{"id":11804,"date":"2016-06-17T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T18:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=11804"},"modified":"2016-06-17T13:27:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T18:27:42","slug":"america-and-manufactured-housing-lessons-from-hold-that-tucker-tiger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/america-and-manufactured-housing-lessons-from-hold-that-tucker-tiger\/","title":{"rendered":"America and Manufactured Housing \u2013 Lessons from Hold that Tucker Tiger!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Recall or view the movie, <strong><em>Tucker<\/em><\/strong>. If you do, you&#8217;ll get a good sense of how government and big business can often collude to the detriment of all involved.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><div id=\"manuf-1660504509\" 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<figure id=\"attachment_11806\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11806\" style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11806\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews--526x768.jpg\" alt=\"tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews-\" width=\"402\" height=\"587\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews--526x768.jpg 526w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews--103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews--295x430.jpg 295w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews--768x1121.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/tucker-the-man-and-his-dream-movie-poster-creditsLucasFilmBGAutoBlog-postedMastheadMHProNews-.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 402px) 100vw, 402px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11806\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Hold that Tiger!&#8221; Tucker Movie poster, credit LucasFilms and BGAutoBlog.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">To be sure, big government and big business can and often are allies. After all, how can small businesses best both big brother and any given monopolist?\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Can it be done? <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Yes, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2014\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/7677-a-cup-of-coffee-withjim-clayton-part-ii\">no less an MH Industry figure than Jim Clayton lamented in interviews with MHProNews<\/a> the negative impact of big federal regulations birthed by big government that harms small and start-up businesses. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Jim was spot on. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Tucker auto pioneered a number of features in American cars. The beauty of free enterprise is precisely that it keeps innovation and the American Dream alive. \u00a0The big Detroit automakers conspired with government officials to destroy Tucker, the man and his machine.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The more a government regulates and the more it taxes &#8211; the more it distorts and destroys the free market &#8211; it&#8217;s killing inspiration, jobs and innovation in its wake.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because humanity is imperfect, there are needs for some level of law, regulation, etc. \u00a0But unchecked, government oppresses rather than protects or liberates people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The <strong><em>Masthead\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> wants independent retailers, communities, producers and others in MH to prosper and thrive. <strong>When smaller businesses thrive, so will mid to large or big businesses.<\/strong> When firms of all sizes thrive, the coffers of the tax man fill in a natural rather than confiscatory or damaging ways.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The legacy of the Obama years, properly understood, is the failure of big government.<\/strong> ObamaCare harmed the health care system. It was based on lies. It drove costs up, not down. It reduced access to quality healthcare. State ObamaCare Exchanges and independent businesses have suffered or have closed. \u00a0The misnamed ACA is dying of its own dead weight.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Ditto Homeland Insecurity. Open borders means more crime and more terrorism. These are facts.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Dodd-Frank<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/media-should-re-visit-dodd-frank-reporting-in-light-of-congressional-testimony\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11808\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IDontThinkThereWasEverMuchHighCostLendingInTheManufacturedHousingMarket-stillcreditCSPAN2-RichardCordrayCFPBdirector-Posted-MHLivingNews-com-310x165.png\" alt=\"IDontThinkThereWasEverMuchHighCostLendingInTheManufacturedHousingMarket-stillcreditCSPAN2-RichardCordrayCFPBdirector-Posted-MHLivingNews-com--310x165\" width=\"310\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IDontThinkThereWasEverMuchHighCostLendingInTheManufacturedHousingMarket-stillcreditCSPAN2-RichardCordrayCFPBdirector-Posted-MHLivingNews-com-310x165.png 310w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IDontThinkThereWasEverMuchHighCostLendingInTheManufacturedHousingMarket-stillcreditCSPAN2-RichardCordrayCFPBdirector-Posted-MHLivingNews-com-310x165-150x80.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 310px) 100vw, 310px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/just-as-cfpbs-authority-is-challenged-it-binges-on-big-ad-dollars\/\">CFPB is spending millions in ads to propagandize the American people into thinking it&#8217;s helping<\/a>, when in fact it harms millions and is choking off business in its regulatory wake. They&#8217;re building their own palace in DC, creating thousands of federal jobs that destroy millions of private sector jobs. \u00a0We&#8217;ve documented that <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/media-should-re-visit-dodd-frank-reporting-in-light-of-congressional-testimony\/\">the CFPB&#8217;s director know what they&#8217;re doing to MH home owners and businesse<\/a>s, the logical takeaway is that they either don&#8217;t care or they have an agenda. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">HUD is likewise harming MH consumers and businesses.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Obama-Clinton foreign policy is a history of disasters. The latest revelation seems to be that ISIS was not just given space to grow, but also American support and arms to grow. \u00a0POTUS Bush no doubt had his problems. We shouldn&#8217;t have gone into Iraq. But compared to the hellish Clinton\/Obama foreign policy, Bush&#8217;s policy looks almost saintly&#8230;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Big Government was what Americans rebelled against in 1776.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10029\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10029\" style=\"width: 573px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10029\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GovernmentIsNotReasonItIsNotEloquenceItIsForceLikeFireItIsAFearfulServantDangerousMaster-GeorgeWashington-image-wikicommons-postercMHProNews-com--573x430.jpg\" alt=\"GovernmentIsNotReasonItIsNotEloquenceItIsForceLikeFireItIsAFearfulServantDangerousMaster-GeorgeWashington-image-wikicommons-poster(c)MHProNews-com-\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GovernmentIsNotReasonItIsNotEloquenceItIsForceLikeFireItIsAFearfulServantDangerousMaster-GeorgeWashington-image-wikicommons-postercMHProNews-com--573x430.jpg 573w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GovernmentIsNotReasonItIsNotEloquenceItIsForceLikeFireItIsAFearfulServantDangerousMaster-GeorgeWashington-image-wikicommons-postercMHProNews-com--150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GovernmentIsNotReasonItIsNotEloquenceItIsForceLikeFireItIsAFearfulServantDangerousMaster-GeorgeWashington-image-wikicommons-postercMHProNews-com--900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/GovernmentIsNotReasonItIsNotEloquenceItIsForceLikeFireItIsAFearfulServantDangerousMaster-GeorgeWashington-image-wikicommons-postercMHProNews-com-.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 573px) 100vw, 573px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10029\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credits WikiCommons and MHProNews.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Big business is fine, so long as it doesn&#8217;t get in bed with big government, and acts in ways that are detrimental to all.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Look at the revelations from<strong><em> Clinton Cash<\/em><\/strong>, their global pay-to-play influence peddling scam. Do you think that when the Obama&#8217;s leave 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, that there will be something similar awaiting them? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Is there any good way to explain the long series of foreign and domestic policy failures for the working class, for minorities, for the middle class, our armed forces, our men in blue and first responders &#8211; anyone that isn&#8217;t at the top of their private pyramid?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The Donald is new to being <em>in politics<\/em>, as opposed to his<em> playing politics<\/em> to make his businesses work. Are there things that could be better? Yes. As an independent, I concur with RNC Chairman\u00a0Reince Priebus, who correctly\u00a0said, <strong><em>the voters are asking for a political earthquake.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The day may come when MHI, if it fails to altar its sad course, will see the rise of its own Trump-like political earthquake. \u00a0Just as Ds and Rs gave rise to Donald Trump, so too <strong><em>MHI may awaken some day to see that it&#8217;s been sowing the seeds of its own destruction<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/the-importance-and-value-of-independent-mh-trade-publications\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11809\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOPresident-currentMHIChairman-onValueMHProNews-MHLivingNews-.png\" alt=\"TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOPresident-currentMHIChairman-onValueMHProNews-MHLivingNews-\" width=\"622\" height=\"579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOPresident-currentMHIChairman-onValueMHProNews-MHLivingNews-.png 622w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOPresident-currentMHIChairman-onValueMHProNews-MHLivingNews--150x140.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/TimWilliams21stMortgageCEOPresident-currentMHIChairman-onValueMHProNews-MHLivingNews--462x430.png 462w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 622px) 100vw, 622px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I say this as a member, as one who has been thanked for our many contributions to their legislative efforts. I could <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/industryvoices\/the-importance-and-value-of-independent-mh-trade-publications\/\">link up the words of Tim Williams here<\/a>, and many others prior to or since him. The <strong><em>Masthead<\/em><\/strong> cares enough to say, let&#8217;s change course. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Let&#8217;s address and solve the association&#8217;s problems, not sweep them under the rug. \u00a0That pile of dirt is growing, and costly.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10140\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10140\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-575x108.png\" alt=\"PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews\" width=\"575\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-575x108.png 575w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-150x28.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews-900x169.png 900w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PEP-P.E.P.-Protect-Educate-Promote-mhassociationmantra-postedmastheadblog-MHProNews.png 904w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A leading MH state association exec&#8217;s mantra we love to share.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Because like it or not, when MHI fails to properly<strong> PEP<\/strong>, it has a harmful impact on way too many others in our industry.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11767\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11767\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2016\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/11642-why-did-4-9-16-mhis-housing-alert-mislead-association-and-industry-members\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11767 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RichardDickJennisonLesliGoochManufacturedHousingInstittueMHI-postedMHProNews-.png\" alt=\"RichardDickJennisonLesliGoochManufacturedHousingInstittueMHI-postedMHProNews-\" width=\"510\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RichardDickJennisonLesliGoochManufacturedHousingInstittueMHI-postedMHProNews-.png 510w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RichardDickJennisonLesliGoochManufacturedHousingInstittueMHI-postedMHProNews--150x77.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Most Industry members who have contacted MHProNews concur with the above. See for yourself. Click the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/home\/featured-articles\/june-2016\/138-general-manufactured-housing-industry-topics\/11642-why-did-4-9-16-mhis-housing-alert-mislead-association-and-industry-members\">link here<\/a> or click image above to learn more. We Provide, You Decide\u00a0\u00a9.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>The bottom line is that MHI needs to see that its path is harmful to itself and to others in MH<\/strong>. If the leadership is wise, they&#8217;ll politely exit those who have made a mess, AND bring in people who will bring in a new, better and more inclusive perspective. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Otherwise, the <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/video-viewpoints-bob-crawford-frank-rolfe-on-new-existing-mh-associations\/\">responsibilities of a new association rising<\/a>, or MHI breaking apart grows. Because so long as MHI&#8217;s leaders are locked on this path, they&#8217;ll continue to get no results worth bragging about.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11765\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11765\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/video-viewpoints-bob-crawford-frank-rolfe-on-new-existing-mh-associations\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11765\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FrankRolfeMHIHypocrisyQuote-MHProNews.png\" alt=\"FrankRolfeMHIHypocrisyQuote-MHProNews\" width=\"500\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FrankRolfeMHIHypocrisyQuote-MHProNews.png 500w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/FrankRolfeMHIHypocrisyQuote-MHProNews-150x105.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11765\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">See <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/video-viewpoints-bob-crawford-frank-rolfe-on-new-existing-mh-associations\/\">more along these lines, click the image above or this link here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In fact, they&#8217;ll harm the industry. The only way the industry gains or regains the respect of those they deal with in DC is by cleaning their own house first. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">In the mean time, we&#8217;ll cheer those who are part of the MH solution. To learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/bobstovall\/common-sense-will-spur-manufactured-housing-in-your-market\/\">common sense progress being made, click here<\/a>. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/LATonyKovach.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11807\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MoreGovernmentTaxesRegulatesMoreDestorysFreeMarketInnovation-LATonyKovach-MastheadMHProNews-.png\" alt=\"MoreGovernmentTaxesRegulatesMoreDestorysFreeMarketInnovation-LATonyKovach-MastheadMHProNews-\" width=\"557\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MoreGovernmentTaxesRegulatesMoreDestorysFreeMarketInnovation-LATonyKovach-MastheadMHProNews-.png 557w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MoreGovernmentTaxesRegulatesMoreDestorysFreeMarketInnovation-LATonyKovach-MastheadMHProNews--150x76.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 557px) 100vw, 557px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">The 4<sup>th<\/sup> of July is racing upon us. Somehow the whiz kids in Arlington VA failed to tap into the opportunity that the <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/40th-birthday-of-manufactured-housing-end-of-mobile-home-era\/\">40<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary of MH provided<\/a>. But its not too late. They can still do something&#8230; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">&#8230;or not. Be it late or never, each path speaks volumes about the national MH association. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Are they part of the solution or part of the problem? \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong>MH is the Tucker of housing.<\/strong> \u00a0We ought to be thriving, and we can in positive, sustainable ways. \u00a0As we clean out a few internal issues and <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/\">spotlight more of the great things we do<\/a>, the more we&#8217;ll mine the gold that belongs to each true professional in the business.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>Hold that Tiger!<\/em> <\/strong>## <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11643\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11643\" style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11643\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DonaldTrumpLATonyKovach-MHI2016CongressExpo-ManufacturedHousingIndustryNews-MHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"DonaldTrumpLATonyKovach-MHI2016CongressExpo-ManufacturedHousingIndustryNews-MHProNews\" width=\"240\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DonaldTrumpLATonyKovach-MHI2016CongressExpo-ManufacturedHousingIndustryNews-MHProNews.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/DonaldTrumpLATonyKovach-MHI2016CongressExpo-ManufacturedHousingIndustryNews-MHProNews-113x150.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11643\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Among the fun items found at C&amp;E this year was lifesize cutouts of the 5 remaining D and R contenders for the Oval Office. By Tuesday night, that number had dropped to 3, with Cruz and Kasich bowing out after Donald Trump&#8217;s big win in Indiana that day. \u00a0Now its down to Hillary, The Donald and a pot smoking Libertarian&#8230;God Bless America! \u00a0The pick between those three is EASY. America First! MAGA!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By <a href=\"http:\/\/LATonyKovach.com\">L. 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If you do, you&#8217;ll get a good sense of how government and big business can often collude to the detriment of all involved.\u00a0 To be sure, big government and big business can and often are allies. 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