Posted on 07/15/2019 7:42:06 AM PDT by Kaslin
Candidate Donald J. Trump promised his administration would follow two simple rules: “Buy American and Hire American.” Monday, during the third annual Made in America Showcase at the White House, President Trump will sign the latest in a series of executive orders keeping that promise.
The Buy American Act requires federal agencies to procure domestic iron, steel, and other materials and products for federal projects like airports, roads, and bridges. That’s good policy for at least three reasons
Buy American federal procurement rules provide good manufacturing jobs at good wages, propelling more workers into middle-class prosperity.
In addition, about 20 cents of every Buy American dollar tends to come back to the United States Treasury in the form of taxes paid by corporations and workers earning profits and wages on Buy American projects, and state and local governments benefitting from more sales tax revenues.
Perhaps most importantly, Buy American helps strengthen our manufacturing and defense industrial base in the interests of both economic and national security.
Just weeks after taking office, President Trump signed Executive Order 13788 -- “Buy American I.” This robust order immediately imposed greater oversight to stop unnecessary waivers to federal contractors. As a result, waivers dropped by 15 percent in just one year, and the proportion of federal government contract spending on foreign goods has hit a 10-year low.
Last January, President Trump signed “Buy American II” -- Executive Order 13858. This order closes another costly loophole whereby, prior to this order, Buy American rules were often not applied to many forms of indirect federal government procurement that occurs through federal financial assistance to the states and other entities.
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If there were really true, he’d (1) Shut down H1B and (2) NOT issue work visas via catch-and-release.
[“Buy American and Hire American.”]
O.K., now you’re talking crazy!
Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, Ilhan Omar, et al AIN’T gonna like that one bit!
If there were really true, he’d (1) Shut down H1B and (2) NOT issue work visas via catch-and-release.
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The 2nd item SHOULD be taken care of when Trump’s new asylum regulations take effect TOMORROW. The 1st item COULD be at least partially accomplished IF he vetoes the bill, wending it’s way through Congress, which would facilitate 600,000 new hires from India.
Sadly, I don’t think he’ll veto that legislation and show that he STANDS WITH AMERICAN WORKERS and not with the Globalists desiring cheap “labor”.
I think the work visas that are issued for catch and release should only be government jobs not subject to union rules, *grin*
My read on where Trump stands vis-a-vis work visas:
Like it or not, if he cancels them all and those people have to go home, it WILL create disruptions in the economy. At least in the short term until Americans can be identified, hired and trained to take their places.
The very LAST thing Trump can risk is a disruption in the economy prior to the election. Hence I think this crackdown is going to be a second term project.
This is a premature emasculation of the American workforce. It comes down to whether President Trump vetoes the bill turning ‘temporary workers’ into green card holders and their families WE DON’T NEED!!!
“Buy American federal procurement rules provide good manufacturing jobs at good wages, propelling more workers into middle-class prosperity.”
All well and good, except the price of domestic aluminum has forced American boat mfg. to shut down. When the whole supply chain is closed the factories have to close and the workers are laid-off.
Pres. Jarvanka doesn't want that....
Disruptions? You mean paying Americans more? That kind of disruption? You are an Anti American worker bigot and why the GOP is never gong to gain a majority.
Disruption. As in:
- Right now I am relying on this Indian H1B guy to do IT work to keep my business running.
- If he gets sent home somebody will have to do that.
- My business is not going to run at peak efficiency (or at all) during that time while I am looking for his replacement.
Multiply that by a few hundred thousand instances and you have disruptions in the economy. It’s really simple logistics.
This problem has been around for decades. I for one can wait 15 months for Trump to be safely re-elected before addressing it.
(and...this is a hypothetical. I do NOT own a business and do NOT employ any H1B’s, so don’t even go there)
Right now I am relying on this Indian H1B guy to do IT work to keep my business running.
How did you manage to avoid the thousands of American IT workers looking for work to arrive at a foreign H1b worker?
Step daughter started her own IT business just before the bust, she eked her way through it barely surviving through obama. Business has grown so much in the last 2 yrs she now needs to partner with a computer repair shop. Made enough this year to actually take a week of vacation.
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