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How important is manufacturing to voters? It ranked higher than even such pressing issues as the deficit, cutting spending, and reforming immigration. Two-thirds of voters think the United States needs a strong manufacturing base if future generations of Americans are to thrive and succeed, versus only 29 percent who think new areas like high-tech or services can fill the void if America's manufacturing sector disappears.
Are the presidential candidates responding? So far, voters aren't satisfied that either candidate is matching rhetoric with action. Even when politicians talk more about manufacturing, as they have in recent years, they don't lay out clear plans to create more manufacturing jobs, according to the voters surveyed.
So what do voters want? The poll showed overwhelming support for government action to discourage outsourcing, strongly to enforce trade rules, provide retraining and education, implement Buy America policies and create incentives for investment in the United States
Voters understand a fundamental truth about the erosion of America's manufacturing base: It has occurred in large part because of misguided trade policies. The federal government has failed to systematically confront predatory practices, like currency manipulation and massive subsidies, used by our trading partners.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/perspectives/scott-paul-manufacturing-is-what-voters-want-a-moderate-calls-it-quits-647186/#ixzz22OxNYb00
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