7 Actions Taken By Obama To Create Jobs And Promote Economic Opportunity


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Conservatives driving you insane claiming President Obama is doing nothing to create jobs, to insure economic opportunity for working class Americans?

The President will continue to work with Congress wherever he can to keep our economy moving forward and creating jobs. But in the meantime, he’s also going to do everything he can on his own to fight for middle-class families every single day.

And he’s been busy. Using his pen and his phone, the President has helped create new manufacturing jobs, expand apprenticeships, and job training, make student loan payments more affordable, support equal pay and workplace flexibility, cut carbon pollution, and rally support across the country while raising the minimum wage for all workers on new federal contracts. And that’s not all.

Here’s an update on the more than 40 actions he’s taken since January to do just that.

Read on below for a summary of the major actions the President has taken so far to help create jobs and promote economic opportunity.

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Investing in High-Tech Manufacturing

In January and February, the President announced three more high-tech manufacturing institutes — next-generation power electronics in Raleigh, digital manufacturing and design in Chicago, and lightweight and modern metals in the Detroit area — and there are at least four more on the way. These institutes bring together companies, universities and community colleges, and government to co-invest in the development of world-leading manufacturing technologies and capabilities that U.S.-based manufacturers can apply in production.

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Training America’s Workers

On January 30, President Obama directed the Vice President to lead a full review of the federal job-training system to ensure job-training programs are demand-driven, high-quality, and lead to well-paying jobs. And on April 16, the President and Vice President announced two new grant programs to spread models of job-driven training — along with private-sector commitments to build on those efforts.

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Helping the Long-Term Unemployed

The President is partnering with CEOs and other business leaders to get long-term unemployed Americans back to work. More than 300 companies have already signed onto new best practices for recruiting and hiring the long-term unemployed.

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Streamlining Export-Import Processes

On February 19, the President signed an executive order requiring the completion of the International Trade Data System by December 2016, which will help businesses more easily transmit the data required by the U.S. Government to import or export cargo. This will cut processing and approval times from days to minutes for businesses, especially small businesses, that export American-made goods and services.

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Strengthening Travel and Tourism

On May 22, President Obama set a goal to bring 100 million visitors to the U.S. each year, up from the 70 million annual tourists the U.S. sees today. That’s why he directed the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Department of Commerce to develop a national goal for improving the entry process and reduce wait times for international travelers visiting the U.S., and action plans at the 15 largest airports for international arrivals.

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Modernizing Infrastructure Permitting

The Administration is taking bold action to ensure America has first-class transportation infrastructure. As a first step, the Administration is improving interagency coordination to increase decision-making speed. This includes requiring early coordination — the identification of a lead agency for each project, a single coordinated project plan across all agencies, and strengthened dispute resolution mechanisms to quickly solve disagreements and ensure projects move forward in a timely fashion.

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Supporting Making and Manufacturing Entrepreneurship 

At a visit to a TechShop event in Pittsburgh — and in conjunction with the first-ever White House Maker Faire — President Obama announced a new federal initiative to help makers launch new businesses and create jobs, as well as new commitments from the Department of Education and five other agencies to create more Makerspaces, enlist more educators in teaching Making, and expanding access to tools and mentors generally.

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