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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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I can already picture GM producing the American electric equivelent of the Lada. The only thing Obama has learned in his failed first three years as POTUS is if you fail at something, the only solution is more gov't intereference and taxpayer $. And the MSM derides those who call him a socialist, lol, what else would you call him?
Picture companies being forceg to hire of be fined vast amounts of money,Or come under Gov control for not hiring.
It’s all about control with the dangerous one.
Ping.
Great, another #@&* government agency. BOHICA, taxpayers.
Who is John Galt?
To quote my Dad; "the only job those people could get is drilling the a**holes on wooden horses"...
“....we need a strong manufacturing sector that will put Americans back to work making products....that I have deemed necessary in the quantities I say - American industries can’t seem to figure it out, so I’ll tell them what to make” President Barack Obama said in a statement.
The Cretin-in-Chief is going to improve on the soviets...with a 2 1/2 year plan.
We’re going to do everything the soviets did in their 5-year plan....only we’re going to do it in only 2 years.
Heh!
The list, Ping
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Your dad was a very wise man. Sounds exactly like mine. He could always see through all the bull. Thank God for men like them. Now, if logic can be spread to the useful idiots......
I didn’t see that in the article...did he actually say that, or are you...er...paraphrasing his statement?
In Russia there are tall kiosks at each traffic intersection with four guys who discuss when they should change the stop lights.
Four guys at each intersection. Government workers making the best of their time.
Transparent desperation.
I've sent the link to every one I know
Exactly what will happen to manufacturing now.
Can’t open receive error,but thanks any way.
I need to upgrade puter asap.
Central planning worked so well in the Soviet Union...those who don’t learn from history are bound to repeat it.
Don’t suppose he consulted Emmelt on this considering that SOB has absolutely ruined GE, sent all Imaging Systems to China, laid off domestic workers, and pays NO corporate taxes. If government were in charge of gravity, we’d all be sucking wind.
Who knew - cheese counts as a manufactured product ?
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Make the whole Nation a Right-to-Work area, and manufacturing, production, and ALL sectors will see employmnet skyrocket, and costs DECREASE dramatically, when the extoriton-like labor and benefits costs are reduced. Since the Socialists have taken over control of businesses, and FORCED their Unionization, Taxpayers will see the costs passed on to them, with no way to avoid it.
You don't have to buy from Obama Motors to still have to subsidize the Unions (and, have your taxes sent through them to the DNC)
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