Has the time has come for the reindustrialization of our economy? [View All]

Are there any candidates who are addressing issues related to increasing manufacturing in the United States? I've been looking into ideas related to the reindustrialization of the U.S. economy and have found that a lot was written in the early 80's. I know very little about the pros and cons of this issue, but I believe that most voters would be drawn to a candidate who promoted the development of manufacturing in the United States.

It looks like reindustrialization is taking place in Indiana.
Indiana ripe to produce green

MISHAWAKA | A new report, "Indiana’s Road to Energy Independence," says Hoosier companies could create thousands of new green jobs by manufacturing components for wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable energy equipment.

Commissioned by the Blue-Green Action Alliance -- a public policy partnership of the Sierra Club, the United Steelworkers and Environment America -- the report says that 1,321 firms in Indiana could benefit from 39,221 new green jobs, including 25,180 from wind turbine manufacturing and 7,485 in solar manufacturing....

The report states that a major commitment to renewable electric generation would reduce national security exposure, stabilize climate and provide a multi-billion-dollar investment and reindustrialization program that would lead to new job growth in Indiana.



To all those who doubt the future of our economy, let us provide new hope for the reindustrialization of America. And let our vision reach beyond the next election or the next year to a new generation of prosperity. If we could rebuild Germany and Japan after World War II, then surely we can reindustrialize our own nation and revive our inner cities in the 1980's.

- Ted Kennedy, 1980