The president seemed upbeat, beginning the day with a congratulations to the Navy Seals team that staged a daring raid to rescue two hostages in Somalia and ending in Phoenix, where he talked up his manufacturing proposals at a computer chip manufacturing facility.
Michael shared with me that all of their internally developed specifications are shared with multiple vendors, and manufacturing proposals are reviewed internally through a democratic process.
Then on Tuesday, the topic was suddenly at the center of the Washington debate when President Obama traveled to Chattanooga, Tenn., to promote his own ideas for a business-only tax overhaul plan that would raise billions of dollars in revenue for infrastructure improvement, education and manufacturing — a proposal that quickly drew fire from Republicans.
So much for his deep knowledge of the job-killing trade proposal that manufacturing workers are so fiercely fighting. .
Experts and executives for manufacturing companies described the proposals as helpful, but too small to make a significant difference.
Richard Rampell Palm Beach, Fla., Sept. 10, 2010 To the Editor: There are far better ways to address the very real challenges faced by much of American manufacturing than the counterproductive proposals in "Trading Away the Stimulus".
Officials in Guangdong province – for years the country's manufacturing heartland – are debating proposals which activists say could be a landmark, allowing workers to democratically elect representatives to carry out collective bargaining.
This time around, when the question came up as it does every year about which manufacturing partners to request proposals and quotes from, many senior operations leaders choose to take on more risk in the execution of a new product in favor of lower costs.
Other administration proposals for manufacturing, such as extending tax breaks for companies that return jobs to the U.S., have remained in limbo as well.
In what sounds like a concept for a bad Banksy painting, the Department of Defense has recently put out a call for proposals for manufacturing biodegradable bullets that also contain seeds.
