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2018 Gene Haas Foundation Scholarship recipients for students continuing their education in a post-secondary machining program include Matthew Dick, Chris Seaton, Lukas Hill, and Nathan Wehr. All four students will be attending Vincennes University.PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-75512586256581443542018-05-23T09:57:00.000-07:002018-05-23T09:57:14.718-07:002018 STEM Challenge Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Precision Machining students placed first in two of the nine industry challenges at the annual STEM Challenge held at Oakland City University on April 20, 2018.<br />
Pictured are Lucas Hill, Nathan Wehr, Zach Pancake and Chris Seaton with the two first place checks for $200 each.<br />
<br />PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-70892922159754737612018-05-22T09:24:00.001-07:002018-05-22T09:24:24.217-07:002018 Skills USA Statewide Competition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Nathan Wehr earned a bronze medal at the 2018 Skills USA Precision Machining competition on April 14, 2018, held at Ivy Tech Community College in Indianapolis.<br />
Besides the medal, Wehr also won machinist tools. The senior plans to continue his education in the Precision Machining program at Vincennes University.PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-31757222024052557002018-05-22T09:20:00.001-07:002018-05-22T09:20:08.229-07:002018 INTMA Precision Machining Competition <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Precision Machining students competed in the 15th annual Indiana Chapter of the National Tooling and Machining Association (INTMA) Statewide High School Machining Competition on February 17, 2018, held at the Central 9 Career Center in Greenwood, Indiana.<br />
Competing were Alonzo Barnes, Nathan Wehr (second place in Precision Machining) and Matthew Dick (third place in CNC Milling). Scholarships and machinist tools (seen in picture) were awarded as prizes.<br />
PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-32527110516319679022018-05-22T09:12:00.000-07:002018-05-22T09:12:07.189-07:00Skills USA 2018 Regional Competition Winners<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Precision Machining students placed first, second, fourth, and fifth in the Precision Machining area and second place in CNC Mill at Vincennes University on February 4, 2018.<br />
Pictured are, front row, Alonzo Barnes, Matthew Dick, Jade Yochim, and Carson Hoffman. Back row: Mason Sermersheim, Chris Seaton, and Nathan Wehr.<br />
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Precision Machining class, finished first at the SkillsUSA Region 4 Precision
Machining Competition at Vincennes University on February 11, 2017. Miller won a
$2500 scholarship to VU. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Wehr placed second and Zach Pancake placed fifth in the contest, receiving a
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machining competition for high school students enrolled in machining programs
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The SkillsUSA Championships is the platform for the best
career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally then continue through the state and national levels. More than 350 high school
students and guests from southeastern and southwestern Indiana competed. The
three students will advance to the State level contest held on April 22, 2017,
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<span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>On
September 16, the classes accompanied a group of students in the Haas Technical
Education Center at Vincennes University to the International Manufacturing
Technology Show (IMTS) at the McCormick Place in Chicago. This is the largest
manufacturing show in North America and is only held every other year. While
there wasn’t enough time to visit nearly all the several thousand vendors, the
students saw a good number who demonstrated their products that are used in
manufacturing and came away with a greater appreciation of the latest high tech
machine tools and products. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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new competition that the Precision Machining program intends to compete in this
year requires teams of students to design and build a single-seat electric car
and then compete in Greenpower USA’s race. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in
conjunction with IndyCar and the GreenpowerUSA Foundation, is inviting teams of
33 high school students to design, build and race a single-seat, student-driven
electric car on the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 2017 race
festivities. The high school teams, selected from participating programs across
the United States, will be paired with Verizon IndyCar Series drivers for the
famed 500 Mile Race in a competition that promotes STEM. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pike Central program has attained partnerships/sponsorships with area
businesses, including, at this time, Jasper Engines, Kimball Electronics, and IPL,
to enable them to purchase the chassis kit from Greenpower UK. Students will
have the opportunity to work with engineers and technicians from the sponsoring
companies to assemble and modify the car, and prepare for the race. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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annual Precision Machining Open House for interested students and parents was
held November 30. This gave prospective students and their parents an inside
look at the program and facilities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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including Precision Machining, Welding, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and
Advanced Manufacturing. This gives the students the opportunity to see and hear
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Vincennes University programs of Precision Machining and Advanced CNC Machining.</span>
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credits and college credits of up to 12 hours at no expense. Essentially,
classes of the first semester within the major are completed before students
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student interested in the Precision Machining program at PCHS should contact
Mr. Scott in Room K-140, Email him at markscott@pcsc.k12.in.us, or talk to a
guidance counselor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-27592391701300991112016-04-22T14:39:00.001-07:002016-04-22T14:40:46.404-07:00PM Teams Earn 1st and 2nd in Two Challenges at STEM Competition<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-bottom: .1pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: .1pt; mso-para-margin-bottom: .01gd; mso-para-margin-left: 0in; mso-para-margin-right: 0in; mso-para-margin-top: .01gd;">
<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Pike Central High School’s
Precision Machining Team A won first place in the Kimball Electronics
Jasper challenge and second in another challenge presented by Meade-Johnson at
the third annual STEM Challenge for regional high school students. </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">The competition was held at Oakland City
University on April 8, 2016.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman";">The team, consisting of seniors
Madelyne and Nick from Pike Central, and Logan and Noah from Jasper
High School, took first place in the business challenge presented by Kimball
Electronics Jasper and a second place in another challenge presented by
Meade-Johnson.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Other challenges throughout
the event were created by Toyota, Farbest Foods, University of Evansville,
ATTC, Matrix, and USI/OCU. </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">Prizes were awarded for each business challenge and the top
three overall winners from 19 teams throughout the tri-state. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman";">The competition is designed to motivate interest in science,
technology, engineering and math. It is also geared to assist students in
understanding the importance of teamwork and communication in the workplace.
These skills are vital to regional economy. Eight regional companies
designed activities to provide real-world business challenges that encompass
the skills needed in the work environment.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">First place winners and <span style="background: white;">Kimball Electronics Jasper</span></span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman";"> </span><span style="color: #212121; font-family: "times new roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 7.5pt;">staff
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PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-82719804778618163352016-04-22T14:26:00.000-07:002016-04-22T14:52:40.870-07:00PCHS Student Takes First Place at 2016 SkillsUSA State Contest<div class="MsoNormal" style="mso-hyphenate: auto; tab-stops: .5in;">
<span style="background-color: white;">Noah, from Jasper and a senior in Pike Central High School’s Precision Machining I class, finished first at the state level of the Indiana SkillsUSA Precision Machining Competition at Indianapolis on April 16, 2016. He won a machinist toolbox, machinist tools and a $2500 to Vincennes University. </span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Also competing for Pike Central were Logan, from Jasper, and Caleb.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The SkillsUSA Championships is the showcase for the best career and technical students in the nation. Contests begin locally and continue through the state and national levels. Twenty two students from six regions competed at the Sate championship in Precision Machining.</div>
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The competition involved making parts on the vertical mill, lathe, and surface grinder as well as blueprint reading, shop math, and a general related written test.</div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce and that each student excels while preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations. </span>The events include local, state and national competitions in which students demonstrate occupational and leadership skills. At the annual national-level SkillsUSA Championships, nearly 6,000 students compete in 99 occupational and leadership skill areas.<o:p></o:p></div>
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SkillsUSA programs also help to establish industry standards for job skill training in the lab and classroom, and promote community service. SkillsUSA is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and is cited as a "success model of employer-driven youth development training program" by the U.S. Department of Labor.<br />
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PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-28294529419763594032016-02-26T05:50:00.002-08:002016-02-26T05:50:47.434-08:00PCHS Precision Machining Program receives Award for Excellence <div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Precision Machining program at Pike Central High School and its instructor, Mr. Mark Scott, has received a 2016 Indiana Career and Technical Education Award for Excellence presented by the Indiana Department of Education.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Indiana Career and Technical Education Awards for Excellence Program was started in 1984 to recognize Indiana’s outstanding career and technical education secondary and post-secondary programs within the field of career and technical education. The program is supported by a grant through the Indiana Department of Education and by contributions from the Indiana Dept. of workforce Development, Vincennes University, Ivy Tech Community College, and the Indiana Association of Career and Technical Education Districts.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Selection Committee criteria includes Program Design, Resource Utilization, and Program Outcomes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Precision Machining program at Pike Central High School was implemented in the fall of 2010 as a result of industry input and the lack of a program of this type in the surrounding area. The result is a program to develop a qualified pool of skilled employees and to also give students an additional career opportunity in a high demand field with jobs in this area. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Precision Machining I includes a wide range of classroom and laboratory experiences that develop skills and knowledge in the shaping of metal parts. Emphasis is placed on basic precision machining operations, including the use of lathes, mills, surface grinders, drill presses, and bench work. Basic metallurgy, blueprint reading, and shop math are also incorporated into classroom and laboratory exercises.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Precision Machining II is a more in-depth study of skills learned the first year, but with a stronger focus in CNC setup, operation, and programming. It concentrates on precision setup and inspection work, as well as machine shop calculations. Students develop skills in advanced machining and measuring parts that involve tighter tolerances and more complex geometry, along with a continued focus on safety. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">All award recipients were recognized at a ceremony on Tuesday, February 23, 2016, in the Indiana Government Center South Auditorium in Indianapolis. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #212121; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Glenda Ritz, Indiana Superintendent of Public Instruction, was the featured speaker.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #212121; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span></div>
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Nov. 26, 2011<br />
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By BEN CASSELMAN<br />
DENVER—Ferrie Bailey's job should be easy: hiring workers amid the worst
stretch of unemployment since the Depression.<br />
<br />
A recruiter for Union Pacific Corp., she has openings to fill, the kind that
sometimes seem to have all but vanished: secure, well-paying jobs with good benefits
that don't require a college degree.<br />
<br />
But they require specialized skills—expertise in short supply even with the
unemployment rate at 9%. Which is why on a recent morning the recruiter found
herself in a hiring hall here anxiously awaiting the arrival of just two people
she had invited to interviews, winnowed from an initial group of nearly five
dozen applicants. With minutes to go, the folding chairs sat empty. "I
don't think they're going to show," Ms. Bailey said, pacing in the basement
room.<br />
<br />
Her challenge is a familiar one to recruiters, especially in industries that
require workers with trade skills such as welding. Union Pacific struggles to
find enough electricians who have worked with diesel engines. Manufacturers in
many places can't find enough machinists. Oil companies must fight for a
limited supply of drilling-rig workers.<br />
<br />
"There's a tremendous shortage of skilled workers," said Craig Giffi,
a vice chairman of the consulting firm Deloitte. A recent survey it did found
that 83% of manufacturers reported a moderate or severe shortage of skilled
production workers to hire.<br />
<br />
The extent and significance of the skills gap is hotly debated in economics
circles, in part because of its policy implications. If companies aren't hiring
primarily because of limited demand for their products or services, the
standard policy prescription offered is some form of stimulus, such as lower
interest rates or taxes, or more spending. But to the extent that the problem
is companies' inability to find the workers they need, the remedy might instead
be training or other efforts to help workers get the skills.<br />
<br />
Most research suggests the sluggish economy is the biggest reason for the weak
labor market. Data show the skills gap doesn't exist in whole industries but in
specific jobs, including certain heavy-duty blue-collar ones.<br />
<br />
Pay levels provide evidence. While hourly wages in the broad category of
maintenance and repair workers rose 6.4% from 2007 to 2010, increases were 10%
in the subcategory of heavy-vehicle mechanics and 15% for specialists in
electrical repairs on commercial and industrial equipment. The implication is
that employers were competing for a limited pool of qualified workers.<br />
<br />
Such scarcities can have an outsize effect. Though companies may be able to get
their unskilled work done by shifting around existing staff or using temps, a
shortage of skilled workers is harder to finesse. The Deloitte study found that
74% of manufacturers said a shortage of skilled production workers had a
"significant negative impact" on either their productivity or
expansion plans.<br />
<br />
AAR Corp., a Chicago-based aviation-parts manufacturer, has 600 job openings,
mostly for skilled trade jobs like welders and maintenance mechanics. Chief
Executive David Storch said the shortage of workers has forced the company to
pass up business and delay some manufacturing work. He said the company would
like to start a third shift at its Indianapolis aircraft maintenance facility
but has been unable to do so because of worker shortages.<br />
<br />
"It's a little bit frustrating to sit around and talk about the ability to
grow your business if you could only hire skilled people," Mr. Storch said.<br />
<br />
A skilled-worker shortage can even darken the jobs picture for the
less-skilled, because companies that can't expand production for lack of enough
skilled workers may not need as many salespeople, forklift drivers or janitors.
They may buy fewer parts, potentially affecting the size of their suppliers'
work force.<br />
<br />
Such ripple effects wouldn't matter as much if less-skilled workers had more
options, as many found, for instance, after the dot-com bust, by going into
home construction. Today's economic sluggishness leaves fewer such escape
routes.<br />
<br />
"In every recovery you hear about the mismatch of skills to available
jobs, but this time around it seems particularly pernicious," said Dana
Saporta, an economist with Credit Suisse, She estimates the skills mismatch and
similar so-called structural issues add 1.5 percentage points to the
unemployment rate.<br />
<br />
Demographics are part of the explanation. Railroads went on their last big
hiring spree in the late 1970s. Manufacturing employment peaked in the early
1980s. Many of those hired then are now nearing retirement. Union Pacific
expects about 4,000 of its 45,000 employees to retire in 2011.<br />
<br />
Replacing them has been a challenge for a number of reasons: an erosion of
vocational education at the high-school level, a reduction of in-house training
through companies and unions, a now-vanished construction boom that once gave
people well-paying jobs without the need for much training, among other things.<br />
<br />
Perhaps most significant is that the well-publicized decline of the country's
manufacturing sector has made blue-collar careers appear less stable and
attractive. Another Deloitte survey found that although a large majority of the
public thinks it is important for the U.S. to have a strong manufacturing
sector, barely a third would encourage their children to pursue a manufacturing
career.<br />
<br />
A final factor is that, according to some experts, companies have become
pickier amid the slow economy. Jeffrey Joerres, CEO of staffing firm Manpower
Inc., said that with demand for their products weak, companies only want
candidates who have all of the skills they are looking for, and if the
companies can't find someone who fits the bill really well, they'll just leave
the job unfilled.<br />
<br />
"It's lack of demand that's creating the talent shortage," Mr.
Joerres said, adding that if demand picks up, companies will relax their
standards to fill jobs.<br />
<br />
Reluctance to hire isn't an issue at Union Pacific. Ms. Bailey expects to have
filled 200 jobs in 2011 by the time the year ends, and her colleagues at the
railroad 4,300 more.<br />
<br />
But when the railroad had openings for diesel electricians earlier this year,
it took Ms. Bailey 10 hiring sessions to fill 24 jobs. At one session she held
in Rawlins, Wyo., none of the five invited candidates showed up.<br />
<br />
At her event in Denver last month, the jobs were easier to fill, but barely.
Known as "installation technicians," the workers are responsible for
putting in and maintaining a sprawling network of cable, microwave relays and
related equipment that enables the railroad to monitor 850 trains running daily
along its 32,000 miles of track.<br />
<br />
This doesn't require a bachelor's degree but demands technical skills gained
either through an associates' degree or four years of experience in
electronics. And it is grueling work. Technicians have to climb 50-foot
communications towers, clamber up utility poles and work outdoors through
Wyoming winters and Kansas summers.<br />
<br />
They put in 10-hour days, in clusters of eight or ten days, and are routinely
away from home more than half of each month. Apart from the necessary skills,
said Union Pacific's construction manager for the Denver region, John Haberle,
the job has two things that make attracting workers hard: the heights and the
travel.<br />
<br />
"Those are the two deal-breakers," he said. "Whatever your
situation is at home, you're going to have to manage that. You won't be able to
manage that out in the field somewhere or on top of a tower."<br />
<br />
After a website job posting, Ms. Bailey initially drew 58 applicants. Of them,
she deemed about two dozen sufficiently qualified so that she invited them to
take a $25 aptitude test, at their own expense.<br />
<br />
Eighteen took it and 13 passed, earning an invitation to an interview and
hiring session.<br />
<br />
But of the 13 she invited, three didn't reply, five declined, and three
withdrew their applications before the session. So of the original 58 people,
just two qualified candidates accepted her offer of an interview session later
in October.<br />
<br />
Minutes before it was to start, neither had shown up. "All we can do is
just wait," she said.<br />
<br />
Finally, Josh Phillips, 27 years old, walked in, followed a few minutes later
by the second candidate, Paul Bouley, 30. By coincidence, the two were
co-workers at a contractor that installs fiber-optic cable for mobile-phone
companies.<br />
<br />
Both grew up in Colorado, both were married with young children, and neither
had a bachelor's degree. They were interested in the job for the same reasons:
stability, good benefits and opportunity for advancement.<br />
<br />
"I don't just want a job anymore, I want a career," said Mr.
Phillips. "I've had jobs my whole life."<br />
<br />
Standing at the front of the room, Ms. Bailey described the deal. As
installation technicians, they would earn $21.64 an hour, or close to $48,000 a
year for the railroad's regular work schedule. Overtime could add thousand
dollars more. If they stuck with it and advanced through union ranks, they
could earn more than $68,000 a year before overtime.<br />
<br />
She also told them Union Pacific would cover 85% of workers' health-insurance
premiums, subsidize college courses they took and pay a traditional pension.
"You mean we could actually retire?" Mr. Phillips quipped.<br />
<br />
Both men had done related work. Mr. Bouley had climbed utility poles and
towers, and Mr. Phillips was certified as a journeyman electrician, an
especially hard skill to find. By early afternoon, Ms. Bailey was calling both
men to offer them jobs. "It was a great day," she said.<br />
<br />
Mr. Phillips accepted the job on the spot. But Mr. Bouley, after initially
accepting, turned the job down after his current employer gave him a raise.
Union Pacific's health insurance, he said, was a major draw, but the travel was
a drawback for the new father. "It's just the consistent travel that kind
of threw me off," he said.<br />
<br />
Ms. Bailey faced more stiff competition at a job fair the next day, because
then she was up against several other employers looking for the same sort
skilled people as she was.<br />
<br />
"Make $70,000 - $80,000 the first year with FULL BENEFITS," read a
sign at a booth right across from Ms. Bailey's at the job fair, put on by the
U.S. Army in Fort Carson, Colo., largely to help departing soldiers ease back
to civilian life.<br />
<br />
The sign belonged to Mile High Energy Solutions, an oil-and-gas recruiting
firm. Its recruiter, Jodie Reed, said Mile High was looking to hire 600 people
by year-end, especially mechanics, electrical engineers and workers with
commercial drivers' licenses. She had a computer at her booth so people could
apply right there.<br />
<br />
To compete, Ms. Bailey, a former soldier, frequently pointed to an Army pin on her
lapel and flaunted military jargon, such as asking "What's your MOS?"
(for "military occupational specialty").<br />
<br />
When she heard one that was a good fit, she pounced. "Heavy equipment
mechanic? How many years? Do you have diesel experience? Oh my God, you better
run to that computer and put in an application," she told one prospect.<br />
<br />
"Welding is a plus," she told another man, her eyes lighting up.
"How many years of welding?"<br />
<br />
The welder, Justin Wren, was skeptical. After three years in the military, he said,
he was ready to be home in the evening. The benefits package appealed to him,
but the travel—"on the road, different hotel every week"—less so.<br />
<br />
Standing next to him, his wife, Dara, was firm: "I want him home."<br />
<br />
With his welding skills, Mr. Wren, who isn't scheduled to leave the Army until
next spring, had the luxury of being picky. Ms. Bailey quickly moved on to the
next set of candidates.</span><!--EndFragment-->
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Dual-credit
course offers head start</span></span></b></h2>
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<b><span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Times New Roman";">By CLAIRE
MOORMAN</span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Herald Staff Writer</i></span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Vincennes
University and the Patoka Valley Career and Technical Education Center are
working together to introduce more southern Indiana students to the field of
precision manufacturing.<br />
<br />
The partners brought a dual-credit manufacturing course to Pike Central High
School in 2010 with the goal of giving local students a head start into the VU
precision machining program and sending them into the world of robotics,
industrial maintenance and product design.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Times New Roman";">With
Jasper Engines & Transmissions in Jasper, a Toyota plant in Princeton, a
Subaru plant in Lafayette and a Honda plant in Greensburg, skilled tradespeople
are much needed in the state, said Art Haase, dean of the VU Technology
Division.<br />
<br />
“I graduated roughly 60 students in manufacturing (in 2012). If I had graduated
600 students, I still would not have met the job demands,” Haase said.<br />
<br />
The Pike Central precision machining program was opened to students from schools
throughout the surrounding area last school year.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Times New Roman";">For
the 2011-12 year, the program had 12 participants, including two students from
Forest Park High School, one from Jasper High School and one from Northeast
Dubois High School. The program is open to juniors and seniors and includes
three morning classes per day for first-year students and three afternoon
classes each day for second-year students. Program instructor and VU professor
Mark Scott explained that the large block of time is necessary for effective
training, and students who participate must dedicate much of their high school
time to learning the trade.<br />
<br />
Both Haase and Glenn Weil, Patoka Valley Career and Technical Education
director, say that manufacturing careers are often misunderstood, but they
stressed that an education in the trade can be just as beneficial as a
traditional four-year degree.<br />
<br />
“There’s just that stigma that manufacturing is dark and dirty and ugly,” Weil
said. “I’m trying so hard to crack whatever code it is to relay the message to
the proper students that these jobs are equivalent in pay, benefits, security
and even self-fulfillment as college degrees. The men and women that are doing
precision machining today are making great wages. There is particular enjoyment
in making something that you can see.”</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Haase
explained that the dual-credit program will produce highly skilled technicians,
not just assembly line workers.<br />
<br />
“The emphasis is that the graduates of the program are in a white coat job.
They are working on computers, programming automated equipment,” he said.<br />
<br />
The high school course, which mirrors the material taught in the first semester
of the VU manufacturing degree program, is hosted in a recently constructed
wing of Pike Central High School and is taught by VU professor Mark Scott. The
school has three new computer numeric controlled mills and two new lathes, as
well as 15 to 20 older, manual machines to give students hands-on training. The
machines are the same models used by big manufacturing companies in the state.<br />
<br />
“They’ve got a well-stocked program. We’re really happy and proud of what we’ve
got over there,” Weil said.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #474747; font-family: "Times New Roman";">Students from other area schools must provide their own
transportation to the classes, but the class provides free college credit
hours. Weil said that with the cost of college on the rise, the opportunity to
earn college credit at a public high school is valuable.<br />
<br />
Students who complete the program have the option of continuing on in the VU
degree or taking an entry-level machining position.<br />
<br />
Haase, Weil and Scott all hope to see more students from nearby schools enroll
in the future. So far, about 17 students have registered for the coming school
year. The program ideally can handle about 30 total students.<br />
<br />
“I think we’ve come a long way in two years. The biggest challenge is
involvement and career awareness. There are lots of opportunities jobwise with
companies of all different sizes,” Scott said.<br />
<br />
Interested students should email Scott at markscott@pcsc.k12.in.us</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Georgia;">Thanks
to Claire Moorman for this article she wrote for the </span><i style="color: #060677; font-family: Georgia;">Jasper Herald</i><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Georgia;">. It was published on June 18, 2012.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">VU Job Fair: Plenty of Headhunters Hit Tech Job Fair</span></b></h2>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">By Mike Grant</span></div>
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<span style="color: #454545; font-family: Times;">VINCENNES,
IND. (WTHI) - The spring like weather has some college students thinking about
the end of the school year, graduation and looking for a job.<br />
At
Vincennes University the jobs came looking for the students in the technology
department.<br />
The job
fair is giving indications that the economy may be ready to make a move in the
positive direction.<br />
The lobby
of the technology building at Vincennes University was filled with companies
looking for help.<br />
About 40
companies both big and small took part in the job fair.<br />
Officials
say the number was about double from the previous year.<br />
"Hopefully, it says the economy is looking up," said Job Fair
Organizer Rick Coleman with Vincennes University. "That there are great
jobs available. It's just finding the right student for the right job."<br />
The past
couple of years companies came to campus looking for just a few new workers.<br />
That's not the case this time.<br />
"We're looking for a lot," said Natasha Freeman with Marion
Manufacturing. "I would say at least 20. We're looking to fully staff 3
shifts by the end of the year."<br />
The
participating businesses ranged from mom and pop operations to multi-national
corporations and one thing they are all said is if you have the skills they
have the job.<br />
"CNC, robotics, maintenance some of those skill sets and qualities
is what my companies are going to need and look for," said Erin Ricke with
Express Employment Professionals, a recruiting firm for more than 70 small to
mid-size companies in Marion and Johnson Counties.<br />
Those are
skills that many V.U. Technology students have, so after a couple of slow years
it appears this time around they may not just have jobs.<br />
They may
have options.<br />
"You
know that they're here trying to hire you," said Advanced Manufacturing
student Andrew Stuckey of Odon, "so it takes the pressure off a little
bit. It makes it a little bit easier to talk to them."<br />
"Now
it's starting to open up to young kids like us and that's great because it
gives a chance to get out in the real world," said Diesel Technology
student Don Weiner of Bloomington.<br />
And with companies competing for skilled workers, technology graduates look to
have a chance in the recovering economy.<br />
Many of
the companies said they were also looking for people for assembly and even
administrative jobs.<span style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">From:</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/southern_indiana/vu-job-fair"><span style="color: #828282; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.wthitv.com/dpp/news/local/southern_indiana/vu-job-fair</span></span></a><span style="font-size: 6.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></h3>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: x-large;">State of the Union Address</span></h2>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">from January 27, 2012</span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">THE PRESIDENT: Mr.
Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, distinguished guests, and
fellow Americans:</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last month, I went to Andrews
Air Force Base and welcomed home some of our last troops to serve in Iraq.
Together, we offered a final, proud salute to the colors under which more than
a million of our fellow citizens fought -- and several thousand gave their
lives.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We gather tonight knowing
that this generation of heroes has made the United States safer and more
respected around the world. For the first time in nine years, there are no
Americans fighting in Iraq. For the first time in two decades, Osama bin Laden
is not a threat to this country. Most of al Qaeda’s top lieutenants have been
defeated. The Taliban’s momentum has been broken, and some troops in
Afghanistan have begun to come home.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">These achievements are a
testament to the courage, selflessness and teamwork of America’s Armed Forces.
At a time when too many of our institutions have let us down, they exceed all
expectations. They’re not consumed with personal ambition. They don’t obsess
over their differences. They focus on the mission at hand. They work together.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Imagine what we could
accomplish if we followed their example. Think about the America within our
reach: A country that leads the world in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">educating</i></b> its
people. An America that attracts a new generation of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">high</i></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tech manufacturing </i></b>and
high-paying jobs. A future where we’re in control of our own energy, and our
security and prosperity aren’t so tied to unstable parts of the world. An
economy built to last, where hard work pays off, and responsibility is
rewarded.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We can do this. I know we
can, because we’ve done it before. At the end of World War II, when another
generation of heroes returned home from combat, they built the strongest
economy and middle class the world has ever known. My grandfather, a veteran of
Patton’s Army, got the chance to go to college on the GI Bill. My grandmother,
who worked on a bomber assembly line, was part of a workforce that turned out
the best products on Earth.<br />
<br />
The two of them shared the optimism of a nation that had triumphed over a
depression and fascism. They understood they were part of something larger;
that they were contributing to a story of success that every American had a
chance to share -- the basic American promise that if you worked hard, you
could do well enough to raise a family, own a home, send your kids to college,
and put a little away for retirement.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The defining issue of our
time is how to keep that promise alive. No challenge is more urgent. No debate
is more important. We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number
of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or
we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does
their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. What’s at stake
aren’t Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. And we have
to reclaim them.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s remember how we got
here. Long before the recession, jobs and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturing</i></b> began
leaving our shores.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Technology</i></b> made <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b> more
efficient, but also made some jobs obsolete. Folks at the top saw their incomes
rise like never before, but most hardworking Americans struggled with costs
that were growing, paychecks that weren’t, and personal debt that kept piling
up.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In 2008, the house of
cards collapsed. We learned that mortgages had been sold to people who couldn’t
afford or understand them. Banks had made huge bets and bonuses with other
people’s money. Regulators had looked the other way, or didn’t have the
authority to stop the bad behavior.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It was wrong. It was
irresponsible. And it plunged our economy into a crisis that put millions out
of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hardworking Americans
holding the bag. In the six months before I took office, we lost nearly 4
million jobs. And we lost another 4 million before our policies were in full
effect.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Those are the facts. But
so are these: In the last 22 months, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b> have created more
than 3 million jobs.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Last year, they created
the most jobs since 2005. American <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturers </i></b>are hiring again,
creating jobs for the first time since the late 1990s. Together, we’ve agreed
to cut the deficit by more than $2 trillion. And we’ve put in place new rules
to hold Wall Street accountable, so a crisis like this never happens again.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The state of our Union is
getting stronger. And we’ve come too far to turn back now. As long as I’m
President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum.
But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to
return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the
first place.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">No, we will not go back
to an economy weakened by outsourcing, bad debt, and phony financial profits.
Tonight, I want to speak about how we move forward, and lay out a blueprint for
an economy that’s built to last -– an economy built on American <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturing</i></b>,
American energy,<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> skills</i></b> for American workers, and a renewal of
American values.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, this blueprint
begins with American<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturing</i></b>.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the day I took office,
our auto industry was on the verge of collapse. Some even said we should let it
die. With a million jobs at stake, I refused to let that happen. In exchange
for help, we demanded responsibility. We got workers and automakers to settle
their differences. We got the industry to retool and restructure. Today, General
Motors is back on top as the world’s number-one automaker. Chrysler has grown
faster in the U.S. than any major car company. Ford is investing billions in
U.S. plants and factories. And together, the entire industry added nearly
160,000 jobs.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We bet on American
workers. We bet on American ingenuity. And tonight, the American auto industry
is back.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">What’s happening in
Detroit can happen in other industries. It can happen in Cleveland and
Pittsburgh and Raleigh. We can’t bring every job back that’s left our shore.
But right now, it’s getting more expensive to do business in places like China.
Meanwhile, America is more productive. A few weeks ago, the CEO of Master Lock
told me that it now makes business sense for him to bring jobs back
home. Today, for the first time in 15 years, Master Lock’s unionized plant in
Milwaukee is running at full capacity.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So we have a huge
opportunity, at this moment, to bring<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturing </i></b>back. But we have
to seize it. Tonight, my message to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">business</i></b> leaders is simple: Ask
yourselves what you can do to bring jobs back to your country, and your country
will do everything we can to help you succeed.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We should start with our
tax code. Right now, companies get tax breaks for moving jobs and profits
overseas. Meanwhile, companies that choose to stay in America get hit with one
of the highest tax rates in the world. It makes no sense, and everyone knows
it. So let’s change it.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">First, if you’re a<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> business </i></b>that
wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn’t get a tax deduction for doing it. That money
should be used to cover moving expenses for companies like Master Lock that
decide to bring jobs home.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Second, no American
company should be able to avoid paying its fair share of taxes by moving jobs
and profits overseas. From now on, every multinational company should have to
pay a basic minimum tax. And every penny should go towards lowering taxes for
companies that choose to stay here and hire here in America.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Third, if you’re an
American<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> manufacturer,</i></b> you should get a bigger tax cut. If
you’re a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">high</i></b>-<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">tech manufacturer</i></b>, we should double
the tax deduction you get for making your products here. And if you want to
relocate in a community that was hit hard when a factory left town, you should
get help financing a new plant, equipment, or training for new workers.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So my message is simple.
It is time to stop rewarding <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b> that ship jobs
overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in America.
Send me these tax reforms, and I will sign them right away.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’re also making it
easier for American businesses to sell products all over the world.
Two years ago, I set a goal of doubling U.S. exports over five years. With the
bipartisan trade agreements we signed into law, we’re on track to meet that
goal ahead of schedule. And soon, there will be millions of new customers for
American goods in Panama, Colombia, and South Korea. Soon, there will be new
cars on the streets of Seoul imported from Detroit, and Toledo, and Chicago.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I will go anywhere in the
world to open new markets for American products. And I will not stand by when
our competitors don’t play by the rules. We’ve brought trade cases against
China at nearly twice the rate as the last administration –- and it’s made a
difference. Over a thousand Americans are working today because we stopped a
surge in Chinese tires. But we need to do more. It’s not right when another
country lets our movies, music, and software be pirated. It’s not fair when
foreign <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturers</i></b> have a leg up on ours only because they’re
heavily subsidized.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tonight, I’m announcing
the creation of a Trade Enforcement Unit that will be charged with
investigating unfair trading practices in countries like China. There will be
more inspections to prevent counterfeit or unsafe goods from crossing our
borders. And this Congress should make sure that no foreign company has an
advantage over American <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturing </i></b>when it comes to
accessing financing or new markets like Russia. Our workers are the most
productive on Earth, and if the playing field is level, I promise you -–
America will always win.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I also hear from many
business leaders who want to hire in the United States but can't find workers
with the right skills. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">GROWING INDUSTRIES IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
HAVE TWICE AS MANY OPENINGS AS WE HAVE WORKERS WHO CAN DO THE JOB. THINK ABOUT
THAT - OPENINGS AT A TIME WHEN MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE LOOKING FOR WORK.</i></b> It's
inexcusable. And we know how to fix it.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Jackie Bray is a single
mom from North Carolina who was laid off from her job as a mechanic. Then
Siemens opened a gas turbine factory in Charlotte, and formed a partnership
with Central Piedmont Community College. The company helped the college design
courses in laser and<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> robotics</i></b> training. It paid Jackie’s tuition, then
hired her to help operate their plant.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I want every American
looking for work to have the same opportunity as Jackie did. Join me in a
national commitment to train 2 million Americans with<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> skills </i></b>that will
lead directly to a job. My administration has already lined up more companies
that want to help. Model partnerships between <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b> like
Siemens and community colleges in places like Charlotte, and Orlando, and
Louisville are up and running. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Now you need to give more community colleges
the resources they need to become community career centers - places that teach
people skills that businesses are looking for right now, from data management
to high-tech manufacturing.</i></b></span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I want to cut through
the maze of confusing training programs, so that from now on, people like
Jackie have one program, one website, and one place to go for all the
information and help that they need. It is time to turn our unemployment system
into a reemployment system that puts people to work.<br />
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These reforms will help people get jobs that are open today. But to prepare for
the jobs of tomorrow, our commitment to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">skills and education </i></b>has
to start earlier.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For less than 1 percent
of what our nation spends on<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">education </i></b>each year, we’ve
convinced nearly every state in the country to raise their standards for
teaching and learning -- the first time that’s happened in a generation.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But challenges remain.
And we know how to solve them.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">At a time when other
countries are doubling down on education, tight budgets have forced states to
lay off thousands of teachers. We know a good teacher can increase the lifetime
income of a classroom by over $250,000. A great teacher can offer an escape
from poverty to the child who dreams beyond his circumstance. Every person in
this chamber can point to a teacher who changed the trajectory of their lives.
Most teachers work tirelessly, with modest pay, sometimes digging into their
own pocket for school supplies -- just to make a difference.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Teachers matter. So
instead of bashing them, or defending the status quo, let’s offer schools a
deal. Give them the resources to keep good teachers on the job, and reward the
best ones. And in return, grant schools flexibility: to teach with creativity
and passion; to stop teaching to the test; and to replace teachers who just
aren’t helping kids learn. That’s a bargain worth making.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We also know that when
students don’t walk away from their <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">education,</i></b> more of them walk
the stage to get their diploma. When students are not allowed to drop out, they
do better. So tonight, I am proposing that every state -- every state -- requires
that all students stay in high school until they graduate or turn 18.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When kids do graduate,
the most daunting challenge can be the cost of college. At a time when
Americans owe more in tuition debt than credit card debt, this Congress needs
to stop the interest rates on student loans from doubling in July.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Extend the tuition tax
credit we started that saves millions of middle-class families thousands of
dollars, and give more young people the chance to earn their way through
college by doubling the number of work-study jobs in the next five years.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of course, it’s not
enough for us to increase student aid. We can’t just keep subsidizing
skyrocketing tuition; we’ll run out of money. States also need to do their
part, by making higher <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">education </i></b>a higher priority in
their budgets. And colleges and universities have to do their part by working
to keep costs down.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Recently, I spoke with a
group of college presidents who’ve done just that. Some schools redesign
courses to help students finish more quickly. Some use better <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">technology</i></b>.
The point is, it’s possible. So let me put colleges and universities on notice:
If you can’t stop tuition from going up, the funding you get from taxpayers
will go down. Higher <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">education</i></b> can’t be a luxury -–
it is an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to
afford.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s also remember that
hundreds of thousands of talented, hardworking students in this country face
another challenge: the fact that they aren’t yet American citizens. Many were
brought here as small children, are American through and through, yet they live
every day with the threat of deportation. Others came more recently, to
study <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">business </i></b>and science and engineering, but as soon as they
get their degree, we send them home to invent new products and create new jobs
somewhere else.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That doesn’t make sense.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I believe as strongly as
ever that we should take on illegal immigration. That’s why my administration
has put more boots on the border than ever before. That’s why there are fewer
illegal crossings than when I took office. The opponents of action are out of
excuses. We should be working on comprehensive immigration reform right now.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But if election-year
politics keeps Congress from acting on a comprehensive plan, let’s at least
agree to stop expelling responsible young people who want to staff our labs,
start new<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> businesses</i></b>, defend this country. Send me a law that gives
them the chance to earn their citizenship. I will sign it right away.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You see, an economy built
to last is one where we encourage the talent and ingenuity of every person in
this country. That means women should earn equal pay for equal work. It means
we should support everyone who’s willing to work, and every risk-taker and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">entrepreneur</i></b> who
aspires to become the next Steve Jobs.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After all, innovation is
what America has always been about. Most new jobs are created in start-ups and
small <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b>.
So let’s pass an agenda that helps them succeed. Tear down regulations that
prevent aspiring <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">entrepreneurs </i></b>from getting the financing to grow. Expand
tax relief to small <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b> that are raising
wages and creating good jobs. Both parties agree on these ideas. So put them in
a bill, and get it on my desk this year.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Innovation also demands
basic research. Today, the discoveries taking place in our federally financed
labs and universities could lead to new treatments that kill cancer cells but
leave healthy ones untouched. New lightweight vests for cops and soldiers that
can stop any bullet. Don’t gut these investments in our budget. Don’t let other
countries win the race for the future. Support the same kind of research and
innovation that led to the computer chip and the Internet; to new American jobs
and new American industries.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And nowhere is the
promise of innovation greater than in American-made energy. Over the last three
years, we’ve opened millions of new acres for oil and gas exploration, and
tonight, I’m directing my administration to open more than 75 percent of our
potential offshore oil and gas resources. Right now -- right now -- American
oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years. That’s right --
eight years. Not only that -- last year, we relied less on foreign oil than in
any of the past 16 years.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But with only 2 percent
of the world’s oil reserves, oil isn’t enough. This country needs an all-out,
all-of-the-above strategy that develops every available source of American
energy. A strategy that’s cleaner, cheaper, and full of new jobs.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We have a supply of
natural gas that can last America nearly 100 years. And my administration will
take every possible action to safely develop this energy. Experts believe this
will support more than 600,000 jobs by the end of the decade. And I’m requiring
all companies that drill for gas on public lands to disclose the chemicals they
use. Because America will develop this resource without putting the health and
safety of our citizens at risk.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The development of
natural gas will create jobs and power trucks and factories that are cleaner
and cheaper, proving that we don’t have to choose between our environment and
our economy. And by the way, it was public research dollars, over the course of
30 years, that helped develop the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">technologies t</i></b>o extract all this
natural gas out of shale rock –- reminding us that government support is critical
in <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">helping</i></b> businesses get new energy ideas off the ground.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, what’s true for
natural gas is just as true for clean energy. In three years, our partnership
with the private sector has already positioned America to be the world’s
leading <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturer </i></b>of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">high-tech</i></b> batteries. Because of
federal investments, renewable energy use has nearly doubled, and thousands of
Americans have jobs because of it.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When Bryan Ritterby was
laid off from his job making furniture, he said he worried that at 55, no one
would give him a second chance. But he found work at Energetx, a wind
turbine <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturer i</i></b>n Michigan. Before the recession, the factory
only made luxury yachts. Today, it’s hiring workers like Bryan, who said, “I’m
proud to be working in the industry of the future.”</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our experience with shale
gas, our experience with natural gas, shows us that the payoffs on these public
investments don’t always come right away. Some <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">technologies</i></b> don’t
pan out; some companies fail. But I will not walk away from the promise of
clean energy. I will not walk away from workers like Bryan. I will not cede the
wind or solar or battery industry to China or Germany because we refuse to make
the same commitment here.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’ve subsidized oil
companies for a century. That’s long enough. It’s time to end the taxpayer
giveaways to an industry that rarely has been more profitable, and double-down
on a clean energy industry that never has been more promising. Pass clean
energy tax credits. Create these jobs.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We can also spur energy
innovation with new incentives. The differences in this chamber may be too deep
right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there’s no
reason why Congress shouldn’t at least set a clean energy standard that creates
a market for innovation. So far, you haven’t acted. Well, tonight, I will. I’m
directing my administration to allow the development of clean energy on enough
public land to power 3 million homes. And I’m proud to announce that the
Department of Defense, working with us, the world’s largest consumer of energy,
will make one of the largest commitments to clean energy in history -– with the
Navy purchasing enough capacity to power a quarter of a million homes a year.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Of course, the easiest
way to save money is to waste less energy. So here’s a proposal: </span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Help <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturers </i></b>eliminate
energy waste in their factories and give <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses </i></b>incentives to
upgrade their buildings. Their energy bills will be $100 billion lower over the
next decade, and America will have less pollution, more <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">manufacturing</i></b>, more jobs
for construction workers who need them. Send me a bill that creates these jobs.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Building this new energy
future should be just one part of a broader agenda to repair America’s
infrastructure. So much of America needs to be rebuilt. We’ve got crumbling
roads and bridges; a power grid that wastes too much energy; an incomplete
high-speed broadband network that prevents a small <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">business</i></b> owner in
rural America from selling her products all over the world.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the Great
Depression, America built the Hoover Dam and the Golden Gate Bridge. After
World War II, we connected our states with a system of highways. Democratic and
Republican administrations invested in great projects that benefited everybody,
from the workers who built them to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses</i></b> that
still use them today.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In the next few weeks, I
will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too
many construction projects. But you need to fund these projects. Take the money
we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt, and use
the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s never been a
better time to build, especially since the construction industry was one of the
hardest hit when the housing bubble burst. Of course, construction workers
weren’t the only ones who were hurt. So were millions of innocent Americans
who’ve seen their home values decline. And while government can’t fix the
problem on its own, responsible homeowners shouldn’t have to sit and wait for
the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And that’s why I’m
sending this Congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance
to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage, by refinancing at historically
low rates. No more red tape. No more runaround from the banks. A small fee on
the largest financial institutions will ensure that it won’t add to the deficit
and will give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a
deficit of trust.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let’s never forget:
Millions of Americans who work hard and play by the rules every day deserve a
government and a financial system that do the same. It’s time to apply the same
rules from top to bottom. No bailouts, no handouts, and no copouts. An America
built to last insists on responsibility from everybody.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’ve all paid the price
for lenders who sold mortgages to people who couldn’t afford them, and buyers
who knew they couldn’t afford them. That’s why we need smart regulations to
prevent irresponsible behavior. Rules to prevent financial fraud or toxic
dumping or faulty medical devices -- these don’t destroy the free market. They
make the free market work better.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There’s no question that
some regulations are outdated, unnecessary, or too costly. In fact, I’ve
approved fewer regulations in the first three years of my presidency than my
Republican predecessor did in his. I’ve ordered every federal agency to
eliminate rules that don’t make sense. We’ve already announced over 500
reforms, and just a fraction of them will save <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">business</i></b> and
citizens more than $10 billion over the next five years. We got rid of one rule
from 40 years ago that could have forced some dairy farmers to spend $10,000 a
year proving that they could contain a spill -- because milk was somehow
classified as an oil. With a rule like that, I guess it was worth crying over
spilled milk.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I’m confident a
farmer can contain a milk spill without a federal agency looking over his
shoulder. Absolutely. But I will not back down from making sure an oil company
can contain the kind of oil spill we saw in the Gulf two years ago. I will not
back down from protecting our kids from mercury poisoning, or making sure that
our food is safe and our water is clean. I will not go back to the days when
health insurance companies had unchecked power to cancel your policy, deny your
coverage, or charge women differently than men.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And I will not go back to
the days when Wall Street was allowed to play by its own set of rules. The new
rules we passed restore what should be any financial system’s core purpose:
Getting funding to <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">entrepreneurs</i></b> with the best ideas, and getting loans to
responsible families who want to buy a home, or start a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">business</i></b>, or send their
kids to college.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So if you are a big bank
or financial institution, you’re no longer allowed to make risky bets with your
customers’ deposits. You’re required to write out a “living will” that details
exactly how you’ll pay the bills if you fail –- because the rest of us are not
bailing you out ever again. And if you’re a mortgage lender or a payday lender
or a credit card company, the days of signing people up for products they can’t
afford with confusing forms and deceptive practices -- those days are over.
Today, American consumers finally have a watchdog in Richard Cordray with one
job: To look out for them.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’ll also establish a
Financial Crimes Unit of highly trained investigators to crack down on
large-scale fraud and protect people’s investments. Some financial firms
violate major anti-fraud laws because there’s no real penalty for being a
repeat offender. That’s bad for consumers, and it’s bad for the vast majority
of bankers and financial service professionals who do the right thing. So pass
legislation that makes the penalties for fraud count.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And tonight, I’m asking
my Attorney General to create a special unit of federal prosecutors and leading
state attorney general to expand our investigations into the abusive lending
and packaging of risky mortgages that led to the housing crisis. This new unit
will hold accountable those who broke the law, speed assistance to homeowners,
and help turn the page on an era of recklessness that hurt so many Americans.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, a return to the
American values of fair play and shared responsibility will help protect our
people and our economy. But it should also guide us as we look to pay down our
debt and invest in our future.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Right now, our most
immediate priority is stopping a tax hike on 160 million working Americans
while the recovery is still fragile. People cannot afford losing $40 out of
each paycheck this year. There are plenty of ways to get this done. So let’s
agree right here, right now: No side issues. No drama. Pass the payroll tax cut
without delay. Let’s get it done.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">When it comes to the
deficit, we’ve already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings. But
we need to do more, and that means making choices. Right now, we’re poised to
spend nearly $1 trillion more on what was supposed to be a temporary tax break
for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. Right now, because of loopholes and
shelters in the tax code, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates
than millions of middle-class households. Right now, Warren Buffett pays a
lower tax rate than his secretary.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Do we want to keep these
tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans? Or do we want to keep our investments in
everything else –- like <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">education</i></b> and medical research;
a strong military and care for our veterans? Because if we’re serious about
paying down our debt, we can’t do both.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The American people know
what the right choice is. So do I. As I told the Speaker this summer, I’m
prepared to make more reforms that rein in the long-term costs of Medicare and
Medicaid, and strengthen Social Security, so long as those programs remain a
guarantee of security for seniors.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But in return, we need to
change our tax code so that people like me, and an awful lot of members of
Congress, pay our fair share of taxes.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tax reform should follow
the Buffett Rule. If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay
less than 30 percent in taxes. And my Republican friend Tom Coburn is right:
Washington should stop subsidizing millionaires. In fact, if you’re earning a
million dollars a year, you shouldn’t get special tax subsidies or deductions.
On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98 percent of
American families, your taxes shouldn’t go up. You’re the ones struggling with
rising costs and stagnant wages. You’re the ones who need relief.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, you can call this
class warfare all you want. But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as
his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We don’t begrudge
financial success in this country. We admire it. When Americans talk about
folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envy the
rich. It’s because they understand that when I get a tax break I don’t need and
the country can’t afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has
to make up the difference -- like a senior on a fixed income, or a student
trying to get through school, or a family trying to make ends meet. That’s not
right. Americans know that’s not right. They know that this generation’s
success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each
other, and to the future of their country, and they know our way of life will
only endure if we feel that same sense of shared responsibility. That’s how
we’ll reduce our deficit. That’s an America built to last.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, I recognize that
people watching tonight have differing views about taxes and debt, energy and
health care. But no matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are
thinking the same thing right about now: Nothing will get done in Washington
this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington
is broken.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Can you blame them for
feeling a little cynical?</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The greatest blow to our
confidence in our economy last year didn’t come from events beyond our control.
It came from a debate in Washington over whether the United States would pay
its bills or not. Who benefited from that fiasco?</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’ve talked tonight about
the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide
between this city and the rest of the country is at least as bad -- and it
seems to get worse every year.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some of this has to do
with the corrosive influence of money in politics. So together, let’s take some
steps to fix that. Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of
Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit any elected official from owning
stocks in industries they impact. Let’s make sure people who bundle campaign
contributions for Congress can’t lobby Congress, and vice versa -- an idea that
has bipartisan support, at least outside of Washington.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Some of what’s broken has
to do with the way Congress does its <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">business </i></b>these days. A simple
majority is no longer enough to get anything -– even routine<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> business</i></b> –-
passed through the Senate. Neither party has been blameless in these tactics.
Now both parties should put an end to it. For starters, I ask the Senate to
pass a simple rule that all judicial and public service nominations receive a
simple up or down vote within 90 days.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The executive branch also
needs to change. Too often, it’s inefficient, outdated and remote. That’s why
I’ve asked this Congress to grant me the authority to consolidate the federal
bureaucracy, so that our government is leaner, quicker, and more responsive to
the needs of the American people.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Finally, none of this can
happen unless we also lower the temperature in this town. We need to end the
notion that the two parties must be locked in a perpetual campaign of mutual
destruction; that politics is about clinging to rigid ideologies instead of
building consensus around common-sense ideas.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I’m a Democrat. But I
believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That government should do for
people only what they cannot do better by themselves, and no more. That’s why
my<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> education </i></b>reform
offers more competition, and more control for schools and states. That’s why
we’re getting rid of regulations that don’t work. That’s why our health care
law relies on a reformed private market, not a government program.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">On the other hand, even
my Republican friends who complain the most about government spending have
supported federally financed roads, and clean energy projects, and federal
offices for the folks back home.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The point is, we should
all want a smarter, more effective government. And while we may not be able to
bridge our biggest philosophical differences this year, we can make real
progress. With or without this Congress, I will keep taking actions that help
the economy grow. But I can do a whole lot more with your help. Because when we
act together, there’s nothing the United States of America can’t achieve.
That’s the lesson we’ve learned from our actions abroad over the last few
years.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ending the Iraq war has
allowed us to strike decisive blows against our enemies. From Pakistan to
Yemen, the al Qaeda operatives who remain are scrambling, knowing that they
can’t escape the reach of the United States of America.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">From this position of
strength, we’ve begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. Ten thousand of our
troops have come home. Twenty-three thousand more will leave by the end of this
summer. This transition to Afghan lead will continue, and we will build an enduring
partnership with Afghanistan, so that it is never again a source of attacks
against America.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As the tide of war
recedes, a wave of change has washed across the Middle East and North Africa,
from Tunis to Cairo; from Sana’a to Tripoli. A year ago, Qaddafi was one of the
world’s longest-serving dictators -– a murderer with American blood on his
hands. Today, he is gone. And in Syria, I have no doubt that the Assad regime
will soon discover that the forces of change cannot be reversed, and that human
dignity cannot be denied.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">How this incredible
transformation will end remains uncertain. But we have a huge stake in the
outcome. And while it’s ultimately up to the people of the region to decide
their fate, we will advocate for those values that have served our own country
so well. We will stand against violence and intimidation. We will stand for the
rights and dignity of all human beings –- men and women; Christians, Muslims
and Jews. We will support policies that lead to strong and stable democracies
and open markets, because tyranny is no match for liberty.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And we will safeguard
America’s own security against those who threaten our citizens, our friends,
and our interests. Look at Iran. Through the power of our diplomacy, a world
that was once divided about how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program now stands
as one. The regime is more isolated than ever before; its leaders are faced
with crippling sanctions, and as long as they shirk their responsibilities,
this pressure will not relent.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let there be no doubt:
America is determined to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, and I will
take no options off the table to achieve that goal.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But a peaceful resolution
of this issue is still possible, and far better, and if Iran changes course and
meets its obligations, it can rejoin the community of nations.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The renewal of American
leadership can be felt across the globe. Our oldest alliances in Europe and
Asia are stronger than ever. Our ties to the Americas are deeper. Our ironclad
commitment -- and I mean ironclad -- to Israel’s security has meant the closest
military cooperation between our two countries in history.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We’ve made it clear that
America is a Pacific power, and a new beginning in Burma has lit a new hope.
From the coalitions we’ve built to secure nuclear materials, to the missions
we’ve led against hunger and disease; from the blows we’ve dealt to our
enemies, to the enduring power of our moral example, America is back.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Anyone who tells you
otherwise, anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our
influence has waned, doesn’t know what they’re talking about.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s not the message we
get from leaders around the world who are eager to work with us. That’s not how
people feel from Tokyo to Berlin, from Cape Town to Rio, where opinions of America
are higher than they’ve been in years. Yes, the world is changing. No, we can’t
control every event. But America remains the one indispensable nation in world
affairs –- and as long as I’m President, I intend to keep it that way.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That’s why, working with
our military leaders, I’ve proposed a new defense strategy that ensures we
maintain the finest military in the world, while saving nearly half a trillion
dollars in our budget. To stay one step ahead of our adversaries, I’ve already
sent this Congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing
dangers of cyber-threats.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Above all, our freedom
endures because of the men and women in uniform who defend it. As they come
home, we must serve them as well as they’ve served us. That includes giving
them the care and the benefits they have earned –- which is why we’ve increased
annual VA spending every year I’ve been President. (Applause.) And it means
enlisting our veterans in the work of rebuilding our nation.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">With the bipartisan
support of this Congress, we’re providing new tax credits to companies that
hire vets. Michelle and Jill Biden have worked with American <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">businesses </i></b>to
secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families. And tonight,
I’m proposing a Veterans Jobs Corps that will help our communities hire
veterans as cops and firefighters, so that America is as strong as those who
defend her.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Which brings me back to
where I began. Those of us who’ve been sent here to serve can learn a thing or
two from the service of our troops. When you put on that uniform, it doesn’t
matter if you’re black or white; Asian, Latino, Native American; conservative,
liberal; rich, poor; gay, straight. When you’re marching into battle, you look
out for the person next to you, or the mission fails. When you’re in the thick
of the fight, you rise or fall as one unit, serving one nation, leaving no one
behind.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">One of my proudest
possessions is the flag that the SEAL Team took with them on the mission to get
bin Laden. On it are each of their names. Some may be Democrats. Some may be
Republicans. But that doesn’t matter. Just like it didn’t matter that day in
the Situation Room, when I sat next to Bob Gates -- a man who was George Bush’s
defense secretary -- and Hillary Clinton -- a woman who ran against me for
president.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">All that mattered that
day was the mission. No one thought about politics. No one thought about
themselves. One of the young men involved in the raid later told me that he
didn’t deserve credit for the mission. It only succeeded, he said, because
every single member of that unit did their job -- the pilot who landed the
helicopter that spun out of control; the translator who kept others from
entering the compound; the troops who separated the women and children from the
fight; the SEALs who charged up the stairs. More than that, the mission only
succeeded because every member of that unit trusted each other -- because you
can’t charge up those stairs, into darkness and danger, unless you know that
there’s somebody behind you, watching your back.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So it is with America.
Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched
together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on
their own. This nation is great because we built it together. This nation is
great because we worked as a team. This nation is great because we get each
other’s backs. And if we hold fast to that truth, in this moment of trial,
there is no challenge too great; no mission too hard. As long as we are joined
in common purpose, as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves
forward, and our future is hopeful, and the state of our Union will always be
strong.</span><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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PCHS Precision Machininghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03888134701822165750noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1549638324318831343.post-43397174283984647152015-05-05T11:05:00.001-07:002015-05-05T11:05:26.214-07:00<h2 style="mso-outline-level: 3;">
<b><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';"><i><span style="color: red;">What You Can Do in Your Community to Support Expanded Training for
Skilled American Jobs</span></i></span></b></h2>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">From the
Center for America</span></i><span style="color: #060677; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">What You Can Do in Your Community to Support Expanded Training
for Skilled American Jobs?</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">How many ways you can help?</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Look for resources and links on the CFA website.</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Young People and Parents</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Enroll in
after-school programs or summer camps that focus on skills-building projects<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Attend events
sponsored by skills training centers to find programs that are exciting<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">High Schools and Parents</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Talk with guidance
counselors about careers in the skilled trades and technical fields<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Visit local
manufacturing companies to learn about their jobs, training and factories<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Learn about what
skills training programs are offered by community colleges, nonprofit
organizations and visit the most interesting ones<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Teachers and Guidance Counselors</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Invite speakers
from manufacturers to talk about their companies and jobs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Organize field
trips for teachers and students to visit manufacturers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">School System Administrators</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Work with local
business and existing nonprofit training centers to expand cooperative training
opportunities for students<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Consider how to
support manufacturing skills and technical curricula in your schools<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Retirees</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Volunteer to teach
your skills to others or help with community outreach activities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Business Managers, Owners</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Invite local
student and youth groups to tour your facilities and talk about the benefits of
careers in manufacturing and technical trades<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Consider whether
you can offer apprenticeships in collaboration with local training programs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Consider whether
several businesses can work together to support and sponsor local training
programs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Encourage
employees to volunteer as faculty for nonprofit or public school training
programs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Unions</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Encourage members
to sign-up for additional training to help them transition to better jobs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Work with local
companies to help support and sponsor local training programs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Foundations</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Develop “seed
money” grants to help startup training programs or fund special outreach<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Seek out programs
that to bring school dropouts back into school and skills training<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Seek out special
projects that will give training program students a real-life experience, such
as rehabbing a house or building a boat<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Media</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Consider coverage
on companies seeking and training skilled workers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Consider series
coverage on the range of local tinkering and training programs for various age
groups and workers in transition<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">State Officials</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Reassess the
adequacy of state policies and support for nonprofit and public school training
programs in light of future skilled worker needs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">… Support and
promote effective public-private training partnerships as role models<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Did You Know?</span></b><span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">According to a May 2011
survey by Manpower Group among 40,000 employers globally, skilled trades
workers as a group rank number one in the U.S. and 13 other countries as to the
“difficulty of filling jobs due to the lack of talent”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">At the height of the
recession, 32% of manufacturers reported that they had jobs going unfilled
because they could not find workers with the right skills, according to the
National Association of Manufacturers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">2.7 million manufacturing
employees are 55 years of age or older and likely to leave the labor force over
the next 10 years. (NAM) This does not include skilled workers in other
sectors, such as those in the utility and trucking sectors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">By 2018, according to the
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, those 55 and older will number some 40 million
and comprise nearly a quarter of the total U.S. labor force. The retirement of
this age group over the ensuing decade has the potential to cripple U.S.
industry unless those fewer entering the workforce have advanced skills along
with science, technology and mathematics attainment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">A 2011 survey by The
Nielson Company among executives from 103 large U.S. manufacturing firms found
that on average, the shortage of skilled workers will cost each company $63
million over the next five years, some as much as $100 million. These costs
include training and recruiting, followed by problems caused by lower quality
and resulting decreases in customer satisfaction.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">In 2010, China had 19.8%
of global factory output, compared with 19.4% for the U.S., making China the
world leader in manufacturing, according to IHS Global Insight. However, labor
productivity in the U.S. is three times that of China. The U.S. lead in
productivity can be maintained only by ensuring that a skilled labor shortage
is avoided.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #060677; font-family: Times;">Industry experts are
predicting a shortage of 150,000, 300,000, 500,000 or more [truck] drivers by
[2012],” according to Heavy Trucking Magazine. Roughly one quarter of the
637,000 aerospace workers in the U.S. could be eligible for retirement this
year, according to the Aerospace Industry Association.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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