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This Is How Obama Proves He Cares About Manufacturing

Fines, taxes, fees, penalties, regulations, blame, and threats. This is how the president shows American manufacturers that he cares. When Mr. Obama discussed manufacturing jobs from a Seattle Boeing plant yesterday he wasted little time bringing up tax breaks received by companies sending jobs overseas, a threat and needless reminder of the enthusiasm with which [...]

Posted 19 February 2012 † Civil Candor § ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: Illinois, jobs, Recovery Act, small business

Manufacturers, Part II: A Tale of Two Governments

The launch of Sputnik I on October 4, 1957, caught America by surprise.  In the face of President Eisenhower’s support of the Vanguard proposal, the Soviet Union’s unexpected milestone shocked us into accelerating our aerospace program, led to the creation of NASA, and ultimately delivered three astronauts to the moon on July 20, 1969.1 While [...]

Posted 07 September 2009 † Civil Candor § ‡ Comments (0) °

First, Let’s Kill All the Manufacturers

Part I: The Employment Picture  We have accepted for decades that the decline of U.S. manufacturing is inevitable, with lengthy analyses since the 1970s dedicated to finding a root cause for the inexorable deterioration of this vital sector of our economy. Manufacturing employment peaked in 19791. Past economic downturns have precipitated significant drops in manufacturing employment, [...]

Posted 23 August 2009 † Civil Candor § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: jobs