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Justin McCoy, Jay Aiello and Michael Battista
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#justin mccoy#jay aiello#michael battista#university of virginia wrestling#uvawrestling#cavalier#wrestling#wrestling training#training#wrestling singlet#singlet#navy blue#white#orange
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do the jays have two #44s??? I thought barger was 44 but aiello is wearing it today??
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Virginio Aiello "La rive gauche"
Is it a waste of time really
to go out and count every turn
and every pole of light in this village?
I'm killing time that's trying to kill me
after all that's only fair
I'm staying - stay with me.
By Benedict Jay after Virginio Aiello "La rive gauche"
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Car Seat Headrest & Naked Giants Live Show Review: 7/1, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Chicago
BY JORDAN MAINZER
Following a stellar album, our experience of the 2017 and 2018 versions of Car Seat Headrest was less-than. Their set at Lollapalooza 2017 was marred by sound issues, while Twin Fantasy (Face to Face), their reworking of the lo-fi Twin Fantasy, felt “like an upgrade rather than an overhaul,” essentially underwhelming. Last week at Millennium Park, however, saw what we all knew the Will Toledo-led band could become, peaking from a composition and performance perspective.
The set started with the dance punk of great new track “Can’t Cool Me Down”, continued with Twin Fantasy’s “Bodys”, and introduced a one-two Teens of Denial punch that sounded better than ever. Funky, scratchy guitars were added to “Fill in the Blank”, and the band nailing “(Joe Gets Kicked Out of School for Using) Drugs With Friends (But Says This Isn't a Problem)” rendered the song the live anthem it always deserved to be. “Sober to Death” was combined seamlessly with an Ethan Ives-led cover of Neil Young & Crazy Horse’s “Powderfinger”. More Denial ensued: the stop-starts of “1937 State Park”, loud-quiet-loud shout-along of “Drunk Drivers/Kill Whales”, and cowbell burning of “Destroyed By Hippie Powers”. “Beach Life-In-Death”, the main set closer, featured a bridge in which the band slowly built up to the final chorus, the band delivering sensitive moonlit jazz just as well as the hooky rock of the rest of the song. And the unplanned encore of “Stop Smoking” had the best buildup and release of the whole night, as if the band was saying, “We can do anything we want--we’re at the top of our game.”
Opening were Naked Giants, whose three band members later joined Car Seat Headrest on stage as part of the band but made just as much noise themselves. “Ready to rock and roll,” (according to lead singer Gianni Aiello), they delivered a set of poppy, hard-charging rock filled with guitar and drum solos and simple lyrics. Playing mostly from their 2018 album SLUFF (noise freak out host “TV”, Wavves-esque “Everybody Thinks They Know (But No One Really Knows)” and recent EP Green Fuzz, the band offered an expected mix of weirdness and accessibility. Examples of the former included a new song, the dreamy and expansive “Turns Blue”, and examples of the latter included the band’s faithful rendition of David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance”. Overall, the band’s music was pretty good, but their lack of egos and pretension was what made them infectious.
#car seat headrest#naked giants#Matador Records#new west#gianni aiello#henry lavallee#grant mullen#live music#jay pritzker pavilion#twin fantasy (face to face)#twin fantasy#millennium park#teens of denial#will toledo#neil young & crazy horse#neil young#crazy horse#ethan ives#sluff#wavves#green fuzz#david bowie#lollapalooza#lollapalooza 2017
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Prudence Flowers Headcannons pt 2
“listen to me, I know what I'm doing„
She can cook and is mostly the reason why Sammy gets good food
Anger of a thousand suns
She throws heat very well
Proud of everything her daughter does
Only lets Sammy call her Prudy
Knows her flowers very well
Currently making bouquets based on people personality
Can be irritated easily
Her husband doesn't need to protect her
“Samael Jay Pierson! If you do not pay attention to the recipe this spoon will disappear, Frank Aiello! Your doing great sweety, Drew Stiles! Why are you here?„
“Samael Jay Pierson!!! I swear to everything holy and unholy if you don't stop smoking in my house„
“We're not that different you and I„
Can cry on command
Uses that skill on Sammy alot
Wants to protect Sammy
“Baby, I know dinner looks good but you can't eat it right now„
"ʷᵉˡˡ ⁱˢⁿ'ᵗ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ᵃ ᶠⁱⁿᵉ ᵏᵉᵗᵗˡᵉ ᵒᶠ ᵇᵉᵉˢ"
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Little Italy shines light on family, love and Toronto
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(A film about life, family, love and pizza, as well as a large focus on Canada, Little Italy is the next movie to add to your must see list.)
Melissa Novacaska | Interrobang | Lifestyles | September 7th, 2018
A film about love, lost, pride and of course family with a little rivalry is just a snippet of what the movie Little Italy is all about.
Little Italy, stars Emma Roberts as Nikki Angioli, an up and coming master chef and Hayden Christensen as Leo Campo, an inspiring pizza entrepreneur, who grew up together with their families in Toronto’s Little Italy borough.
The two are inseparable as kids and in turn, help their families run a joint pizza shop, that is until a pizza contest and an argument between the fathers (from each family) leads to the shop closing and each family creating their own restaurants (right next to one another, no less).
Though it seems both families are at war, it’s really only the fathers who are against one another, while the other members of each family secretly (and not so secretly) remain friends.
As for Angioli and Campo, they also remain close, until they hit young adulthood and Angioli (who secretly has had feelings for Campo), jets off to the London, England for five years, to learn from the best in the culinary world (also known as chef Corrine, played by Jane Seymour).
Angioli ends up coming home for two weeks to renew her Visa, though her family and friends plea for her to stay longer. Her plans eventually go up in the air for the time being as she reconnects with Campo (who is trying to live out dreams of his own) and while their fathers continue to butt heads Angioli ultimately has to choose what she’ll end up doing in the end.
Directed by Donald Petrie, (How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Miss Congeniality), Little Italy is a romantic comedy delight. Though it may be cheesy (both literally and figuratively) and can be compared to a romcom pulled right out of 2005, Little Italy has some true heart to it.
The fact that this film was not only filmed in Toronto, but also set in Toronto makes it a stronger movie (at least in Canada), since a number of movies tend to be filmed in Canada, but are staged as cities such as New York, or small town U.S.A.
From the shot of the CN Tower and the Distillery District, to some Blue Jays gear being seen on screen, this film pays homage to the Toronto and to the Italian community. Even a bit of Canadian music was part of the film’s soundtrack, including some Shawn Mendes.
Little Italy, tries to portray and demonstrate what a tight knit community Little Italy (the area) is and how close an Italian family can be (e.g., running a family business with everyone young and old helping out etc.) Add pizza to the mix and it’s even better.
Though the film may not be an Oscar contender, it is a funny and lighthearted romcom that has just the right amount of heartwarming moments as well as a decent amount of laughable lines.
The cast is a mix of Canadian and American actors, including Alyssa Milano, Adam Ferrara, Gary Basaraba, Andrew Phung and Linda Kash.
The two other stars of the movie and who brought a number of laughs include Danny Aiello and comedy queen Andrea Martin, who play the single elderly parent from each side of the two families. The chemistry between the two is great and it was hard to not want the best for them. Plus, their quips and perfectly timed comedy kept the audience in the theatre on their toes laughing.
Both Roberts and Christensen play their parts well and together, help tell the story of young love and the difficulty of wanting to create a life (both independently and together), even when obstacles get in the way.
Overall, Little Italy shows the strong ties between love, life and family and that when things get tough, your family and friends will always have your back and be ready to welcome you back home with wide-open arms.
Though Little Italy was somewhat predictable in certain aspects, it’s still a film worth checking out if you’re into the classic romantic comedy genre, pizza or looking for a loveable family-tied story.
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STALLONE: FRANK, THAT IS… (2020)
Featuring Frank Stallone, Sylvester Stallone, Jackie Stallone, Danny Aiello, Bruce Buffer, Richie Sambora, Billy Dee Williams, Christopher McDonald, Frankie Avalon, Billy Zane, Talia Shire, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Duff McKagan, Jennifer Flavin Stallone, Frankie Sullivan, Stephen Bauer, Joe Mantegna, Annette Rua, Greg Clinton, Mark Harlen, Mike Barford, Mike Bartosiewicz, Allen Avraham Rosenblum, John Oates, Bob Tangrea, Bill Conti, Burt Young, Chuck Zito, Geraldo Rivera, Sammy Nestico and Nick Vallalongo.
Written by Derek Wayne Johnson.
Directed by Derek Wayne Johnson.
Distributed by Branded Studios. 73 minutes. Not Rated.
You can tell by the title of the new documentary Stallone: Frank, That Is, what is the defining conundrum in Frank Stallone’s life.
It is obvious that Frank Stallone is annoyed that people only think of him as “Sylvester Stallone’s brother.” And, sure, I can see how that would be a pain.
However, if you’re honest, Stallone: Frank, That Is… does show Frank to be a hard worker and someone who is constantly in search of fame and recognition for his music and art, but almost every time he had a big break or reached a massive audience, the opportunity was directly created by his younger, more famous brother.
His first notable musical moment – the song “Take You Back” from Sly’s breakthrough movie Rocky. (Frank also appeared as cameos in several of the Rocky films.) His only big hit single – “Far from Over” from the soundtrack of the movie Staying Alive, which Sly directed. It was Sylvester who decided to use five of Frank’s songs in that soundtrack when the Bee Gees decided to not do the whole album, only contribute a few songs. Frank acted in several of Sly’s movies, and even his semi-fame as a b-movie actor was pretty much due to recognition of his famous last name.
Otherwise, his projects – both as a singer and as an actor – were sometimes respected, sometimes cheesy but almost inevitably essentially overlooked.
That’s not saying that Frank Stallone isn’t talented. It’s just saying that if not for his brother, he’d just be another mostly forgotten aging rocker who never quite found an audience.
And he probably would not have a documentary on his life.
Is that fair? Maybe. Maybe not. But it is what it is.
One thing for sure, though. Frank Stallone has always had his eye to the stars. From the early days as a relatively popular singer with local bands in his hometown of Philadelphia even before Sly’s fame (a pre-stardom John Oates was in one of his early bands), Frank Stallone was driven to be a big rock star.
He had the look. He had the voice. He had the charisma. It’s just for the most part, every time it seemed like things were breaking his way, something happened to derail his momentum, whether it be disappointing sales or the politics of show business.
He had a somewhat busy, if not very impressive acting career, mostly starring in cheesy b-movies like Death Blow: A Cry for Justice, The Ten Little Indians, Terror in Beverly Hills and Legend of the Roller Blade Seven. He even occasionally got supporting roles in respected indie and studio films like Barfly, Tombstone and Hudson Hawk (the last of which turned out to be an infamous bomb, but at least when he was cast there were high hopes about the project being a big hit). However, Stallone acknowledges freely that acting never came as easily to him as music.
It’s rather telling that Stallone: Frank, That Is… pretty much overlooked the last couple of decades, in which time Frank has become probably better known for being a pro-Trump Twitter troll than for his music. (This only comes close to being acknowledged towards the end of the film when a friend vaguely concedes that Frank Stallone has strong opinions and isn’t afraid to share them.)
The documentary tries to sell the idea that Stallone’s new musical act – mostly doing nostalgic shows built around Rat Pack and show tune standards – has put Stallone back on the fast track. If playing packed houses in Branson, Missouri is your idea of stardom, then yeah, he’s still relevant.
But more importantly, Frank Stallone’s life story teaches us one thing – the dude never, ever gives up. No matter how many punches that life and fate lob at him, he keeps on going. Music is his life, his raison d’etre, and he will stay at it as long as he’s standing.
Funny, that sounds a lot like a certain boxer that his brother has played several times in the movies.
Jay S. Jacobs
Copyright ©2021 PopEntertainment.com. All rights reserved. Posted: January 19, 2021.
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Jay Aiello (top) wrestles Nathan Traxler
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Jay-Z Dethrones Diddy to Become Forbes' Richest Hip-Hop Act of 2018 By: MCKENNA AIELLO Jay Z, Sean 'Diddy' Combs, Puff Daddy JAMIE MCCARTHY/GETTY IMAGES Watch the throne—there's a new reigning king of hip-hop. Forbes unveiled its annual ranking of Hip-Hop's Wealthiest Acts on Thursday, and Jay-Z tops the list with an estimated net worth of $900 million. His mind-boggling earnings knock Sean "Diddy" Combs from the No. 1 spot, a title he previously held for seven consecutive years. Diddy trails behind with an equally impressive $825 million and Dr. Dre comes in third with $770 million, though there's a steep drop off when it comes to the fourth and fifth richest rappers in the music industry. Drakeand Eminem profited $100 million each within the past year. So what business ventures helped Jay-Z's financial wealth increase by $90 million from 2017? Photos Jay-Z Greets Everyone at the 2018 Grammys According to Forbes, the 4:44 artist's stakes in Armand de Brignac champagne and D'Ussé cognac have steadily risen in value, in addition to him owning Tidal and Roc Nation. Likewise, Diddy continues to bring in the big bucks thanks to ventures with various spirit companies, and Dre is still reaping the benefits of Apple's $3 billion buyout of his Beats company from 2014. The outlet predicts the race to reach $1 billion is especially tight between Jay-Z and Diddy, a milestone that depends on the longevity of their various investments in beverage brands. For now, Jay-Z finds himself in great company. None other than wife Beyoncé was named 2017's highest-paid woman in music with a $105 million salary. After all, there's a reason why they call Bey and Jay a power couple. http://m.eonline.com/amp/news/917407/jay-z-dethrones-diddy-to-become-forbes-richest-hip-hop-act-of-2018 (at New York, New York)
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CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY (CTE)
This is the medical term for brain damage caused by repeated head trauma. There’s plenty about it in the news today because of its association with professional football and the NFL. This is a devastating disease. The symptoms include memory loss, poor judgement, altered speech, depression, dementia, etc. Several high profile former NFL players have committed suicide apparently with it and because of it. The fact that we know about it and what it does and what it causes is troubling enough, but that is not why I began this blog. There is another aspect of this terrible ailment that is very troubling to me. The public consciousness was awakened by the players bringing lawsuits against the NFL and stipulating in their wills that when they died their brains would be donated to medical science. It is now clear that the NFL knew about this before the players recognized it and began to take action. In 1994 the NFL created the Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Committee (MTBIC) to study the effects of concussions and the injury to NFL players. The data collected by the league from 1996 - 2001 seemed to minimize and obfuscate the danger of head trauma. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) did a study of retired NFL players and concluded that there is significant risk of neurological disorders in retired NFL players. The MTBIC contradicted this study and other investigations of this sort. In 2003 the MTBIC began to publish “study” results that stated there were no long term negative health consequences associated with head trauma sustained by NFL players. The league also asserted that returning to play after a concussion did not involve any risk. More and more studies were published that directly contradicted the NFL’s MTBIC “studies” and reports. However, the NFL did not waver in their efforts to discredit and discourage investigations of this nature. In 2002 the SHTF. Dr. Bennet Omalu examined the brain of former Pittsburg Steeler Mike Webster. Mike died of a heart attack at age 50 following unusual and unexplained behavior after retirement. In Mike’s brain, Dr. Omalu discovered a new disease which he called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). He published in Neurosurgery in July 2005. The NFL’s reaction was to demand that the article be retracted. Dr. Omalu responded with a second paper on the subject. Dr. Ira Casson, co-chair of MTBIC, denied in a televised interview that there was any link between head injuries sustained playing in the NFL and long-term brain damage. Dr. Omalu and colleagues founded the Brain Injury Research Institute (BIRI). In 2012 they began an autopsy of Junior Seau, former NFL linebacker. Seau committed suicide, shooting himself in the chest to preserve his brain which he donated to the BIRI. However, Seau’s son revoked permission after he was contacted by the NFL denouncing Omalu’s qualifications, motivation and ethics. The NFL commissioner appeared before Congress and was much less than forthcoming. Does this sound familiar? How about the path the tobacco industry took, even appearing before Congress and denying any connection between their product and the death of 7 million people worldwide every year? Would it surprise you that the legal representation of the NFL has ties to the tobacco industry legal defense? Finally in November 2009, an NFL spokesperson, Greg Aiello, publicly said “it’s quite obvious from the medical research that’s been done that concussions can lead to long term problems.” Does it take hundreds of scientific studies and papers to convince people that getting hit in the head is unhealthy? Apparently so when the product is a $14 billion to $25 billion business. We can’t have anything affecting our bottom line, even the misery and death of people, can we? The NFL employs thousands of people and is expected to net $14 billion this year. The real economic impact comes in the thousands of ancillary business that surround the NFL. All the way down to the cost of the pizza you order to eat while watching the game on TV while wearing the jersey of your favorite player and team. Yes, this is big business. Huge business. It’s not going anywhere. We have seen many significant changes, all improvements in my mind, but much more has to be done to make the game safer. How about when a player is removed from the game after suffering a concussion, the player who caused the concussion also has to leave the game and lose his pay for that game? A lot of attention has been given to protecting pass receivers which is good, but we need some protection for the running backs also. Now a runner is not protected. Even Iron Head Heyward did not have an iron head. He died at 39 from a brain tumor. I saw an interview of Tony Dorsett, former running back of the Dallas Cowboys. He is suffering with CTE. He said that some days he cannot remember the names of his children. At the end of the interview he was asked if, knowing what he knows now, would he do it the same way again? After some thought, he said “Yes, I’d still do it the same way.” Bo Jackson, another former NFL running back, said that if he knew about CTE as a young man he would not have played football and that there was no way that he would let his children play the game. Of course, he was a pro baseball player, too. We are going to have football. There is no question about that. So how do we protect those who are most vulnerable? Football in this country starts at six years old. Do they need to be protected from head trauma? Yes, even more so than the NFL players. How about flag football until high school? They could still learn the fundamentals of the game but in a safer environment. Certainly something needs to be done in this aspect of the game. Thankfully this knowledge and emphasis on safety in the NFL has trickled down to the college level. It was here that I became active regarding football and head trauma. I had been living in Europe and had been away from football, both college and pro for many years. When I relocated to the US and began to watch football again, I was astonished at how violent the game had become. Or was it always that way and I had just accepted it as it was without question? Then my memory began to click in. I recalled the play of the defensive backs of the Oakland Raiders. There was Jack Tatum and several other defensive backs the Raiders had between 1970 - 80 who would knock a defenseless receiver unconscious and laugh and high five when they got to the sidelines. There is the infamous Tatum hit on Darryl Stingley of New England in a preseason game where the pass was too high and incomplete but Tatum drilled him anyway, causing a spinal injury paralyzing Stingley from the chest down. Is that football? Well, it was then. There was no flag on the play and no consequences for Tatum. Thankfully there is a penalty and a fine for that kind of play today. But we still see it. We have to eliminate that vicious play that borders on criminality. The college players tried to emulate what they saw the pros doing. Time and time again I saw defensive backs spearing defenseless receivers, usually with a head to head blow, to dislodge the ball. I’m sure the defensive backs thought ‘that’s the way the pros do it. That’s the way to do it.’ And the thing that really angered me was a broadcaster saying “that’s just football. There should be no penalty on that play.” Kirk Herbstreit was the announcer I heard most often with that comment. Finally I had had enough. I fired off a letter to Herbstreit saying something like “Kirk, when you see the player being carried off the field on a stretcher, run down on the field and tell him ‘that’s just football, son.’ And then run into the stands and tell his parents ‘that’s just football.’” And I asked him ‘is that the way you teach your kids to play football?’ I never got a reply from Herbstreit, even though I sent several letters with a similar message each time. Perhaps it was because I called him a hoodlum broadcaster because of his comments. He could have been part of the solution to the problem, but no, he was as big a part of the problem as the vicious hitters on the field. He could have condemned that kind of play rather than glorifying it. It pains me to see him still broadcasting and every time I see him I think ‘Herbstreit, hoodlum boadcaster.’ I didn’t limit myself to letters to Herbstreit. I also sent letters to coaches whose teams I saw playing like that. The coaches may be teaching it, maybe not, I don’t know that. But if they allow it, they condone it and it reflects negatively on them and on the school. I also sent letters to those college presidents telling them that that type of play reflects on them, on the school and on the students at the school. On the field those players represent the coach, the school president, the students, the school itself. I also called the coaches and the school presidents hoodlums for not stopping that type of play. A couple of schools I singled out were Auburn and Oklahoma. Coach Gene Chizik and defensive coordinator Ted Roof and President Jay Gogue. Chizik was fired at Auburn but I think his record had more to do with that than his allowing or coaching this style of play. Chizik had two players on his 2010 - 11 team that were known as the two dirtiest players in the SEC. They were not only vicious but in the scrum would bite, hit, kick, spit, twist the helmet of the other player - just real hooliganism. Chizik’s Ted Roof was asked about the play of these two guys and he sheepishly lowered his chin and said meekly ‘well, it is a contact sport.’ Yes, it is a contact sport. But it is blocking and tackling. Not intimidating and maiming. Yes, I also wrote to Oklahoma and called Coach Bob Stoops and President David Boren hoodlums. No, I didn’t receive a reply from anyone. Not that I was expecting one. It pains me to see Chizik on TV as a commentator on the SEC network. Hoodlum Herbstreit, hoodlum Chizik. Incidentally early in his coaching career, Chizik had a player die of a brain aneurysm from a hit to the head in practice. And he still allowed that type of play at Auburn. Researchers at Boston University announced in July 2017 that they had detected evidence of CTE in 110 of 111 donated brains of former NFL players. Do we need any more evidence? Something has to be done about this now. NOW! Changes to the rules can help. We can write to the rules committees saying that we support changes to the rules to make the game safer. Maybe even offer your suggested rule change. Ray Anderson, the AD at Arizona State is president of the NCAA Football Competition Committee. Rich McKay, the president of the Atlanta Falcons is the Chairman of the NFL Competition Committee.
Image Source - Getty Images, Debbi Smirnoff.
The NFL’s lying to its players and fans and the public about head trauma is just the tip of the prevarication iceberg. How about US Gymnastics and Michigan State University concealing the sexual abuse of Dr. Larry Nassar? How about Penn State’s concealing the sexual abuse of Jerry Sandusky? How about the Catholic Church’s concealment of sexual abuse by priests? The Peace Corps concealing abuse of its volunteers? The UN concealing rape by UN soldiers? The entertainment industry turning a blind eye to sexual misconduct in the work place? How about multiple US Presidents lying about Vietnam and Southeast Asia? How about George Bush and Dick Cheney lying about Iraq? How about the US auto industry concealing deaths relating to unsafe cars (Ralph Nadar)? How about the city of Flynt Michigan and the lead in its water? How about the pharmaceutical industry lying about opioids for profit while putting the public at risk? The sugar industry buried evidence of sucrose’s link to health problems. How about the savings & load crisis where 296 institutions failed? How about the financial crisis of 2007-08 involving banks, insurance and real estate? The military lying about friendly fire incidents, the police lying about deadly force incidents? And we can’t forget about Tobacco. It still kills 400, 000 people in the US every year. Only now surely everyone knows that using tobacco can and most likely will lead to a very unpleasant death. Congress could mandate a more direct and colorful warning on every package, but they don’t. Do you know why not? Oh, my! Is mom the only one we can trust?
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Manufacturing CEO survey shows record high optimism on prospect of tax reform
New Post has been published on https://nexcraft.co/manufacturing-ceo-survey-shows-record-high-optimism-on-prospect-of-tax-reform/
Manufacturing CEO survey shows record high optimism on prospect of tax reform
The National Association of Manufacturers said Monday its latest quarterly CEO survey reflects historically high optimism on expectations for the passage of tax reform in Washington.
The trade group said CEO optimism — hitting a high mark in 20 years of the survey — should send a message to legislators that failure to enact the bill would be a blow to American business.
“These incredible numbers demonstrate the absolute urgency of getting tax reform signed into law because manufacturers are saying loudly and clearly that more jobs, better pay and manufacturing growth are on the horizon,” said Jay Timmons, president and CEO of NAM. “This also serves as a warning to lawmakers: Fail to get this done, and American manufacturing workers will suffer the consequences of inaction.”
Each quarter, the NAM surveys 14,000 large and small manufacturers to gain insight into their economic and hiring outlook. Of those who participated in the fourth quarter study, 94.6 percent said they were positive about their own company’s outlook.
Nearly 63 percent said comprehensive business tax reform would encourage their company to increase capital spending, and more than half said they would expand their businesses (57.9 percent).
“The single most important thing that we need to see out of tax reform is permanent, more competitive tax rates,” said Austin Ramirez, president and CEO of HUSCO International, a Wisconsin-based hydraulic and electro-hydraulic component manufacturer. “I compete against competitors in Asia and Europe who are operating in a different paradigm with lower tax rates, and the high rates in the U.S. make us less competitive.”
Almost 54 percent of CEOs in the survey said they would hire more workers, and nearly half (48.8 percent) said they would increase employee wages and benefits.
“Tax reform will enable us to provide our employees with better salaries, wages and benefits which will have a real impact to improve the standard of living for them and their families,” said Bruce Pulkkinen, senior advisor and former president of the third generation, family-owned architectural woodworking company, Windham Millworks in Maine. “We can’t accept the status quo anymore.”
NAM CEO Timmons anticipates tax reform would increase the amount of available manufacturing jobs from today’s 350,000 to 2 million jobs by 2025.
“If we get it right, we’ll grow this economy. The president calls it ‘rocket fuel,’ I agree with that. Couple that with regulatory reform reducing the burdens on manufacturers who are simply trying to do the right thing and make ends meet and hire new people,” Timmons said on CNBC’s “Power Lunch.” “I think there’s no end in sight to how we can grow this economy.”
Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told CNBC this optimism is not unique to the manufacturing sector.
“President Trump’s policies of deregulation, free and fair trade and now tax cuts have created an environment where businesses want to invest, grow and create jobs here at home,” Ross said.
Chloe Aiello contributed to this report.
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