BuyUSAFirst

Revised Proclamation Available

By: John B. Gibson

We have prepared a new proclamation for use by public and private organizations. You can download the pdf format of the Buy USA First Proclamation by clicking on Buy USA First Proclamation or copy and past it as listed below:

STANDARD PROCLAMATION IN SUPPORT OF

THE BUY USA FIRST INITIATIVE

WE, THE __________________, HEREBY PROCLAIM that the BUY USA FIRST Initiative will help strengthen the United States economy and help provide high quality jobs for United States residents both now and in the future.

The economic strength of the United States is threatened by the loss of manufacturing and service industries. We believe that true economic strength of a country results from the productive labors of its citizens. We observe that that capital investment in industry and services are increasingly being made outside of the United States. This flow of capital and jobs must be turned around or to prevent severe economic suffering by United States residents.

Furthermore, we believe that the loss of technological know-how and manufacturing facilities will severely limit our ability to innovate and compete in the world economy.

We proclaim that the ways to correct the erosion of the United States economic strength are:

• To educate U.S. technical, and  manufacturing workers on how to be more competitive in the world market
• To provide tools to help companies and individuals buy U.S.A. products and services
• To encourage our government representatives to support the Buy USA First Initiative and to let them know that we care about U.S. jobs and want them to support our U.S. manufacturing and service industries
• To improve U.S. worker training programs to help them to be more competitive
• To help U.S. companies make the right decisions when expanding or changing their operations
• To promote public support for U.S. based goods and services
• To promote a balanced international trade policy
• To promote the competitive nature of U.S. workers and business by encouraging them to more aggressively compete in the world  and U.S. economy
• To encourage public and private funding of the Buy USA First Initiative
• To encourage private and public investment for new manufacturing initiatives

The Buy USA First Initiative will provide much-needed support to maintain informational and referral services to increase U.S. manufacturing and service industries.  The initiative also requires strict fiscal and public accountability, includes strict ethical guidelines, and will protect and benefit the economy of the United States of America.

THEREFORE IT SHOULD BE RESOLVED; the _______ urge(s) the People of the United States to support the Buy USA First Initiative.

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Tariffs Can Work

By: John B. Gibson,  June 27, 20010

When we talk about tariffs and protectionism, the standard argument offered by many people is that the U.S. cannot institute tariffs because foreign countries will retaliate and this would cause world trade to decline. This, in turn, would adversely affect economy of the US.  There is also reference to the Great Depression stating that congress instituted tariffs and caused extension of the depression.

Two things are different now:
- After WW1, most European countries owed vast amounts of money to the United States.
- Europe was receiving significant funds transfers by the  sales of goods in the United States.

When the U.S. instituted tariffs sales of European products declined and Europe could have the funds to make payments on their U.S. loans. This caused cash flow problems for the U.S. banks and the U.S. government.

The current situation in the U.S. is different than it was during the Great Depression. We are in debt to foreign countries and we are buying massive amounts of oil from them. This is causing a severe negative trade deficit.

Until our trade deficit narrows we need to protect ourselves from the intense foreign competition by instituting tariffs that protect specific domestic manufacturing jobs. We also need to stop borrowing money from foreign countries and stop buying energy (oil) from overseas.

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November 20, 2009

The best way to help the United States manufacturing and service industries is to:
· Educate U.S. technical, and  manufacturing workers on how to be more competitive in the world market.
· Provide tools to help companies and individuals buy  products and services manufactured in the U.S.
· Let our representatives and senators know that we care about U.S. jobs. Ask them to support  U.S. manufacturing and service industries.
· Help companies improve worker training programs  to help them to  be more competitive
· Help U.S. companies make the right decisions when  expanding or changing their operations.
· Setup special programs designed to match employer   openings with workers that meet most of the   employers requirements. The training programs  would fill in the areas required for employment.
· Encourage U.S. companies to invest in U.S. based factories and facilities.

· Promote public support for U.S. based goods and services.

Fighting over H1B job losses (although important) is only part of the overall problem of loss of business, manufacturing, and technical jobs. Soon the decision to do offshore services or manufacturing will not be a question of cost – it will be a question of capability. How long can we continue to have massive negative trade deficits? How long can we continue to lose manufacturing facilities? Businesses that support that facility. We also lose the ability to innovate, develop proprietary processes, and educate our children in summer or co-op jobs.

When we lose a manufacturing facility we loose all of the peripheral jobs and industries. For every manufacturing job lost there are four to ten other support jobs lost.

Complete protectionism is not the answer but targeted protectionism is critical to the survival of our critical industries.

What must be done is to activate the inborn competitive nature of U.S. workers, consumers, and business by educating them into the realities of the economic war that causing loss of wealth in the United States.

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Scientist Predicts U.S. will have more serious economic problems unless we regain our manufacturing losses and stop increasing the deficit.

See web site of: Chih Kwan Chen

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