“The history of Abrams Airborne Manufacturing, Inc. is more than an explanation about past events; it is a true demonstration of the “American Dream” that after decades is still engrained into the core of the business.”
When you arrive at Abram Airborne Manufacturing you see an unassuming building in Tucson, Arizona. Most residents drive by it without ever knowing the amazing story of a family run business changing the world. We were honored to join the NRA’s Women’s Leadership Forum on an exclusive tour inside this 49 year old example of the importance of small businesses to Arizona and America as a whole.
Calley Carpenter of AAM (Left) with Judi White of the NRA’s Women’s Leadership Forum (Right)
You might be suprised to learn that this Arizona business is leading the way in several diverse frontiers such as aerospace & defense, weapons systems, commercial & medical, and military technologies. However despite their cutting-edge developments they still face the same struggles as any small business. Legislative restrictions as well as crony capitalism makes doing business harder and harder. It serves as an important reminder that all small businesses in our State, from the fledgling start-up to the seasoned veterans, need our continued support. It is up to us as Arizona citizens to ensure that our State be a prosperous place that encourages the entrepreneurial spirit and the American dream.
To learn more about Abrams Airborne Manufacturing visit their website at www.abrams.com
For more information about the NRA’s Woman’s Leadership Forum go to NRAWLF.com
This month we are honored to introduce to you our special guest blogger, U.S. Bennett, MPA. He has written a four part series on crony capitalism and its impacts as a bipartisan issue.
U.S. Bennett is a current IT Professional working in Higher Education. He has a BA in Humanities from Northern Arizona University and Masters of Public Administration with an emphasis on Public Finance from the University of Arizona. It was during this time that he evolved his passion for behavioral economics and decision theory. In addition to being an accomplished writer in philosophy he has also written academic works on big-data and fictional short stories. He lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife of 10 years and their son. In his free time he enjoys reading, writing, playing music, building guitars, watching college basketball, and spending time with his family.
Read Part 1 of his 4 part series here and make sure to check back next month for Part 2 and follow him on Twitter at @GekokujoRhythm
Market Freedom Alliance (MFA), a nonprofit Arizona advocacy organization, is ramping up its support and education efforts around informing the state’s citizens and small-business owners about the impact of public policy initiatives.
“The overview of what we are looking to achieve through Market Freedom Alliance is … to help educate the people of Arizona, both in the public and private sectors, on the different public policy initiatives that are happening across the state and how they are impacting them as individuals,” Jenna Bentley, the MFA’s new executive director, told Arizona Business Daily.
Bentley, who started her new position at the alliance on Oct. 1, most recently served as the Republican National Committee Southern Arizona director, where she focused on grassroots mobilization and voter contact, and created new engagement strategies that are now being used nationwide. Her background in politics also includes being a staffer in the Tucson office of U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ).
“There is sometimes this gap where people will hear or see things through third parties in the media or read a tagline that says this bill is good or bad, but they don’t truly understand how it is impacting them and how it is impacting small businesses,” Bentley said.
MFA is intensifying its advocacy around those “policies that are going to promote and foster small-business growth for Arizona,” Bentley said.
In fact, part of what’s holding back Arizona from reaching its economic-growth potential is outsourcing, Bentley said. Bentley graduated from the University of Arizona with a hybrid degree in politics, philosophy, economics and law.
“We are outsourcing a lot to China, and that is problematic,” Bentley said. “We are keeping away business that should be focused in Arizona and sending it not only to a country that is overseas, but one that has Communist ties.
“So refocusing business back to Arizona is something that I think is holding our state back right now, and this is something we need to focus on,” Bentley said.
Arizona citizens and businesses also “need to allow the free market to actually foster competition,” Bentley said.
“Whenever we as a state get too far involved in trying to regulate that and trying to shift growth into other areas, that is problematic as well,” Bentley said. Bentley also said that this is another area about which the MFA hopes to educate constituents and business owners.
In the upcoming months, Bentley said her goal is to establish a really solid statewide network for the Market Freedom Alliance.
Coming from Tucson, where she worked extensively in Congressional District 1 of the Republican Party, Bentley said she “saw throughout the course of elections what works in terms of grassroots aspects — what works and what doesn’t work for the people of Arizona.”
Now, she said, it’s important to have the alliance’s entire framework operable around the state.
“When I joined this project, I felt it was really important to ensure that we are not just talking to people in Phoenix,” Bentley said. “We are a group that has a presence throughout the entire state.”
Meet Market Freedom Alliance’s President Chuck Schmidt and learn about our initiative to stop crony capitalism in Arizona. November 2, 2015 Interview with KVOI’s Wake up Tucson,
New economic data is on the street, and it’s not good.
The U.S. economy ground to a halt with a .02 percent growth rate Q1.
What’s troublesome is not that the economy since 2010 has suffered five quarters of growth BELOW 1 percent; it’s that non-job creators continue to see an excessive regulatory environment as a solution for moving the country forward.
The clearest example?
Minimum wage mandates.
The Congressional Budget Office suggested an increase to .10 per hour would cost America’s economy 500,000 jobs.
Everyone knows when government forces employers to pay employees more job creators curtail expansion plans, cut or freeze hiring, cut hours, lay off workers, or all of the above.
These practices hurt employees and the economy.
The evidence is prevalent. Seattle businesses with single-digit profit margins like restaurants closed because of new higher minimum wage mandates, or they cut hours, laid-off employees, or raised prices.
Now the fight is on Arizona’s doorstep. Non-job creators in Flagstaff sued to mandate their own minimum wage hike. Coincidentally, the Flagstaff lawsuit admits their plaintiffs earn more than the existing Arizona minimum wage!
Let’s stop the wage mandate nonsense, and let America’s job creators get this economy moving again.
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