Thursday, September 1, 2011

John Ciccarelli: Congress must pass incentives to bring manufacturing jobs back to United States

"Uncle Sam Wants (Needs) You."

For those of you who remember this famous poster from World War II this has never been more important. Only this time we need to enlist in a war against foreign imports and to increase demand for manufacturing in the United States.

Our Congress, in some kind of misguided attempt to stimulate business, has given corporations tax breaks for manufacturing in other countries. A bill proposed in the Senate this year to eliminate this credit and bring back jobs failed to garner the necessary votes for passage. I would imagine that this was because Congress was too busy trying to decide which type of light bulb we would use or what to name a post office in Illinois, or if it would be a good idea to destroy the good faith and credit of the United States to formulate a jobs bill that would stimulate domestic manufacturing.

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