Cap-and-Trade at 946 pages and More!

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Did you ever try reading a 946 page bill plus all the hundreds of pages of amendments?  How do these legislature-rs do it along with the rest of their jobs and other bills?  Ever wonder if lawyers who go to Congress make laws so they create a life-time job?  I wonder if they ever heard of “lean-law-making”, similar to “lean manufacturing”   Read

Credit Crisis Dire on Manufacturers

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See the testimony of Bill Gaskin, President  Precision Metalforming Association … Dire

Cap-and-Trade: The Basics

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Here is a Cap and Trade Overview or more accurately: “cap and tax”… Cap-and-Trade

Manzullo: Cap and Trade will Devastate US Manufacturing

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Don Manzullo (R-IL) took to the floor of the House this afternoon to deliver the message that the proposed “cap and trade” energy plan working its way through Congress will skyrocket energy costs for U.S. manufacturers, give their Chinese and Indian competitors a huge incentive to sell more into the United States, and put many more Americans on the unemployment lines.

Manzullo, who hosted forums in Rockford and Crystal Lake Monday to discuss the issue with local manufacturers, says cap and trade will be the final straw that puts many American manufacturers out of business in these difficult times.

See Congressman Manzullo’s floor speech..   Speech

Are the Brits Leading Manufacturing Up?

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After tracking British manufacturing for some months, this is the best news I’ve seen.  Hopefully it also means that the US manufacturing sector will be right behind them.

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