Detroit News: "Manufacturing needs more support"
Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM) Field Coordinator Meghan McKeefry has published an excellent letter to the editor of the Detroit News.
McKeefry calls it like it is. In her letter, she says that while the budget deficit and federal spending get national media attention, there's little effort to address the U.S. trade deficit that "continues to climb to historic levels":
Our trade deficit with China continues to climb every year with no sign of letting up. We won't fix our budget deficit or our trade deficit without addressing trade with China. Plain and simple....HR 639, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, would address our staggering trade deficit. Our legislators in Michigan must stand behind manufacturing and workers to hold countries accountable for cheating.
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