Output last year topped $1.84 trillion, 8% higher than the pre-recession peak

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Surprise! American Manufacturing is Rebounding |

In theory, the trade part should be easier. Exports have surged in the past two years. In fact, they are on track to meet President Obama’s goal of doubling in five years, something that was dismissed in 2010 as political happy talk.

Making matters worse, some fiscal conservatives have tried to kill the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a heretofore non-controversial finance agency that facilitates exports. Its future was held in doubt for months as a May 31 deadline approached, prompting some foreign companies to wonder whether they should commit to buying American and risk losing their financing. Export-Import’s reauthorization finally passed out of Congress on Tuesday.

On the education front, solutions include more support for community colleges, vocational schools and public-private partnerships for on-the-job training.

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This is why we need to support education and infrastructure. Hear that Republicans. You can't have it both ways. Refusing to support education and the rebuilding of America and then asking "where are the jobs"?

Did you even read the article, Deanie? I'm guessing no because it was hardly complimentary of President Obama. One only has to look at the reasons listed for WHY manufacturing was increasing to see that. Companies are reacting to higher labor costs overseas and a willingness of American workers to accept lower wages? No kidding! We've got people who have been out of work for so long under this administration that they're willing to take ANY job. Energy costs going down? Gee, since output has increased leaps and bounds on State and privately held land while dropping substantially on Federally controlled lands since Barry took office how is that in anyway a plus for Obama? If he WERE in control of that State and private land it's pretty obvious that those increases would never have happened. It's amusing to watch his minions try and take credit for that increase. Like "he" had anything to do with it...

 

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Surprise! American Manufacturing is Rebounding |

In theory, the trade part should be easier. Exports have surged in the past two years. In fact, they are on track to meet President Obama’s goal of doubling in five years, something that was dismissed in 2010 as political happy talk.

Making matters worse, some fiscal conservatives have tried to kill the Export-Import Bank of the United States, a heretofore non-controversial finance agency that facilitates exports. Its future was held in doubt for months as a May 31 deadline approached, prompting some foreign companies to wonder whether they should commit to buying American and risk losing their financing. Export-Import’s reauthorization finally passed out of Congress on Tuesday.

On the education front, solutions include more support for community colleges, vocational schools and public-private partnerships for on-the-job training.

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This is why we need to support education and infrastructure. Hear that Republicans. You can't have it both ways. Refusing to support education and the rebuilding of America and then asking "where are the jobs"?

I thought Republicans shipped all the jobs to China.

 

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Exports are increasing, this is a very positive thing. Unfortunately imports are growing faster - as illustrated by our trade deficit that has DOUBLED since obama took office.

Doubling exports isn't doing us much good if we're tripling imports.

I think it has more to do with the rising costs of doing business in China than it does wages in the US.