Americas financial sustainability begins with Made in America
Americans must wake up and take action to protect our liberty and way of life.
America must rejuvenate itself and become the huge industrial power it once was.
It starts by re-inventing the wheel and building manufacturing facilities in the United States that employ Americans who produce quality goods at a competitive price with space age technology and modernization.
Organized workforce and benefits has to be revamped to meet today's economic conditions.
Government and its bureaucracy must be reduced and streamlined. Rules and regulations must be revamped to be conducive to business growth and development.
This is a must in order to increase employment and bring back America’s economic vitality.
We could try to give tax incentives for products made in America. It brings revenues and employment, reduces financial drain on the government.
"It is cheaper to save energy than make energy"
YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles
YJ Draiman for Mayor of Los Angeles 2013
ReplyDeleteDraiman’s Plan for LA's Economic Prosperity
Draiman believes that businesses – not government – are the chief engine of job creation and economic growth in LA. With a particular focus on small and innovative businesses, Draiman will focus on creating an environment that helps businesses to thrive by ending redundant regulations, simplifying the way small businesses interact with City government, and opening City contracts to the best qualified rather than the best connected.
LA’s strength and economic vitality are directly tied to the health and livability of its neighborhoods – communities where people can live, work and stay. Creating healthy communities and neighborhood jobs and investments, require careful planning and systematic implementation. Draiman’s plan will make sure planning efforts are coordinated and backed by sufficient resources to deliver results.
In Canada, 85 percent of clean tech companies require no government subsidies
ReplyDeleteEighty-five percent of Canada’s clean technology companies require no subsidies, are globally competitive and are situated in what promises to be a $3 trillion industry by 2020. The findings from "The 2011 Canadian Clean Technology Industry Report" were released Oct. 27 and 28 during the second annual Canadian Cleantech Summit in Ottawa.
The report, supported by the Canadian Clean Technology Coalition and authored by Analytica Advisors, is a comprehensive study of the industry’s revenue and employment profiles and covers nine major sectors: biofuels and bioenergy, energy efficiency, energy infrastructure, industrial processes, power generation, recycling and recovery, remediation and soil treatment and water and wastewater.
“Canadian clean technology companies have proven their competitiveness by posting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 19 percent during the recession, and they grew by 56 percent in 2010,"
said Céline Bak, co-founder of the Canadian Clean Technology Coalition. “Canada’s clean technology industry already employs 44,000—similar to Canadian employment in mining—generates half of its sales from exports. We have the potential to build a $60 billion industry by 2020.”
Other results from the report include:
Canada has close to 700 clean technology companies,
The average Canadian clean technology company employs 62 people,
Industry employment grew 11 percent (CAGR) from 2008 to 2010,
If the current growth rate is maintained, clean technology industry employment could total 75,000 by 2015 and 126,000 by 2020,
Canadian 2010 clean technology industry revenues totaled $9 billion,
Canadian-owned clean technology companies generated 86 percent of this revenue,
Canadian-based foreign subsidiaries generated 14 percent of this revenue, and
Canada’s clean technology industry revenues grew at a CAGR of 19 percent between 2008 and 2010.
If Canadian clean technology companies maintain a 19 percent CAGR, Canada’s clean technology industry revenues will reach $61.4 billion by 2020—about the size of Canada’s automotive industry today.
“These powerful numbers speak to the proven potential of Canada’s clean technology entrepreneurs,” said Tyler Hamilton, author of the book "Mad Like Tesla, which was launched in Ottawa during the summit. “'In Mad Like Tesla,' I look at some of the unconventional approaches scientists, inventors, academics and entrepreneurs are taking in their quest to put Canada and the world on a low-carbon, climate-friendly diet, as well as the many barriers they face in their journey. To have so many of such innovators all in one place at this summit is a reason to be optimistic about the future."
OCRI president and CEOBruce Lazenby said that many companies are pursuing exports, adding jobs and participated during the Canadian Cleantech Summit.
“Here in Ottawa, our clean technology business ecosystem is home to 250 companies—including 80 technology companies—with existing and emerging strengths in green buildings, the conversion of waste and residuals to energy, clean water and the convergence of ICT and clean tech,” he said.