Obama takes manufacturing push on the road

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Obama: "I believe in manufacturing"

Less than 24 hours after delivering his fourth State of the Union address, President Obama took his economic proposals on the road, outlining his newly unveiled plan for attracting more manufacturing jobs to the United States and urging Congress to "do their part" to help rebuild the nation's manufacturing base.

Mr. Obama, speaking at the Linamar factory in Arden, N.C., expressed optimism about the state of the manufacturing industry, touting recent trends toward "insourcing" and job growth as evidence that "America is getting more competitive and more productive."

But he acknowledged that work remains on the road to a full recovery, and outlined a four-step process he says can help "accelerate the resurgence of American manufacturing." Those steps, he said, include opening more than a dozen "Manufacturing Innovation Institutes" across the country; making the tax code more competitive for companies that manufacture goods in the U.S.; partnering with communities to attract manufacturers and their supply chains; and finding new ways to level the markets for American-made products.

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"I believe we attract new jobs to America by investing in new sources of energy, in new infrastructure, and the next generation of high wage, high tech, American manufacturing," he said. "I believe in manufacturing. I think it makes our country stronger."

In line with his annual remarks before Congress last year, he also emphasized the need to reignite a thriving middle class.

"When it's thriving, when there are ladders of opportunity for people to do a little bit better each year and then make sure that their kids are doing even better than them, that's the American Dream, that's what we got to fight for, that has to be the North Star that guides everything we do," he said.

As part of his plan to help the middle class thrive, Mr. Obama reiterated his call to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour.

"If you work full time you shouldn't be in poverty," he said.

The president also repeated calls for increased access to early and higher education opportunities, and improve job training so that job openings don't go unfilled because there aren't enough skilled workers.

"If we can just do a few things, then over time what happens is we start rebuilding our manufacturing base in a way that strengthens our economy as a whole," he said. "As long as you're out here fighting every day to better your lives and to better the lives of your children, then I'll be back in Washington fighting for you."

[sjc_1]

We need to eliminate tax deductions for expenses when sending jobs out of the country, then use that money to reward companies that create jobs here and bring jobs back.

[lucky57e10]

You could hire in most fatories in the late seventies at almost $15 per hour 1 week paid vacation, all the holidays paid, 1 week at Christmas paid, the best medical and dental ins. $10 co pay at the doctor, $ 4 for presciptions.

OH Yeah way better now
35 years ago was better than now.

I guess you have to have worked to know this

[lucky57e10]

More jobs to "our" shores. "SWIPE"
If they hadn't left--- "SWIPE"

More training. SWIPE
Keep educating and paying for 20 million "ILLEGALS" "SWWWWIPE"

State of the UNION? oh yeah forget that part. SWIPE
This is a political agenda crap speech. NO HELP AT ALL!!!

Redumocon/Dumocrat NO DIFFERENCE "SWIPES"

Yawl so smart fellows they felt smart (say 3 times fast)

[whaas2]

If we are going to maintain or raise the minimum wage and at the same time provide a market place where domestic manufacturers can compete then we must not allow countries with a lower minimum wage to sell products here in the US. So products from places like China and Mexico should be outlawed. I am sure that no one will mind paying a lot more for products as long as they are made here.

[whaas2]

I do not know why the President has to travel to North Carolina to make a speech. He can stay in Washington to make such speeches and the information will be transmitted all over the nation. His traveling just adds to the deficit and produces unnessary green house gas admissions. The President should lead by example by staying home and conserving money and energy and not adding more CO2 to the atmosphere.

The President said that our government should not make promises that it cannot keep but it must keep those promises that it has already made. There is a long list of promises that the President has made that he has not kept. For example, without conditions to include any action of congress, the Preisdnet promised that the 2012 federal deficit would not exceed 229.27 billion dollars. Under his administration the federal government spent more than 900 billion dollars in 2012 then the President promised. So the President's adminiatration owes the American people more than 900 billion dollars. The President has yet to explain how this debt is going to be paid.

[Ulgnud]

More Solyndras that we will be stuck paying for. Oh Joy.

[highlndr55]

Shouldn't he have gone to Chicago or Detroit to push his manufacturing idea. Oh, that's right, they do not have any jobs incoming. He has not clue what creates jobs. He scuttles his Jobs Counsel probably because he did not like what he heard from them.

[highlndr55]

Chuck, there you go again. Lying. Unemployment is not up. Real unemployment is about 15%. The housing market is up only because of a natural disaster. Sure the DOW is up, jobs are down, 3,000,000 more on welfare, 1/4 of our children live in poverty, the auto industry still owes us money, Obama did not kill Osama - the NAVY SEALS did. He let 4 people get murdered in Benghazi. He has had 4+ years and the economy dipped in the last quarter. It is limping at less than 2% possible growth.

The worse thing though is your inability to offer criticism without calling people names. Typical Liberal.

[Augy-Doggie]

Obama takes manufacturing push on the road

What does Obama know about manufacturing?
All he knows is that the state should being in charge of manufacturing and should have the masses working in them.
He needs The Hammer and Siscle on his podium instead of the presidential seal.
He's the King of the socialist morons in America.

[Augy-Doggie]

"Sicle"

[Mike239239]

and we hear from another uneducated moron, misinformed ditto head

[Augy-Doggie]

Testing!

[BuckeyeChuck]

Many comments here mention "brain less republicans" or something close to that and that is true. I talked with one today that has no clue about what government does or has meant for this country. The only thing that we can do is take the house back in 2014. And your right Fox has dummed the right down to pre-K level.

[dhouston121]

You idiots are the ones that need to be fought. Not every republican is stupid just like not every democrat is smart. You idiots provide that example daily