{"id":10538,"date":"2015-10-14T10:03:35","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T15:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=10538"},"modified":"2015-10-16T21:48:03","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T02:48:03","slug":"independent-business-survey-mh-and-the-american-political-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/independent-business-survey-mh-and-the-american-political-climate\/","title":{"rendered":"Independent Business Survey, MH and the American Political Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Cool Cal Coolidge\u201d once said to a group of journalists that: <\/span><\/span><em><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>&#8220;After all, the chief business of the American people is business.&#8221;<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> This is often misquoted as &#8216;The business of America is business,&#8217; explains\u00a0Robert Dies, who brings that topic into focus in an interesting article, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisdayinquotes.com\/2010\/01\/business-of-america-is-business.html\" target=\"_blank\">linked here<\/a>.\u00a0 Dies cites longer excerpts from that president&#8217;s talk, including this gem:<\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-2276551029\" class=\"manuf-content manuf-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3870480136270376\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3870480136270376\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><b>Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence. But we are compelled to recognize it as a means to well-nigh every desirable achievement. So long as wealth is made the means and not the end, we need not greatly fear it&#8230;But it calls for additional effort to avoid even the appearance of the evil of selfishness. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><b>In every worthy profession, of course, there will always be a minority who will appeal to the baser instinct. There always have been, probably always will be, some who will feel that their own temporary interest may be furthered by betraying the interest of others<\/b><\/span>.\u201d &#8211; President Calvin Coolidge.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons-ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com-.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10539\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons-ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--678x768.png\" alt=\"CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons+ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com-\" width=\"600\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons-ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--678x768.png 678w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons-ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--132x150.png 132w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons-ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--380x430.png 380w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CalvinCoolidge-1924-WikiCommons-ThisDayInQuotes-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com-.png 748w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Non-Partisan Associations<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #b84700;\"><i><b>You&#8217;re nothing but a bunch of Republicans<\/b><\/i><\/span>.&#8221;\u00a0 That&#8217;s what the elected chair for an association told me was expressed to his group, during a meeting with a public official. That quote is loaded with insights, including that when applied to the crowd that is inside the DC Beltway, because there seems to be a large preponderance of Democratic-leaning bureaucrats in appointed positions. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Which brings us to the point that a trade association needs to have a bi-partisan component, in order to be effective.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Survey gives Insights into American Independent Business Views<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The <strong>NFIB &#8211; National Federation of Independent Businesses &#8211;<\/strong> recently released two surveys, attached and linked from the images below. \u00a0One reveals that over 60% of independent&#8217;s surveyed believe our nation is on the wrong track. The one immediately below shows certain trends from a small business vantage point.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10540\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sbet201510SmallBusinessEconomicTrendsNFIBsurvey-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10540 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureNFIBSmallBusinessOptimism.png\" alt=\"ScreenCaptureNFIBSmallBusinessOptimism\" width=\"576\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureNFIBSmallBusinessOptimism.png 576w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureNFIBSmallBusinessOptimism-150x83.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureNFIBSmallBusinessOptimism-575x316.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/sbet201510SmallBusinessEconomicTrendsNFIBsurvey-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Small Business Economic Trends report, NFIB<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10542\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10542\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/small-employer-survey-nfib-201510posted-MastheadBlog-MHProNews.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10542 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureRightTrackWrongTrackNFIBOpinionSurvey-PostedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--575x304.png\" alt=\"ScreenCaptureRightTrackWrongTrackNFIBOpinionSurvey-PostedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com-\" width=\"575\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureRightTrackWrongTrackNFIBOpinionSurvey-PostedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--575x304.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureRightTrackWrongTrackNFIBOpinionSurvey-PostedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com--150x79.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/ScreenCaptureRightTrackWrongTrackNFIBOpinionSurvey-PostedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-com-.png 871w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10542\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Survey of Small Business Opinions, reviews dozens of topics from the independent business person&#8217;s vantage point. <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/small-employer-survey-nfib-201510posted-MastheadBlog-MHProNews.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The full NFIB report, is available from the link here<\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">That stands in stark contrast to Hillary-backing <a href=\"http:\/\/money.cnn.com\/2015\/10\/13\/investing\/warren-buffett-america-is-great-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">Warren Buffett, who thinks things are pretty great in America right now<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">It has always seemed noteworthy that the Democratic-supporting Buffett, when asked, stands with the MH\u00a0industry on chattel lending related issues. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>Presidential Politics, Democratic Style<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The following online (&#8220;not scientific&#8221;) polls from last night&#8217;s Democratic debate reveals that self-proclaimed Socialist Bernie Sanders won.\u00a0 Who came in second depends on the poll. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10547\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10547\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews--429x768.png\" alt=\"SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews-\" width=\"600\" height=\"1074\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews--429x768.png 429w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews--84x150.png 84w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews--240x430.png 240w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SlateDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlog_MHProNews-.png 863w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit, Slate.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10548\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10548\" style=\"width: 269px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DrudgeReportDemocraticPollResults-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10548\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DrudgeReportDemocraticPollResults-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com-.png\" alt=\"DrudgeReportDemocraticPollResults-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com-\" width=\"269\" height=\"738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DrudgeReportDemocraticPollResults-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com-.png 269w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DrudgeReportDemocraticPollResults-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com--55x150.png 55w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/DrudgeReportDemocraticPollResults-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-com--157x430.png 157w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 269px) 100vw, 269px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10548\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit, Drudge Report.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10549\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fox5SanDiegoDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews0-com-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10549\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fox5SanDiegoDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews0-com-.png\" alt=\"Fox5SanDiegoDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews0-com-\" width=\"600\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fox5SanDiegoDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews0-com-.png 673w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fox5SanDiegoDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews0-com--148x150.png 148w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Fox5SanDiegoDemocraticDebate-credit-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews0-com--423x430.png 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit, Fox5 San Diego, CA.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">For business owners, the surge of socialist Sanders may seem alarming. \u00a0But at this point, is it much different than Republicans rallying around &#8220;outsideers&#8221; Donald Trump, Ben Carson or Carly Fiorina? \u00a0People are frustrated with the direction of the nation. \u00a0They are picking the most &#8216;outsider&#8217; they are able to find.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Among the points the NFIB survey reveals that independent business people tend to be heavy consumers of new<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">s and politics.\u00a0 Your <i><b>Masthead<\/b><\/i> scribe falls into that category.\u00a0 Since you&#8217;re reading here, odds are, you are curious or also care deeply about news and politics too.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Given the fact that DC, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=10526\">state<\/a> or local policies cause so many issues for MH professionals, perhaps the only surprise is that an even greater percentage of independent business are heavily engaged in politics and news.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>After all, the chief business of the American people is business<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<\/em> &#8211; Calvin Coolidge. ##\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10545\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10545\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.83degreesmedia.com\/features\/mhnews072115.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10545\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoheylaTamasTonyKovachFamily-MastheadMHProNews-com-.jpg\" alt=\"SoheylaTamasTonyKovachFamily-MastheadMHProNews-com-\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoheylaTamasTonyKovachFamily-MastheadMHProNews-com-.jpg 580w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoheylaTamasTonyKovachFamily-MastheadMHProNews-com--150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/SoheylaTamasTonyKovachFamily-MastheadMHProNews-com--575x383.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10545\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Team Kovach, (l-r) Soheyla (prounounced So Hey La), Tamas (pronounced Tah Mash) and Tony Kovach (prounounced Co-Vatch like Watch). Matthew Silver, Jan Hollingsworth and Charles Drake plus many volunters and sponsors who join together to bring you the <strong><em>Industry News, Tips and Views Pros Can Use.<\/em><\/strong> \u00a9 Photo above, from 83 Degress Media. \u00a0Team Kovach will be at the Tunica MH Show, March 22-25, 2016.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(<strong><em>Editor&#8217;s Note:<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0When we as media &#8211; including trade media &#8211; are quoting someone, that doesn&#8217;t mean or imply that <strong><em>MHProNews<\/em><\/strong> editorially agrees with the quote, or with the person who originally made that statement. \u00a0The quote is shared to provoke thought, discussion, because it fits a topic, etc.. For the record, this <strong><em>Masthead<\/em><\/strong> scribe is a true political independent, not affiliated with either major American party.)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/LATonyKovach.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCool Cal Coolidge\u201d once said to a group of journalists that: &#8220;After all, the chief business of the American people is business.&#8221; This is often misquoted as &#8216;The business of America is business,&#8217; explains\u00a0Robert Dies, who brings that topic into focus in an interesting article, linked here.\u00a0 Dies cites longer excerpts from that president&#8217;s talk, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/independent-business-survey-mh-and-the-american-political-climate\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Independent Business Survey, MH and the American Political Climate<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5073],"tags":[4183,4184,4188,4187,1181,1994,754,4185,4186],"class_list":["post-10538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-after-all-the-chief-business-of-the-american-people-is-business-calvin-coolidge","tag-business-of-america-is-business-warren-buffet","tag-democrate-debates-2015","tag-manufactured-housing-industry-professional-news-and-views","tag-masthead-blog","tag-mh","tag-mhpronews","tag-nfib-on-business-climate","tag-nfib-survey-of-independent-american-businesses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Independent Business Survey, MH and the American Political Climate - Masthead L. 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