Posted on 12/12/2011 9:43:28 AM PST by milwguy
At a time when economists say U.S. manufacturing policy is in "disarray," the Obama administration on Monday said it has created a new Office of Manufacturing Policy to be co-chaired by the Commerce Department Secretary and the director of the White House National Economic Council.
"At this make or break time for the middle class and our economy, we need a strong manufacturing sector that will put Americans back to work making products stamped with three proud words: Made in America," President Barack Obama said in a statement.
Wisconsin leads the nation with the highest share of its workforce employed in manufacturing.
The new office expands on a previous appointment for a government adviser on manufacturing, known as a "manufacturing czar." Washington has had no fewer than three such "manufacturing czars" installed as White House advisers in the course of two administrations. Ron Bloom, Obama's policy adviser on manufacturing, resigned in August.
One of the two co-chairs will be Commerce Secretary John Bryson, giving the position cabinet-level influence for the first time. His co-chair will be National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling.
"The White House Office of Manufacturing Policy will convene cabinet-level meetings to aggressively implement the Administration's priority manufacturing initiatives," according to the statement.
Last week, the Washington, D.C.-based Council on Competitiveness became the latest business group to issue a report on the need for a manufacturing policy, saying policy is in "disarray."
Even though manufacturing accounts for more than half of all U.S. exports, critics at the National Association of Manufacturing routinely complain that Washington devotes more time and resources to the nation's farm lobby, even though U.S. agricultural exports are only one-tenth the size of manufactured exports, the association says.
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‘Welcome To The USSR’
Well at least we have a catchy jingle:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yi-irnVKbE
Let’s just call it “Gosplan.”
I can’t wait to stand in line for hours for some toilet paper and crappy fish sticks.
Does Rule .308 countermand Directive 10-289
With this new office be known as Comintern?
It should but it seems we taxpayers sure are a tolerant bunch.
Wait a minute! I thought we were racist bitter clingers.
I am so confused.
It’s ABC, so, you have to take it with 100 cubic feet of the Great Salt Flat.
One gigantic omission here was the difference in the cost of a house made from Made in the US parts (otherwise known as ‘Look for the Union Label’ parts) and parts made with a hybrid, or with non-US parts.
Not a word about it.
The ABC special I’d like to see is this:
“What Would The Economy Look Like in a Loser-Pays, Limited Non-Economic Damages United States.”
OMB says that tort adds 21% to the cost of everything, especially labor. In some industries, like medical care, the figure is over 100 percent.
I can see it:
“If we made some simple changes to the Tort system: reforming class action suits, ‘loser pays’, and the elmination of triple damages, would we recognize the economy?”
“For the next four weeks, we look at the impact of four federal agencies on the average cost of consumer goods - FDA, EPA, NLRB, and OSHA. We will calculate the economic impact of rolling back 30 years of explosive growth in the cost of compliance.”
This is why I won’t watch Fox anymore. Stossel’s the only thing that comes close to this, and he’s nibbling at the edges.
On Fox Business, they have the Red-Head and Cheryl Casone running one big informercial for up and comers instead of looking at the root of the systemic problems we have here and in Europe. I’ve seen less of the Red head felating Warren Buffett of late, which merely minimizes an irritant.
Buffett and Corzine ought to be cellmates. Buffett is breathing free air.
Lol...yeah, that too.
How do I get this list? Is it at ABC.com?
This is an EXCELLENT idea, and thank you.
I'll vote for a conservative, thanks. And the unity crowd can pound sand.
BTW, with your new sign-up date.... are you a plant? And how much does shilling for the GOP pay?
/johnny
This is going to go very well, our commerce and economy is in such good shape with their leadership already.
wher the hell is the house ??? *how* does the money get allocated for more ‘agencies’ ???
Probably in that budget/deficit deal that Boehner says he got 95% of what he wanted.
No worries, this will all be fixed AFTER the next election, or after that, or.... OK breath again..
Hahaha...well, yeah. We KNOW that is what he meant, but...best to be sure when I quote someone that he DID say it.
Like you, I want to vote for a conservative, unlike you, I’m not going to vote for a 3rd party, because it’ll help the MARXIST get elected. If you wantto kiss your FREEDOM good bye, go ahead and vote for 0. I won’t. I voted 3rd party in ‘96. Never again.
And no whining or emotional blackmail or threats to my FREEDOM will change that. So pound sand, newbie.
Welcome to a republic. Perhaps instead of harassing conservatives, you need to harass the GOP to pick a conservative this time. Or go the way of the Whigs.
/johnny
That picture is what comes to mind when Dagny Taggart and Hank Rearden search through the old factory where they find the motor.
I’m not a newbie, but I did change my FR name. Sorry, I’ve seen the same in 2008, when I was nearly banned. You can vote for 0, however you won’t see me voting directly or indirectly for the MARXIST. Myself, I wish Sarah was in, but for now, Santorum is my choice. I wish there was better people running.
Johnny, I hope we can agree to disagree. We may disagree on our views, but we do want smaller government and LIBS Defeated.
I think a larger problem is the general rot inside the GOP that leads people like you to promise the GOP that you are going to eat whatever s**t sandwitch they hand you.
Nah... Even if it takes some blood and treasure, I think we need to deal with the rot, and then take on the opposition.
And there is nothing you can say or do to get me to change my mind about that.
/johnny
thanx for the link!
gonna send it on.
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