| | | Hi Spek,
My first assignment as a Chevrolet field rep put me contacting a Chevrolet Dealership in downtown Gary Indiana.
Used to be home of US Steel.
Complete down town had plywood windows on mainstreet - gutted.
What used to be a vibrant industry was no more - the result of many reasons - but to not enforce laws on the books at the WTO and or or own country is just simply timidity from those whose responsibility it is to protect our domestic businesses.
Your point that it only encompasses 87k jobs is off by a factor of almost 3" Employment as of 2014 was 149,000 people employed in iron and steel mills, and 69,000 in foundries. The value of iron and steel produced in 2014 was $113 billion. [1]"
As a young GMI student I worked in GM's Saginaw grey iron foundry and nodular foundry. Of all the many job assignments I had, the foundries were the proudest of what they did. It was dangerous and it took pride to be safe in there work habits. Steel workers are a sector to keep and value. imho
It wasn't just Gary Indiana in the midwest, it was Birmingham Alabama in the south - all over our country - Steel has been hurt by other countries, cutting enviromental responsibilities, taking safety short cuts, over producing and dumping it here.
I think it is great we have a president that traveled the entire country and saw the disgust and pain that has resulted from the illegal dumping of steel.
I think the progressives out there took the view Hillary displayed about the coal workers and wrote off the steel workers as well.
Just as Obama wrote off the welders building pipelines because it was a dirty (Hydrocarbon) business.
Billions of GDP going offshore while industries shrinking with atrophy because the politicians want the vote from the greenies.
An elitist class has made the decision for us heathens to not be able to compete - I'm sure it was all about their higher intellect and many degrees, that preferred illegal dumping as long as it met with their goals and directions for our country to become globally reliant vs. an independently strong self reliant country.
We have the knowledge and technology to do those dirty businesses without damage to the environment and yes it is more expensive.
So lets save money and go elsewhere where all the environmental needs are completely ignored,and we'll just turn the other cheek - besides its only Chinese breathing that crappy air.
Someday our global environmental concerns will include all corners of this globe.
Not just turning the cheek to the kind of crap China pulls or Mexico and or Canada for that matter.
Hey you want to rock the boat - the waters getting deeper in here .<smile>
Bob |
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