How to Reinvigorate Our Economy and Country

America is a dependent nation. Our current economic system is sustained by cheap imports, loans and skyrocketing debts. At the same time, the nation’s industrial base has been decimated, losing more than 3 million jobs in the past decade.

EconomyInCrisis.org recommends the following steps be implemented immediately in order to reinvigorate our economy and country:

Energize America: Leaders seeking elected office, most notably the field of 2008 Presidential candidates, must develop a sound economic platform. The platform should include solutions to end U.S. deficits, energize the American manufacturing base and retain ownership of our best domestic companies and industries.

Reindustrialize: Develop industrial strategy to reindustrialize America to the levels of production achieved during and after World War II.

Subsidize Industry: The government should create incentives for industry. American manufacturing companies were the source of our nation’s wealth. We should encourage their success with subsides, tax changes and research grants. A tit-for-tat system of tariffs should be implemented to give our companies a chance against predatory foreign industries.

Limit Foreign Leverage: Control the trade deficit and place limits on the amount of American debt a foreign nation can possess. This minimizes the threat of a lending nation liquidating their loans, which could sink the U.S. dollar’s value and the American economy.

Retain Ownership of Companies: Guard American companies from predatory foreign acquisitions. Domestic companies are the means through which America gained wealth and became a superpower, yet since 1978, 14,833 companies and entire industries have been bought by foreign nations.

Develop An American MITI: Create a government agency similar to Japan’s Ministry of International Trade and Industry, which establishes guidelines to determine needs, priorities and industrial growth.

Learn from other Prosperous Nations: Develop capital and knowledge intensive industries and model America after Japan’s successful industrial infrastructure.

End Foreign Subsidies: No longer subsidize foreign companies for domestic jobs. These jobs destroy American companies. Take a look at the auto industry: GM lost $10.6 billion in 2005, Ford lost $12.7 billion in 2006; Toyota had an $11.8 billion profit in 2006.