“To recover from the current economic downturn, it has been estimated that we need to create on the order of 17 million to 20 million new jobs in the coming decade...And it's very hard to imagine where those jobs are going to come from unless we seriously get busy reinventing manufacturing.” NeedsHas BeensHardJobsOrderMillionsImagineEconomicBusyCurrentsDecadesManufacturingNew JobReinventingDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:Susan Hockfield
“I am firmly opposed to the government entering into any business the major purpose of which is competition with our citizens... for the Federal Government deliberately to go out to build up and expand... a power and manufacturing business is to break down the initiative and enterprise of the American people; it is the destruction of equality of opportunity amongst our people, it is the negation of the ideals upon which our civilization has been based.” PeopleHas BeensGovernmentPurposeOpportunityBreakCitizensCivilizationMajorsIdealsDestructionCompetitionEnterpriseInitiativeFederal GovernmentEnteringBreaking DownManufacturingNegationEquality Of Opportunity Book:March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931 Source: March 4, 1929, to October 1, 1931