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Innovation and production

…are another huge concern. The great spike in unemployment over the past five years was disproportionately due to loss of manufacturing jobs. And as the economy revived, such jobs were…

Bill Black on the SOTU

…but with less money federally and no acknowledgement that increases are partly due to the loss of state based subsidies, 3) entitlement reform being definitely on the table due to…