Obama's recent radio pitch outlined a plan, more of an "idea" than a plan, to have the government join with universities and corporations to reignite the manufacturing sector. An idea that has been tried for 30 years and indisputably proven by the facts, look at the current economic situation, that it does not work.
The focus is robotics. It does not seem even necessary to point out that not to many years ago, robotics was accused of replacing manufacturing jobs rather than creating them. Further, robotics in manufacturing is old news and most foreign companies based in Japan, Germany and China are way ahead of the USA in this technology. Additionally, if the USA could make a leap ahead in robotic manufacturing, it would create more jobs for software engineers and for the firms that build the robotic equipment.
The more Obama's idea is successful the less it will help putting American manufacturing firms to work. I have not toured the Carnegie Mellon Institute, but I have toured other advanced manufacturing research facilities and guess what. The robotic equipment used in the research is built by companies in Japan and Germany. Do you see the irony of Obama's idea?
Congressperson Rene Ellmers, in the Repub's weekly address, proposed a different plan to boost business. Unfortunately, the Repub version only received about 1/10th the coverage of Obama's plan. The basic problem is Obama gets a good headline and the Repub plan is buried in the last few paragraphs. Obama's plan is the tip of the iceberg, which gets the visibility, while the Repub plan which carries the weight is buried beneath the surface. Flipping the iceberg is possible, but expensive.
Ellmers recommended the expansion of domestic energy production. Of course, this concept is exponentially better than Obama's recent announcement on releasing a few million barrels of oil from storage as punishment to the OPEC countries for not increasing production. If we tapped Alaska's energy resources, then that action would send a genuine signal to OPEC. Releasing a few million barrels of oil from storage, which only weakens are oil savings account for a rainy day, must create numerous barrels of laughter from Iran. Again Obama goes for the head-line, rather than the long term results-line. It is too late for me. But I hope that a Repub candidate, maybe Huntsman, will challenge Obama's every move.
My worst fear is that Obama will sit back, grab the "There is still hope" headlines, and let the Repub candidates destroy each other. The Repub candidates should at least agree on the who the enemy is and keep all their guns pointed in the same direction. Suicide is painless and, contrary to the popular lyrics, it will not bring on many changes in Washington. Each Repub candidate has to stay alive to get the job done.
Join me in my mission to Fire Obama.
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