GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT!! That's really my biggest message to all candidates. I reiterate my point made multiple times on this blog -- let the markets work.
There is so much banter about how Michigan's lost manufacturing jobs is bad for the economy. In fact it is NOT. Manufacturing productivity has grown enormously over the past decade. Employment has fallen, but output has risen.
The problem we are now encountering is a lack of education - if we are to continue to prosper the entire population MUST be better educated. There would no problem whatsoever with employment decreases in manufacturing IF the country was prepared to be employed in the most important industries of today--high tech and others.
On another note: Tom Tancredo is a little off -- TRADE IS GOOD.
There may be more on this debate when I back from class.
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