American MadeHero! Robert C. Baugh
Executive Director
AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council
Speaking truth to power!
Americans saying thank you!
Robert C. Baugh ...
applauded as an American Made Hero!
Executive Director, AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council
"While the economic crisis that began in 2007 has done massive damage to our country, the truth is our problems run far
deeper and none is more fundamental than catastrophic decline of U.S. manufacturing. The health of the economy and our
national security are inextricably tied to a vibrant and innovative manufacturing sector. We must revive U.S. manufacturing
as a clear centerpiece of our nation's economic and security strategy."
Mr. Baugh is a national leader aggressively advocating in support of America's domestic
manufacturers
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For his long career as a highly respected and effective advocate we applaud him for his efforts and welcome him as a member of
AmericanMadeHeroes.com!
According to Robert Baugh, executive director of the AFL-CIO's Industrial Union Council, the United States has lost more than 3 million manufacturing jobs since 2000. He cites estimates of 14 million to 42 million service sector jobs that could be subject to offshoring over the next decade.
Globally, labor costs are skewed because offshore employers for the most part do not pay the high costs of workers' health care as in the United States. And U.S. corporations are rewarded through a provision in the tax laws that allows them for one year to bring profits earned abroad back into the United States where they are taxed at a mere 5.25 percent as opposed to the usual 35 percent. A more recent concern has been currency manipulation by countries like China to make the trade gap appear less severe.
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Alexander Hamilton
"Not only the wealth, but the independence and security of a country, appear
to be materially connected with the prosperity of manufacturers. Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess within
itself all the essentials of a national supply. They comprise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing and
defense ... The expediency of encouraging manufactures in the United States, which was not long since deemed very
questionable, appears at this time to be pretty generally admitted."
