Obama promotes Job Training as Economic Imperative

Is it possible to agree with an action but disagree that it will work? I think that the plan is a good plan to train future workers to work in the manufacturing sector but I don't think that alone will bring those jobs back or create any new jobs. There are just some advantages in manufacture in other countries like China, which is scheduled to over take the US as the country with the highest GDP, that currently the US can't or won't overcome. As to the nefarious nature of your last question, could it be that his is honestly trying to improve the economy for the long run?

Pure idiocy. Gah... This is so stupid. Look... most of the big time major corporations that build things like cars, ALREADY HAVE FREE TRAINING. I personally have been offered free training courses by GM to build one of their products. Further, I know of people who had free training by FORD to do the same. This is one of those win-win situation for the car makers, and the politicians. The politicians (in this case Obama and Co), can claim they are 'Helping the economy', while the big companies can get the government to pay for what they would otherwise be paying for. The only losers are the public who get to pay more taxes to cover a new program to 'support manufacturing'. I've worked in manufacturing all my life. My first real job was building stuff, something I'm still doing today. Not one, NOT ONE manufacturing job I have ever had, required any training whatsoever. No, if you want to help domestic manufacturing, there are very simple, very easy ways to do it. A: Cut red tape. Cut all the rules and regulations that drive up the cost of manufacturing. B: Cut capital gains taxes. Cut all the added fees and costs to manufacturing. C: Cut taxes so that people have the money to buy products. Any or all of those will boost domestic manufacturing. No amount of government paid for training will help at all.

He's trying to get reelected is how I take it. He's wants to show that he has done stuff and kept his word. Like the whole thing with bringing Bin Laden down.