{"id":12921,"date":"2016-12-21T19:24:15","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T01:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/?p=12921"},"modified":"2016-12-22T07:20:18","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T13:20:18","slug":"what-is-the-business-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/what-is-the-business-of-america\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the business of America?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both America and our industry&#8217;s members face a similar set of challenges and opportunities.<\/p><div id=\"manuf-3066955400\" 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>Common sense suggests what is needed, and yet agendas that often make little or no sense are all too common.<\/p>\n<p>We can&#8217;t hope to change the world, without changing our little part of it first.<\/p>\n<p>A hodgepodge of agendas has been force-fed to millions on <em>&#8216;both sides of the political aisle.&#8217;<\/em> But aren&#8217;t there more than two sides to the vision of what is or should be best for America?<\/p>\n<p><em>ThisDayInQuotes<\/em> states that the quote, <span style=\"color: #993300;\">\u201c<strong>The business of America is business<\/strong>\u201d\u00a0or\u00a0\u201c<strong>The business of the American people is business<\/strong>.\u201d are incorrect versions of what Calvin Coolidge said<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What Coolidge actually said was\u00a0\u201c&#8230;<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>the chief business of the American people is business<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12927\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgewillrabbeKeepCoolWithCoolidgeCampaignPoster-ManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews-.png\" alt=\"CalvinCoolidgewillrabbeKeepCoolWithCoolidgeCampaignPoster-ManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews-\" width=\"504\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgewillrabbeKeepCoolWithCoolidgeCampaignPoster-ManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews-.png 582w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgewillrabbeKeepCoolWithCoolidgeCampaignPoster-ManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews--150x92.png 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgewillrabbeKeepCoolWithCoolidgeCampaignPoster-ManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews--575x352.png 575w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The speech the presidential candidate gave that day was titled \u201c<strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ThePressUnderAFreeGovernmentCalvinCoolidge-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">The Press Under a Free Government<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.\u201d It focused on the role of the news media of their day in a free market America.<\/p>\n<p><em>ThisDayInQuotes a<\/em>sserted that\u00a0Coolidge thought the press was far more likely to publish propaganda in autocratic or socialist nations.<\/p>\n<p>Coolidge acknowledged concerns about how business considerations might impact editorial positions and news reporting.<\/p>\n<p>But he also said the reverse could be true.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>There does not seem to be cause for alarm in the dual relationship of the press to the public, whereby it is on one side a purveyor of information and opinion and on the other side a purely business enterprise. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Rather, it is probable that a press which maintains an intimate touch with the business currents of the nation, is likely to be more reliable than it would be if it were a stranger to these influences<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That, \u00a0<em>ThisDayInQuotes<\/em> states, was followed by Coolidge\u2019s famous quote:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>After all, the chief business of the American people is business. They are profoundly concerned with producing, buying, selling, investing and prospering in the world. I am strongly of the opinion that the great majority of people will always find these the moving impulses of our life<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Then and now, the economy and jobs have routinely been a key motivator for voters. Coolidge noted a moral character must also be involved in the mix.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Of course, the accumulation of wealth cannot be justified as the chief end of existence<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d\u00a0Coolidge said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>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. 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<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The commentary ends with the author\u2019s claim that:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>It\u2019s true that Coolidge was generally a pro-business, small-government type politician; sort of a Ronald Reagan without charisma<\/strong><\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12926\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12926\" style=\"width: 574px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-12926\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgeWikipedia-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews--574x768.png\" alt=\"CalvinCoolidgeWikipedia-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews-\" width=\"574\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgeWikipedia-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews--574x768.png 574w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgeWikipedia-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews--112x150.png 112w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgeWikipedia-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews--321x430.png 321w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/CalvinCoolidgeWikipedia-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentary-MHProNews-.png 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 574px) 100vw, 574px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12926\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image credit, Wikipedia.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Trump is not the Typical Democrat or Republican<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Intentionally or not, the president-elect took a key concept from the Ronald Reagan playbook, and made it his own.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12933\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12933\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12933 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhenBusinessOrIndividualSPendsMoreItGoesBankruptRonaldReagancreditHeritage-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"WhenBusinessOrIndividualSPendsMoreItGoesBankruptRonaldReagancreditHeritage-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews\" width=\"236\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhenBusinessOrIndividualSPendsMoreItGoesBankruptRonaldReagancreditHeritage-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhenBusinessOrIndividualSPendsMoreItGoesBankruptRonaldReagancreditHeritage-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/WhenBusinessOrIndividualSPendsMoreItGoesBankruptRonaldReagancreditHeritage-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryCommentaryMHProNews-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12933\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Image credit, Heritage.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Reagan famously said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isn\u2019t it the <em>bold colors<\/em> of Donald Trump that set him apart from a field of GOP candidates who largely had more political or Republican credentials?<\/p>\n<p>Even before he takes the oath of office, Trump the businessman turned successfully political maverick is showing in word and deed that he wants to make the business of America to be doing more \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>good deals<\/strong><\/span>\u201d that will bring \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>more jobs<\/strong><\/span>\u201d and make \u2018<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>America more prosperous again<\/strong><\/span>.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12929\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12929\" style=\"width: 534px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12929 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Donald-Trump-Quotes-Business-Mike-Schiemer-Frugal-Entrepreneur-MediaThinkingBig-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-.jpg\" alt=\"Donald-Trump-Quotes-Business-Mike-Schiemer-Frugal-Entrepreneur-MediaThinkingBig-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-\" width=\"534\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Donald-Trump-Quotes-Business-Mike-Schiemer-Frugal-Entrepreneur-MediaThinkingBig-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews-.jpg 534w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Donald-Trump-Quotes-Business-Mike-Schiemer-Frugal-Entrepreneur-MediaThinkingBig-postedMastheadBlogMHProNews--150x106.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>No one would accuse Donald Trump of being a bland color. Image credit, Frugal Entrepreneur.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The Plane Truth\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president-elect met with the heads of Boeing and Lockheed-Martin, and with their CEO\u2019s with him, they all agreed that the costs for the next Air Force 1 and F35 fighter aircraft can be cut, saving taxpayers money. Trump works to bring his own projects in on-time and on or under budget. \u00a0He ran his campaign that way, and won. \u00a0It seems he is serious about making the government more cost\/savings minded too.<\/p>\n<p>And his policies are what economists call, &#8216;pro-growth policies.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>So today&#8217;s announcement is another signal that it isn\u2019t going to be government-as-usual in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/open-letter-to-dr-ben-carson-how-you-could-lead-hud-to-historic-achievements-by-ending-a-form-of-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\">could be good for manufactured housing<\/a>. But it won\u2019t just fall into our industry\u2019s laps.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12930\" style=\"width: 565px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/open-letter-to-dr-ben-carson-how-you-could-lead-hud-to-historic-achievements-by-ending-a-form-of-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12930 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DonaldTrumpBenCarsonOpenLetterMastheadBlogMHProNews-.png\" width=\"565\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DonaldTrumpBenCarsonOpenLetterMastheadBlogMHProNews-.png 565w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/DonaldTrumpBenCarsonOpenLetterMastheadBlogMHProNews--150x113.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 565px) 100vw, 565px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>To see the image and video rich Open Letter to Dr. Ben Carson, <a href=\"http:\/\/mhpronews.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/open-letter-to-dr-ben-carson-how-you-could-lead-hud-to-historic-achievements-by-ending-a-form-of-discrimination\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Beyond wisely welcoming the president-elect and his choice for HUD Secretary, what will MHI and MHARR do on a practical level on such pressing issues as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A HUD Program that is increasingly going rogue, taking positions contrary to the process established by the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 2000?<\/li>\n<li>Will enhanced preemption be a reason for the two national associations to join forces?<\/li>\n<li>Will there be a joint push to bring energy standards back to HUD from DOE?<\/li>\n<li>What will the new administration do about protecting domestic manufactured, modular and prefab home producers from foreign firms that are poised to make a billion-dollar plus entry into the U.S. housing market?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Chanukah and Christmas are right around the corner. \u00a0Millions already get it. But while millions of others may not see yet is this following fact.\u00a0America and manufactured housing were given a great gift in the wee hours of November 9<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>But like any gift, it can be taken for granted, mishandled or wasted.<\/p>\n<p>Embracing and working with this new, pro-business, pro-jobs administration could make a huge difference for factory-builders, our customers and home owners.\u00a0 Because we in factory-crafted homes can do it for less, and we can do it Made-in-America.<\/p>\n<p>From Coolidge\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/ThePressUnderAFreeGovernmentCalvinCoolidge-postedManufacturedHousingIndustryMastheadCommentaryMHProNews.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">speech on business and the free press &#8211; linked here as a download<\/a> &#8211; are these words: \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>The chief ideal of the American people is idealism. I cannot repeat too often that America is a nation of idealists\u2026 No newspaper can be a success which fails to appeal to that element of our national life<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And the chief business of America, is not out-of-control government regulations \u2013 it\u2019s business. ##<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12308\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12308\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12308\" src=\"http:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LATonyKovach-caricature-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-.png\" alt=\"latonykovach-caricature-postedmastheadblog-mhpronews\" width=\"192\" height=\"227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LATonyKovach-caricature-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews-.png 192w, https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/LATonyKovach-caricature-postedMastheadBlog-MHProNews--127x150.png 127w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12308\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\">L. A. &#8216;Tony&#8217; Kovach<\/a> caricature. Kovach is the publisher and managing member of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC parent to MHLivingNews and MHProNews, and their various consulting and professional services.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\">L. A. \u2018Tony\u2019 Kovach<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both America and our industry&#8217;s members face a similar set of challenges and opportunities. Common sense suggests what is needed, and yet agendas that often make little or no sense are all too common. We can&#8217;t hope to change the world, without changing our little part of it first. A hodgepodge of agendas has been &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/what-is-the-business-of-america\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">What is the business of America?<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12927,"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":[4711,1528,4712,4127,3,1159,4710],"class_list":["post-12921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-analysis","tag-30th-president","tag-business","tag-donald-trump-president-elect","tag-dr-ben-carson","tag-manufactured-housing","tag-ronald-reagan","tag-what-is-the-business-of-america-calvin-coolidge"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is the business of America? - Masthead L. 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