Congress and the WH needs to start providing incentives to add jobs in America. There’s no way we can compete with $2 an hour but...
What Congress and the White House SHOULD do is to stop creating DISINCENTIVES to the creation of jobs in the United States. Every stupid government program, every new regulation of everything, every legal challenge to anything, every “employee rights” statement, not only gives prospective employers a reason to “Not be an employer”, it virtually tells them that is is stupid to grow your business here.
Government at any level does NOT create jobs in the private sector. Government can ONLY create the climate that will encourage the growth of employment. They are doing just the opposite.
Congress and all presidents following after Reagan have been on the send USA jobs overseas bandwagon. That includes Clinton, Obama, and Da Bush's as well. None of them not a one was looking out for our nation the past 20 years but rather securing the gains for their political friends and donors. Corporations have had their owned people in DC but we've been shorted.
That said unions need to become realistic and workers be content with an honest wage not an unrealistic one companies can no longer meet. Union Members do you need more money? Do like us peasants have done for decades. Either work offered overtime or get a second job.
“Congress and the WH needs to start providing incentives to add jobs in America.”
The answer is to go back to the tariff levels in existence prior to the infatuation with “free trade”. Look at history. The United States built its industrial base during the 35 year period from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the 20th century. During that time the federal government was funded nearly 100% from the tariff. The tariff had the dual advantage of protecting emerging US industry from European imports and funding government.
The free traders will scream but a 25% duty on all imports would be the best thing we could do for this country. No other nation practices free trade the way we do. China manipulates its currency and subsidizes both exports and the development of strategic industries while engaging in intellectual property piracy and exploiting workers. Let’s stop kidding ourselves. We are in an economic war. We should be fighting back with high tariffs.