Obama Lays Out Manufacturing Plan As He Tours Michigan Plants

http://www.laborradio.org/node/8555

While Senator Hillary Clinton spent Wednesday hitting the talk show circuit on the heels of her 41 point victory in West Virginia, Senator Barack Obama was hitting the manufacturing circuit in Michigan:

Senator Barack Obama spent Wednesday touring plants in Michigan on Wedenesday and while in Warren, Mich. He laid out his manufacturing plan. The proposal calls for $150 billion for the development of green technology over the next decade which he believes will result in the creation of more than 5 million green jobs and reinforce the country’s infrastructure. Obama used the opportunity to take on his Republican Presidential competitor John McCain. He said McCain doesn’t have a vision for bringing jobs back to Michigan or even creating new ones. Obama said his plan will benefit from the skilled workforce that already exists in the Midwest by offering job training that allows competition in the world economy. McCain’s campaign fired back after Obama spoke calling his manufacturing plan “weak leadership and poor judgment.”

McCain’s campaign fired back after Obama spoke calling his manufacturing plan “weak leadership and poor judgment.”

McCain doesn't have a plan.. From my understanding, his answer to Michigan was basically: "Your jobs are gone.. Get over it and quit whining"

How this genius economic policy of his puts him in a position to criticize is something I don't completely understand.

I have to admit though, Obama's answer is less than I would have hoped for.

What about NAFTA and MFN for China? Why is the wholesale shipping of entire segments of our economy overseas not being addressed?

You think you can create new jobs with green technology? Fine.. But perhaps we should look at keeping a few of the "old" jobs too?