Mike Rowe was right about reintroducing automotive, woodshop, welding, et cetera, to high school.
John Ratzenberger, who played the mailman on the Cheers tv show, has been an outspoken advocate for American manufacturing too. He has even run his own businesses.
Rowe focused on the problem of subsidizing universities first though. I would like to see Federal financial aid restricted to vocational, apprenticeship, community or technical colleges.