Should There Be More ‘Made In America’ Policies?
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2012/08/03 21:00:00
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Finally! Something we can all agree on! A recent survey shows that both Democrats and Republicans agree that there should be more "Buy America" policies instilled by the U.S. government.
In fact, an "overwhelming majority" said that they would even support something from the government that mandated that taxpayer money be used on goods that are made in the U.S. Do you think there should be more "Made in America" policies instilled by the government? Or should individuals have the utmost freedom to buy whatever they want to buy... even if it ends up hurting their country's economy?
ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
In fact, an "overwhelming majority" said that they would even support something from the government that mandated that taxpayer money be used on goods that are made in the U.S. Do you think there should be more "Made in America" policies instilled by the government? Or should individuals have the utmost freedom to buy whatever they want to buy... even if it ends up hurting their country's economy?
ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
While President Obama and Mitt Romney bicker over whose policies will send more jobs overseas, there is one side of the job creation coin that both candidates agree on: that the government should do its darndest to keep manufacturing jobs in America.
Unlike many of the job proposals both candidates are pushing, “Buy America” policies that encourage the government to buy products that are made in the U.S. whenever possible are hugely popular across party lines, according to a national survey commissioned by the Alliance for American Manufacturing and the United Steelworkers.
Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/made-...
Top Opinion
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Hula girl - Friends not Fol... 2012/08/04 05:05:35No
+16There needs to be a lot less policies so manufacturers can come back and be made in America again....not more.
Republicans told us to our face that their number one goal was to make sure Obama fails. Not help the economy, not fix foreign policy, not run things sensibly or make anything better... nope make sure we fail. How anyone could still vote for Republicans is beyond me (unless you're a Koch brother or something) you're voting against yourself.
It's pretty simple one side wants to raise their own taxes and lower mine, while the other wants to lower THEIR taxes and raise mine.
Not too hard to pick from those choices. One side wants us to be governened by we the people while the other ---we the corporations.. One is for the top 0.1% and the other is for the rest of us.
However, by getting that conversation going, it exposed how much of 0bozo's porkulus package did just that, sent Billions of borrowed taxpayer $$$ overseas and all the jobs that were outsourced with them.
Thanks for playing,.... come again.
A lot of what cons (and I do mean cons) are lumping in with Obama's stimulus is Bush's TARP. Remember when you hear your AM radio god tell you what to think, and he talks about TARP that was BUSH. Soylandra --originally a BUSH deal.
Smacked down. Next.
Electric Cars
Obama handed over billions of dollars in loan guarantees and stimulus awards pursuant to his goal of putting one-million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Much of that money ended up leaving our shores. A $2.4 billion stimulus program to support battery production sent nearly half of its money to foreign firms, including two South Korean companies that used their awards to hire foreign nationals in Michigan to do work that Americans easily could have done. In the end, despite all the money Obama handed out, electric vehicle sales have lagged and The Washington Post deemed his goal of one million electric cars "overly optimistic."
Wind Farms
Obama's stimulus included over $8.5 billion in grants for wind farms that flowed overseas, despite Congressional criticism from both sides of the aisle. In total, over half of the money went to either foreign developers or foreign wind turbine manufacturers, creating thousands of jobs overseas with money that was supposed to create jobs within the United States. Even worse, hundreds of millions of dollars went to wind farms that began construction before the stimulus was passed. The end result of all this spending: the wind energy industry lost 10,000 jobs last year.
Manufacturing TaxCredits
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Electric Cars
Obama handed over billions of dollars in loan guarantees and stimulus awards pursuant to his goal of putting one-million electric vehicles on the road by 2015. Much of that money ended up leaving our shores. A $2.4 billion stimulus program to support battery production sent nearly half of its money to foreign firms, including two South Korean companies that used their awards to hire foreign nationals in Michigan to do work that Americans easily could have done. In the end, despite all the money Obama handed out, electric vehicle sales have lagged and The Washington Post deemed his goal of one million electric cars "overly optimistic."
Wind Farms
Obama's stimulus included over $8.5 billion in grants for wind farms that flowed overseas, despite Congressional criticism from both sides of the aisle. In total, over half of the money went to either foreign developers or foreign wind turbine manufacturers, creating thousands of jobs overseas with money that was supposed to create jobs within the United States. Even worse, hundreds of millions of dollars went to wind farms that began construction before the stimulus was passed. The end result of all this spending: the wind energy industry lost 10,000 jobs last year.
Manufacturing TaxCredits
As Obama was doling out over $2.3 billion in clean energy manufacturing tax credits that were supposed to create jobs in America, $880 million went to foreign firms. Worse still, some of those same recipients are now closing up shop and shipping jobs overseas.
Loan Guarantees
Remember Solyndra? The problems with Obama's loan guarantee program don't end there. The largest recipient of Obama's program to jumpstart green energy projects was the Spanish Company Abengoa, which took in $2.7 billion in loan guarantees for three of its projects. Other projects importing foreign-made solar panels are, much in the same way as Fisker Automotive, choosing to make their products overseas.
http://www.politifact.com/tru...
There is some truth to Romney's statement because stimulus dollars did go to foreign companies, largely because there was a shortage of American firms producing key components for generating wind and solar power. But given that situation, it is inaccurate to call it "outsourcing" because there is not a source domestically.
Here's a breakdown of TARP
http://projects.propublica.or...
Where's the "200 billion we don't know where bla bla bla bs?"
More smack down? Anyone?
Definition of 'Race' (According to Oxford English)
Race.2 (because Race.1 is how fast can you run faster than the other person kind of race)
1. a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, etc.; an ethnic group:
we Scots were a bloodthirsty race then
2. literary a group of people descended from a common ancestor:
3. each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics:
people of all races, colours, and creeds
Now.... if we take America as a 'Race' of which, they could be. They share a culture, a history...they stole a language and they have a national identity. They are descended from Native Americans, the Original Settlers and other immigrants... (common ancestors) and have distinct physical characteristics... usually in the girth of their waist... a distinctive set of vocal cords (americans all sound the same to us outsiders).... and I think the majority of Americans are christian... http://www.urbandharma.org/ud...
So.... America is a race by the common definition all of its very own. Which means to be anti-american is to be racist against americans. To be anti-chinese means you are racist against chinese, including their views or culture or politics.
Which means essentially and conclus...
Definition of 'Race' (According to Oxford English)
Race.2 (because Race.1 is how fast can you run faster than the other person kind of race)
1. a group of people sharing the same culture, history, language, etc.; an ethnic group:
we Scots were a bloodthirsty race then
2. literary a group of people descended from a common ancestor:
3. each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics:
people of all races, colours, and creeds
Now.... if we take America as a 'Race' of which, they could be. They share a culture, a history...they stole a language and they have a national identity. They are descended from Native Americans, the Original Settlers and other immigrants... (common ancestors) and have distinct physical characteristics... usually in the girth of their waist... a distinctive set of vocal cords (americans all sound the same to us outsiders).... and I think the majority of Americans are christian... http://www.urbandharma.org/ud...
So.... America is a race by the common definition all of its very own. Which means to be anti-american is to be racist against americans. To be anti-chinese means you are racist against chinese, including their views or culture or politics.
Which means essentially and conclusively that you CAN be racist against other countries.
Thanks, buh bye!
I am anti-Chinese because I disagree with their government and the way they brutally oppress their citizens, but I have nothing against the Chinese in general or people of a Chinese descent.
You term yourselves: "Americans" and you're proud of that fact. Sure you belong to your state, but above all else you belong to the US of A. *waves a flag plays yankee doodle*.
You generally believe yourself to be different to Germans and the Chinese whom you regard as different races. Which means you identify yourself as a seperate race from either of them.
I don't share a common history with Caucasians because I AM NOT Caucasian, dummy. My historical background does not have ancestors who have originally inhabited Europe.
"geographical location"
If you'd take a look at me, I would clearly I am not European nor am I from Europe.
"a culture of capitalism"?
Capitalism isn't a type of culture; it's a form of gov't.
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Okay, whatever you say...run along now.