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KEN SChNEPf THE PS FILES A few good words Make ‘American manufacturing’ the centerpiece of your how you cast your vote were oversold to the American people.” He also pledges to ast month, I wrote about the future of American manimprove job transition assistance to help workers adapt to a ufacturing in “Giving it all away,” (www.plantservices. changing economy. He says he will enhance U.S. manufaccom/articles/2008/037.html) and our need to take turing via the Obama comprehensive energy independence ownership of American manufacturing to preserve its role in and climate change plan, which will “invest in America’s making America a great nation. Now I’m posing the queshighly skilled manufacturing workforce and manufacturing tion to you: Which presidential candidate do you think is best centers to ensure that American workers have the skills and poised to preserve this vital industry for the next four years? tools they need to pioneer the first wave of green technoloThis election is a historic contest for more reasons than gies that will be in high demand throughout the world.” who is running, but for the power to make policy decisions He adds that he will provide assisthat will affect our country for decades to tance to the domestic auto industry to encome. Yes, there is the opportunity to elect our first female president, first black president I will not waver sure that new fuel-efficient vehicles are built by American workers. You can read or first Vietnam War POW as our commander in chief, but I encourage you to look beyond on voting for the more about his propositions at www.ba candidate who rackobama.com/issues/economy/#tax-relief. these exteriors and vote on the issues that are Meanwhile, John McCain, the Republican most important to you. If your main concern will provide the nominee, has embarked upon a “Service to is the economy, the key is to distill the truth most support America” tour, and his plan details numerous out of each candidate’s fiscal propositions to for American tax cuts, along with making it harder to raise see which one matches your ideology. manufacturing. taxes in the future (www.johnmccain.com/ Hillary Clinton has made recent headlines Informing/ Issues/0b8e4db8-5b0c-459fwith her plan to keep jobs in the United States. 97ea-d7b542a78235.htm). He’s on board with During a presidential primary campaign stop in lowering barriers to trade and believes that “globalization Pennsylvania, she said she would offer new tax benefits for reis an opportunity for American workers today and in the search and job development, and devote $7 billion a year in tax future.” However, he says he understands that it will not incentives to keep jobs here. She would create what she refers automatically benefit every American. “We must prepare to as innovation and research clusters, and would provide $500 the next generation of workers by making American edumillion annually in investments to encourage the creation of cation worthy of the promise we make to our children and high-wage jobs in clean energy. She announced support for a ourselves,” he says. plan to create 3 million new jobs to rebuild our infrastructure. In addition, McCain pledges to overhaul unemployment On her Web site, www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/mid insurance and make it a program for retraining, relocating dleclass/, she says that the manufacturing base can be reenand assisting workers who have lost their jobs. He believes ergized through creative partnerships, and she champions that we can “strengthen community colleges and technical the middle-class tax cut and supports unions. She promises training, and give displaced workers more choices to find to “restore the basic bargain that if Americans work hard their way back to productive and prosperous lives.” and take responsibility, government will do its part to make I am still undecided about the candidates, and will keep sure they have the tools to get ahead.” an open mind in the months leading up to the election. But Barack Obama’s approach to the economy includes creone principle I will not waver on is voting for the candidate ating jobs by using $60 billion he says would be saved by who will provide the most support for American manufacending the Iraq war. He espouses tax cuts for the middle turing. Are you with me? class and vows to fight for fair trade. Obama also plans to amend the North American Free Trade Agreement (NA FTA) because he believes that “NAFTA and its potential E-mail Managing Editor Lisa Towers at ltowers@putman.net. 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