{"id":16525,"date":"2018-10-09T12:16:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhmarketingsalesmanagement.com\/blogs\/tonykovach\/?p=15047"},"modified":"2019-01-31T21:57:31","modified_gmt":"2019-02-01T03:57:31","slug":"truth-trump-tragedy-triumph-affordable-housing-and-manufactured-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/truth-trump-tragedy-triumph-affordable-housing-and-manufactured-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"Truth, Trump, Tragedy, Triumph, Affordable Housing, and Manufactured Homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p><div id=\"manuf-1344734562\" 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><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15053\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/TruthTrumpTragedyTriumphAffordableHousingManufacuredHomesMastheadBlogMHProNewsLogo.jpg\" alt=\"TruthTrumpTragedyTriumphAffordableHousingManufacuredHomesMastheadBlogMHProNewsLogo\" width=\"600\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s stipulate that both President Donald J. Trump and his anti-Trump opponents at times error in various ways. No one is perfect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s note later why the bullets below matters for the cause of the economy, affordable housing in general, and manufactured homes in particular.<\/p>\n<p>But we\u2019ll do this systematically, by first laying out a series of bullets, to set the stage.<\/p>\n<p>There are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Muslims,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Jews,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Christians,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>LGBTQs,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Blacks,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Hispanics,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Women,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Men,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rich,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Poor,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Working Class,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Media,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Other groups and professions,<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>that appreciate, and respect the 45th President &#8211; Donald J. Trump\u2019s &#8211; polices and accomplishments. Unlike many politicos, the 45th President of the United States (POTUS) is methodically doing what he said he would do.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on what media sources you read, watch or prefer to listen to, you will either agree or perhaps strongly disagree with those bullets. But those points are nevertheless accurate and demonstrably true. More on that further below.<\/p>\n<p>The president isn\u2019t a choir boy, and never claimed to be. That\u2019s not a defense, it\u2019s a statement of reality. God bless his candor on that point.<\/p>\n<p>Yet this non-choir boy president has tackled vexing domestic and foreign policy issues that faced the U.S. as recently as two years ago, which are already seeing significant improvement.<\/p>\n<p>Jobs in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>manufacturing,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>mining,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>energy,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>steel, and more are returning to America.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Recall that President Barack H. Obama<\/strong> said many of those are <strong>jobs that are<\/strong> \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>never coming back<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d But under 45, they&#8217;re coming back.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Better trade deals are being struck by 45<\/strong>. Yet former President Obama said better trade deals would require a \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>magic wand<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>As a reminder, <strong>Secretary Hillary Clinton<\/strong> would have continued the policies of her predecessor in most cases, she said so.<\/li>\n<li>Several of the policies of former <strong>Presidents George W. Bush and Obama led to massive deficits<\/strong> that roughly tripled the federal debt in 16 years.<\/li>\n<li><strong>So, this is not a simple GOP vs. Democratic policies issue<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Candidate Trump wasn\u2019t the first to tap the agenda he did.\u00a0 Others like Pat Buchanan, former Senator Rick Santorum, and former Gov. Mike Huckabee had similar planks and policies. But \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>The Donald<\/strong><\/span>\u201d won.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15055\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LATonyKovachGoodBipartisanshipShouldalwaysBepredicatedBenefitallhonestindustrymembersnotslectfewquote.jpg\" alt=\"LATonyKovachGoodBipartisanshipShouldalwaysBepredicatedBenefitallhonestindustrymembersnotslectfewquote\" width=\"600\" height=\"346\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rephrased, the core beliefs of the Trump coalition were already found among: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blue dog Democrats,<\/li>\n<li>The Tea Party,<\/li>\n<li>Evangelicals,<\/li>\n<li>Constitutionalists,<\/li>\n<li>Free enterprise proponents, and others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>People ought to be honest enough to give the president the credit he is due. \u00a0Love or hate his style, jokes, or tweets, <em>his policies are working<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, prior to the Trump era, the wealth of the oligarchic class grew rapidly during the prior 3 administrations. Democrat, Republican, it didn\u2019t matter. That\u2019s not a slam on capitalism or the 2 party system. It\u2019s a slam on <em>crony capitalism<\/em> and a <em>rigged political system<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Problem of Monopoly and Oligopolies <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>The rigged system<\/strong><\/span>\u201d is a common point between Bernie Sanders backers and the followers of Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Danny Glover is a fine actor. My citing the quote below, or any other quote from other persons or sources, doesn\u2019t imply I think everything the quote source said or did is perfect. We use a <em>wheat and chaff<\/em> approach with everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15056\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DannyGloverQuoteItsNotOnlyAMonopolyOfWealthItsAmonopolyofInformationasWellDailyBusinessNewsMHproNEws.jpg\" alt=\"DannyGloverQuoteItsNotOnlyAMonopolyOfWealthItsAmonopolyofInformationasWellDailyBusinessNewsMHproNEws\" width=\"600\" height=\"273\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That said, Mr. Glover was close to the mark with that statement above.\u00a0 It is part of the powerful video found at the link below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/shadows-of-liberty-movie-introduction-affordable-housing-and-you\/<\/p>\n<p>America has spent huge sums on education. \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Total expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools in the United States in 2014\u201315 amounted to $668 billion, or\u00a0<\/strong><strong><em>$13,119<\/em>\u00a0per public school student enrolled in the fall (in constant 2016\u201317 dollars)<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d per NCES.ED.gov.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15057\" style=\"width: 596px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15057\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/MathReadingTop12CountriesBBCOECDDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews.jpg\" alt=\"MathReadingTop12CountriesBBCOECDDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews\" width=\"596\" height=\"505\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> How can it be that so much is spent, and we can&#8217;t even make the top nation&#8217;s of the world in educational outcomes? Anyone who thinks that big government is the solution has not looked at the facts. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15058\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15058\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15058 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ScienceRankingsBBCUSAnotOntop20ManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNEws.png\" alt=\"ScienceRankingsBBCUSAnotOntop20ManufacturedHousingIndustryDailyBusinessNewsMHProNEws\" width=\"538\" height=\"860\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> There is a lot of reforming still needed, education is part of what must change in the U.S. The low to poor outcomes, in spite of huge sums spent, prove it. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then why does the U.S. trail so many other nations globally in education? See the data above, per the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>America has spent huge sums on poverty programs, which includes \u2018affordable housing\u2019 programs. Then why after spending north of $22 trillion dollars &#8211; per the Heritage Foundation in 2014 &#8211; does the U.S. trail so much of the world in home ownership rates?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15059\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15059\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15059 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Top50CountriesinWorldHomeOwnershipRatesWikipediaPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews1878.png\" alt=\"Top50CountriesinWorldHomeOwnershipRatesWikipediaPostedDailyBusinessNewsMHProNews1878\" width=\"602\" height=\"1878\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Manufactured homes could be a big part of the solution for housing affordability. We know what is necessary. Enforce the two good laws that are already on the books. <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/two-great-laws-already-on-the-books-now-can-unlock-billion-annually-for-manufactured-housing-industry-businesse-investor\/<\/p>\n<p>Or why does poverty programs enrich a few, while the poverty remains?\u00a0 Let&#8217;s sum up the powerful video below with these words, poverty is business and politics for certain people.\u00a0 ICYMI, or for later viewing, check out the multiple award winning video found in the linked post below.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/acclaimed-poverty-inc-video-mhville-why-left-right-should-listen-learn-from-each-other\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why is much of the mainstream media so dead set against President Trump? Think about what Mr. Glover above, and others in quotes below, said on this issue of news as a business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15060\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ThomasSowellQuoteIfPeopleInMediaCannotDecideWhetherTheyAreInNewsReportingbusinessorManufacturingPropagandaMoreImportantForPub.jpg\" alt=\"ThomasSowellQuoteIfPeopleInMediaCannotDecideWhetherTheyAreInNewsReportingbusinessorManufacturingPropagandaMoreImportantForPub\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A well informed manufactured home industry executive told me recently, \u2018<strong><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Tony, a lot of what you guys<\/span> <\/strong>[MHProNews]<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong> write about I already knew<\/strong><\/span>.\u2019 No doubt. There are numbers of industry pros who knew all of the above, long before we published the data. But what about the thousands who don&#8217;t know?\u00a0 How do you educate and inform them, without articles like this that lay out the facts and evidence?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15061\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15061 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DeepaKumarQuoteGiantMediaCorpLikeTimWarnerandNewsCoprDisneySoForthTheyGetToDecidWhatIsNews.jpg\" alt=\"DeepaKumarQuoteGiantMediaCorpLikeTimWarnerandNewsCoprDisneySoForthTheyGetToDecidWhatIsNews\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><i> Warren Buffett can get on TV almost any time he wants to. Berkshire Hathaway owns at this time some 31 newspapers. Why don&#8217;t they educate the public about manufactured homes? What are they waiting for, and why? <\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But there are thousands in our industry that didn\u2019t know, until they read this, or until they read articles we did previously over the years on the <em>Daily Business News<\/em>, on <em>MHLivingNews,<\/em> or here on the <em>Masthead<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-15062\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/HumanitiesValueBuisnessCriticismDissentWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMar.jpg\" alt=\"HumanitiesValueBuisnessCriticismDissentWhenGoingAlongGetAlongWhereWhistleblowersDiscouragedBadThingsHappenBusinssesImplodeMar\" width=\"598\" height=\"358\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s power in greater numbers understanding the truth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14963\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws.jpg\" alt=\"TheFunctionofEducationIsTeachOnThinkIntensivelyThinkCriticallyIntelligencePlusCharaterThatstheGoalofTrueEudcationMartinLutherKingJrMHProNEws\" width=\"600\" height=\"289\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Facts, evidence, morality, and common-sense ought to rule, not blind passion or emotionally manipulated people of any persuasion.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-15064\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/WhatIsWrongIsThatWedontAskWhatIsRightGKChestertonMHProNews-573x430.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"573\" height=\"430\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Threats, Bullying and Intimidation Tactics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yet, there are rent-a-rioter protesting and\/or leading protests.<\/p>\n<p>Who says?<\/p>\n<p>ABC News.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TdN2V8c0DoI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CNN.\u00a0<\/strong> They call themselves antifascist \u2013 or AntiFa. But in fact, they are using violent tactics much like the brownshirts in 1930s Germany.\u00a0 They take on their opponents \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>by any means necessary<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d\u00a0 They talk about opposing \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>white nationalists<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d but very few white nationalists ever show up to their own events. So, clearly, AntiFa has a different agenda.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g96Es2ZGo8w\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Note that in the video above, one planner said that they\u2019ve been doing such organizing for years.\u00a0 It is only more noticeable now. He admits the masks are to make it harder to identify and arrest lawbreakers.<\/p>\n<p>Do we want a society where bullying, violence, and intimidation tactics rules?\u00a0 \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>Organized descent<\/strong><\/span>,\u201d is what a woman in this video says.\u00a0 Senator Elizabeth Warren (MA-D) is prominent in this.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hVX_tTgrBhA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Odds are good you\u2019ve seen Representative Maxine Waters (CA-D) tell a group to \u201cpush back on them\u201d any time you see a Trump administration member in public.\u00a0 What\u2019s that?\u00a0 Is that love, that they often claim, or is it hate?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Manufactured Housing Connections<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We spotlighted on <em>MHLivingNews<\/em> just one of several possible looks on why more manufactured homes aren&#8217;t already being sold.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/manufactured-homes-could-help-solve-the-affordable-housing-crisis-so-why-arent-more-manufactured-homes-being-sold\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MHI recently came out in apparent support of a bill by Senator Warren that arguably would be harmful to the interests of thousands of manufactured housing professionals, and based upon decades of history, would hurt the interests of millions of affordable housing seekers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/facts-analysis-senator-elizabeth-warren-re-manufactured-housing-institute-memo-to-mhi-members-10-3-2018\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t think that protestors are irrelevant to manufactured housing professionals. MHAction disrputed the MHI meeting when HUD Secretary Carson spoke.<\/p>\n<p>MHAction\u2019s own video reflects them targeting industry professionals like Frank Rolfe or the Blackstone Group.\u00a0 In the MHAction video below, our commentary is on the left, but it is their video on the right.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/293975803\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If it happens to others, isn\u2019t it reasonable to think that it can happen to you?<\/p>\n<p>If there isn\u2019t a line in the sand now, then when?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Isn\u2019t Manufactured Housing Doing Better?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For years, <em>MHProNews<\/em> and <em>MHLivingNews <\/em>has spotlighted issues in depth, and laced with facts that others with bigger budgets ignore. Why?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/fresh-facts-figures-future-of-affordable-housing-comparisons-conventional-site-built-v-mobile-manufactured-home-industry-data\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ignorance is Costly, Accurate Understanding Followed by Sound Action Pays<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We spend time spotlighting issues regarding Berkshire Hathaway, which has drawn coverage from left and right-of-center mainstream media.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/progressive-nation-reports-on-monopolies-cites-buffett-clayton-others-mh-industry-impact\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/seattle-times-federal-investigations-berkshire-hathaways-clayton-homes-gurufocus-spotlights-buffetts-claytons-unethical-monopolistic-moat\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But almost no one in MHVille media &#8211; outside of <em>MHProNews<\/em>, and\/or MHARR on specific topics \u2013 has called Berkshire Hathaway out by name, and then provided the facts and evidence as to why they were being called out.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/smoking-gun-3-warren-buffett-kevin-clayton-clayton-homes-21st-mortgage-corp-tim-williams-manufactured-home-lending-sales-grab\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/clayton-homes-consumer-complaints-saga-continues-mold-and-more\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>MHARR and <em>MHProNews<\/em> have led the charge for spotlighting the various ways that has sold out the interests of the independents in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Two state association broke away from MHI precisely because MHI failed to represent their interests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/state-associations-companies-quit-membership-in-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi-one-explains-in-writing-why\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We could go on and on with examples of how MHI has protected big money billionaires, or people like Nathan Smith, who is highly connected in the Democratic party.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomelivingnews.com\/nathan-smith-from-mobile-home-resident-to-ssk-communities-owner-and-president-barack-obama-connection\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and the GOP \u2013 Republicans \u2013 both needed reforms. President Trump is fundamentally changing some parts of Republican politics on issues like the border, trade, and tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>As a political independent, it must be said that President Trump is making the GOP into a pro-worker, pro-business \u2013 notably small business \u2013 party.\u00a0 That\u2019s why MHARR praised President Trump. That\u2019s why the NFIB sings his policies praises too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/214490346\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>MHI postures being for less regulation, but they have time and again failed the independents of the industry.\u00a0 Frank Rolfe may have gone silent, but he was right when he said that the problems the industry faces are internal.\u00a0 Rolfe named MHI as part of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/238597068\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Marty Lavin was a long-time MHI member.\u00a0 He won one of their highest awards.\u00a0 He said that they work for the interests of the big boys, not the independents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14908\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/SoTheAssociationMHIIsNotThereFortheIndustryUnlesstheinterestsoftheBigBoysJointheIndustrysMartyLavinMHIAwardWinnerQuoteMHProNe-575x212.jpg\" alt=\"SoTheAssociationMHIIsNotThereFortheIndustryUnlesstheinterestsoftheBigBoysJointheIndustrysMartyLavinMHIAwardWinnerQuoteMHProNe\" width=\"575\" height=\"212\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s sad that so few will speak out publicly, but it is because they are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>afraid<\/strong>, as people that work for Clayton and intendents have told us.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Still don\u2019t understand<\/strong>, because they can\u2019t get passed a good time(s) they\u2019ve had at an MHI meeting, or with Clayton or 21<sup>st<\/sup>, etc. But how many felt that before they were forced out of business by 21<sup>st<\/sup> and or Clayton after 2009?<\/li>\n<li>If the &#8216;big boys&#8217; did it to the industry before, can\u2019t they do it again? Did you know some believe that is what MHI\/Clayton\/21<sup>st<\/sup>\/VMF have been doing with the GSEs?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"QrHeZVZmcX\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/gses-duty-to-serve-underserved-markets-plans\/\">GSEs\u2019 \u201cDuty To Serve Underserved Markets\u201d Plans<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;GSEs\u2019 \u201cDuty To Serve Underserved Markets\u201d Plans&#8221; &#8212; Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/gses-duty-to-serve-underserved-markets-plans\/embed\/#?secret=5Sm3zZ37me#?secret=QrHeZVZmcX\" data-secret=\"QrHeZVZmcX\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There is no lack of evidence to what\u2019s happening to our nation, and to our industry.\u00a0 MHI has purportedly sold our industry\u2019s independents out many times. We share some MHARR links just to mix it up, but we&#8217;ve covered these topics several times.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wm5SBIwLuN\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/mharr-to-doe-only-three-choices-for-mh-energy-rule-abandon-complete-start-over-or-face-legal-action\/\">MHARR to DOE: Only Three Choices for MH Energy Rule \u2013 Abandon, Complete Start-Over, Or Face Legal Action<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;MHARR to DOE: Only Three Choices for MH Energy Rule \u2013 Abandon, Complete Start-Over, Or Face Legal Action&#8221; &#8212; Manufactured Housing Association for Regulatory Reform\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhousingassociationregulatoryreform.org\/mharr-to-doe-only-three-choices-for-mh-energy-rule-abandon-complete-start-over-or-face-legal-action\/embed\/#?secret=SvNGOkKvVF#?secret=wm5SBIwLuN\" data-secret=\"wm5SBIwLuN\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Steps for Independents, and Free Enterprise Supporters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Job One is to support pro-Trump candidates. They must expand their hold of Congress.\u00a0 We\u2019ve shown just how that can happen in 2018, in spite of what the pollsters say. Recall, those same pollsters said Trump couldn\u2019t win in 2016.\u00a0 Vote and get others lined up to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>What some call \u201cRINO\u201d Republicans \u2013 more aptly, squishy on the Trump-agenda \u2013 politicos like Jeff Flake are stepping down.\u00a0 Pro-Trump candidates are stepping up in their place.<\/p>\n<p>Who is MHI supporting with their PAC? Flake\u2019s Democratic opponent, and in Indiana, the anti-Trump Joe Donnelly (D).\u00a0 There are more examples, but let\u2019s just let those two sink in.<\/p>\n<p>Facts are facts.\u00a0 The Trump track record is very different than some elements of the media portray. POTUS Trump is not a typical Republican from the 10 or 20 years ago.\u00a0 That\u2019s not saying the GOP was bad then, it is only to say that President Trump has taken elements of Republican thinking, brought in some blue-collar elements from the Democratic thinking, and blended it together.<\/p>\n<p>MHI postures being for everyone, but they have time and again failing independents.\u00a0 Former MHI chairman, and MHI PAC Chairman Nathan Smith said as much on a video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/232383533\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nThe outcome is consolidation. Smith laughs about it, but that\u2019s the game.\u00a0 The more a few control businesses, including manufactured housing, the worse it is for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>Manufactured housing is poised for historic growth.\u00a0 But the foot purportedly has been kept on the metaphorical brakes. The time to expose the rigged system, in all its elements is now.\u00a0 The need to continue to expose it won\u2019t end until the vast majority of Americans realize just how failed and corrupted the system has become.<\/p>\n<p>American workers, American consumers, and independent American businesses first. Its common sense.\u00a0 There is an opportunity to take the evidence that the Trump Administration is producing and use it to show how it can turn years of tragedy into triumph.<\/p>\n<p>The good results speak for themselves.\u00a0 More is needed, specifically in our industry, which is why the Omaha, Knoxville, Arlington triangle must be arguably be exposed and broken up.\u00a0 Antitrust laws could be useful in MHVille and beyond.\u00a0 The Trump administration has already signaled that antitrust \u2013 anti-monopolistic actions &#8211; is coming, perhaps soon after the midterms.<\/p>\n<p>I for one can\u2019t wait. \u201c<span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>We Provide, You Decide<\/strong><\/span>.\u201d \u00a9 ## (News, analysis, and commentary.)<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>See <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Related Reports<\/span>, further below<\/strong>. Third-party images and content are provided under fair use guidelines.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-15051\" src=\"https:\/\/manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/ManufacturedHmeIndustryAchieveGreatPotentialAddressingResolvingCauseCorePerceptionIssuesLATonyKovachQuotePresentationPhoto-575x227.jpg\" alt=\"ManufacturedHmeIndustryAchieveGreatPotentialAddressingResolvingCauseCorePerceptionIssuesLATonyKovachQuotePresentationPhoto\" width=\"380\" height=\"150\" \/>By<a href=\"http:\/\/www.83degreesmedia.com\/features\/mhnews072115.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> L.A. &#8220;Tony&#8221; Kovach<\/a> &#8211; for <em>MHProNews<\/em>.com.<\/p>\n<p>Tony is the multiple award-winning managing member of LifeStyle Factory Homes, LLC, the parent company to <em>MHProNews,<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/MHLivingNews.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>MHLivingNews.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Office <b>863-213-4090<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"> |<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">Connect on <\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\"><b>LinkedIn<\/b><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span lang=\"en-US\">:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #1155cc;\"><span style=\"font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span lang=\"en-US\">http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/latonykovach<\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Sign Up Today<\/span>!<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/daiyGn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-75403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/EmailedMHProNewsHeadlineNewsDailyBusinessNews.png\" alt=\"EmailedMHProNewsHeadlineNewsDailyBusinessNews\" width=\"249\" height=\"224\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Click<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/daiyGn\">here to sign up in 5 seconds for the<\/a> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">manufactured<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> home industry&#8217;s leading<\/span> &#8211; and still growing &#8211; emailed headline news updates<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Related References<\/strong><\/span>:<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/nbc-video-federal-authorities-investigating-clayton-homes-maxine-waters-denounces-lending-discrimination-against-minorities\/<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/president-donald-j-trump-visit-to-manufactured-home-community-video-hurricane-florence-update\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/?p=86349<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Let\u2019s stipulate that both President Donald J. 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But we\u2019ll do this systematically, by first &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"ast-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.manufacturedhomepronews.com\/masthead\/truth-trump-tragedy-triumph-affordable-housing-and-manufactured-homes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Truth, Trump, Tragedy, Triumph, Affordable Housing, and Manufactured Homes<\/span> Read More \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":16372,"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":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5089,5079,5080,5090,5093,5085,5086,5073,5095,5121,5112,5088],"tags":[2577,762,1761,36,7,8,1389,5182,5183,5184,5185,2349,533],"class_list":["post-16525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-affordable-housing","category-analysis","category-commentary","category-manufactured-housing-assoc-regulatory-reform","category-manufactured-housing-commentary","category-manufactured-housing-industry-trends","category-manufactured-housing-institute-mhi","category-news-analysis","category-political-topics-impacting-manufactured-housing","category-politics","category-promoting-the-mh-industry-solutions","category-thought-provoking","tag-21st-mortgage","tag-affordable-housing","tag-clayton-homes","tag-manufactured-homes","tag-mharr","tag-mhi","tag-nathan-smith","tag-rigged-system","tag-tragedy","tag-triumph","tag-trump","tag-truth","tag-warren-buffett"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Truth, Trump, Tragedy, Triumph, Affordable Housing, and Manufactured Homes - Masthead L. 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