Thad Box: Moving to metric would boost the American economy

More Americans are out of work than ever before. J.C. Penney, the go-to store of my youth, filed for bankruptcy. Many temporary closed businesses will never open again. Our government showers companies with funds not backed by gold hoping that newly created money will help keep people employed. Good people, out of a job and with car and house payments due, get their groceries at food banks.Our country is in a mess, but I’ve danced to this tune before.Herbert Hoover was president the year I