AAM is gearing up excitedly for our Town Hall meeting at the Columbus Athenaeum this Thursday evening.  Ohio bloggers will be reporting live from the event, and you can visit ManufactureThis for the latest updates. 

In the meantime, you can read an interesting piece on Ohio manufacturing by AAM Senior Analyst Kerri Houston in yesterday’s Chillicothe Gazette.  Chillicothe happens to be a mere 48 miles south of Columbus, and word has been spreading about the Thursday meeting.

Kerri’s piece explains why Ohio voters should demand more from their presidential candidates.  We’ll be reiterating this message at our Town Hall meeting—that voters need to press candidates for specifics on how they plan to strengthen U.S. manufacturing.  Specifically, when voters attend meetings and campaign appearances they need to stand up and ask candidates some blunt questions:

1. As President, how will you save American manufacturing jobs?
2. What specific policies will you support to strengthen the American manufacturing base, which is vital to our economic and national security?
3. What steps will you take to enforce our trade laws and hold cheating countries like China accountable?

Tough questions beget action, which is what we need.

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