewing

Dan Dorfman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sec, Anheuser-Busch, Ross Perot, Securities and Exchange Commission, Perot Systems, Wall Street, Dell, Business News

The SEC wants to know who traded in Perot in the two months prior to the public disclosure of its acquisition. I've also obtained copies of SEC documents showing it has commenced a number of investigations.

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Obama Bows, Conservatives Bitch, Reality Bites

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Pope John Paul Ll, Washington Times, Bob Dylan, Steve Doocy, Barack Obama, Wesley Pruden, Ross Perot, Dwight Eisenhower, Prince Charles, Richard Nixon, Emperor Hirohito, Charles De Gaulle, Fox & Friends, Fox News, Emperor Akihito, Cnn, Wolf Blitzer, Politics News

President Obama bowed this week when greeting Japanese Emperor Akihito, and the conservative media and blogosphere went positively apoplectic.

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Dell To Buy Perot Systems For $3.9 Billion

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ross Perot Jr., Ross Perot Sr., Ross Perot, Perot Systems, Dell, Peter Altabef, Technology News

NEW YORK — Dell Inc. will spend $3.9 billion for the technology services company Perot Systems Corp. in an attempt to expand beyond the PC business ...

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Where's Ross Perot When You Need Him?

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mainstream Media, Congress, Stimulus Package, Ross Perot, Bank Bailout, Obama Stimulus Plan, Barack Obama, The White House, Politics News

I'm ready for a little old fashioned Ross Perot specification of the expected outcomes of the stimulus package. This is what we call in education a "teachable moment."

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Auto bill clears House; Should it pass the Senate, too?

Steve Parker | Posted 05.25.2011

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And now, it's on to the Senate! The House today passed, 237 to 170, HR 7321, the automotive loan bailout bill, and has sent it on to the Senate. H...

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GOP: Imploding, Meaningless, and Run by Crazies, But not Dead

Paul Jenkins | Posted 05.25.2011

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Beyond its regional concentration, the Republican Party's face is from another time. Indeed, nearly half of the Republican caucus is composed of Southern white men.

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President Bush Buys New House With Fun Neighbors

Business Sheet | Caroline Waxler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ross Perot, Wealth, Real Estate, Mark Cuban, George W. Bush, Business News

George Bush may be the poorest one in the hood with an ranch home worth only $3 million. After reading around, we came up with a list of some of his f...

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Ross Perot Real Estate Fund Blows Up

Clusterstock | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ross Perot, Finance, Economy, Financial Crisis, Real Estate, Ross Perot Real Estate Fund, Business News

Take a creaking CMBS market, mix in some leverage and voila: liquidation, just like that. The Journal reports that one of the first to explode was one...

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