Barack Obama hits out at outsourcing with a call to bring jobs back home

[OhioChick]

25 Jan, 2012

WASHINGTON: Saying that 'no challenge is more urgent' than keeping the American dream alive, President Barack Obama virtually launched his re-election campaign hitting out at "outsourcing" with a call to bring "manufacturing jobs back" to America.

Declaring that "the state of our union is getting stronger", Obama in his third State of the Union address to a joint sitting of Congress Tuesday pledged to fight obstruction by opposition Republicans saying America had come too far in its still sluggish recovery from economic recession "to turn back now".

Obama, who launches a three-day swing through five key election states on Wednesday offered both his administration's priorities for the coming year and his campaign messaging for his re-election bid in November.

While he did not name India in his tirade against outsourcing, Obama announced creation of a trade enforcement unit to investigate "unfair trade practices in countries like China", where a large number of American goods are made.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international-business/barack-obama-hits-out-at-outsourcing-with-a-call-to-bring-jobs-back-home/articleshow/11630242.cms

Interesting comments follow.

[FreakinDJ]

1. Obama is right - 'no challenge is more urgent'

The key to our unemployment - under employment - Tax Revenue shortages is all tied to the Corp Whore's rush to outsource American Manufacturing

[renate]

2. I have never understood why Congress hasn't created tax advantages for companies hiring in the U.S.

It seems like a no-brainer to me--so it'd be right up even the Republicans' alley.

[LiberalEsto]

3. Will he also cancel H1B visas? nt