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08-04-2010, 05:25 PM
The core of his remarks ...I'm starting to like where he's coming from ;-)
Serious challenges.
Serious opportunities.
How we collectively answer these challenges will not only help determine the speed and size of our recovery … it also will determine our quality of life going forward. And our children’s. And our grandchildren’s.
Because no economy anywhere in the world … since the industrial revolution … has been strong without a strong manufacturing base.
That really came alive for me when I lived in the U.K. during the early part of this decade.
Banking was really starting to boom in London, and more manufacturers continued leaving the country … looking for lower-cost places to base.
Not many noticed. At the time, even fewer people cared.
London was becoming the new New York.
The party was going to last forever … and people thought the service-based economy would do just fine.
It reminded me of one of my favorite Henry Ford quotes: “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
He was right. And we’d better listen.
When American ingenuity is only synonymous with Silly Bands and mp3 files, it’s a warning.
The media release linky... (http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=33077)
Serious challenges.
Serious opportunities.
How we collectively answer these challenges will not only help determine the speed and size of our recovery … it also will determine our quality of life going forward. And our children’s. And our grandchildren’s.
Because no economy anywhere in the world … since the industrial revolution … has been strong without a strong manufacturing base.
That really came alive for me when I lived in the U.K. during the early part of this decade.
Banking was really starting to boom in London, and more manufacturers continued leaving the country … looking for lower-cost places to base.
Not many noticed. At the time, even fewer people cared.
London was becoming the new New York.
The party was going to last forever … and people thought the service-based economy would do just fine.
It reminded me of one of my favorite Henry Ford quotes: “A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
He was right. And we’d better listen.
When American ingenuity is only synonymous with Silly Bands and mp3 files, it’s a warning.
The media release linky... (http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=33077)