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M.O.S.T. Spokesman John Ratzenberger on what is needed to boost job growth and the economy’s recovery.
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Or right now it's a toothpaste giant the latest one getting squeezed called upon models to -- in more than 2300 -- that is 6% of its workforce that is on top.
Facility use companies including Dow and upon announce a big job cuts just this past week.
-- millions of workers already struggling to find work actor and activist John Ratzenberger is working to make sure they get back.
To work I call -- like the anti Hollywood.
It picked if you live here at the other there's nothing elitist about -- but you don't it is a view and I know -- -- -- -- study in comments he made before.
That we want our kids and even our parents.
Get a college education don't work physically as hard as I had to work.
On and it was almost ingrained in us to move away.
From that.
And it -- he really killed us in.
Yeah.
And was started talking about this subject for ten years ago -- Rosen and articles.
And -- -- -- to -- chance.
Because the average age of someone -- skilled.
It could make things whether it's in a factory your.
A plumber or welder is about 57 years old when and so very -- they're all gonna be retired.
We don't have anybody coming up after.
And so right I guess headquarters are up there now on everyone's talking about what we're gonna -- we're gonna Wear.
Instead say way to think we're all this water come from but we're heading for a crisis.
Industrial -- whether you're Republican or Democrat doesn't make a bid.
Would you like the Republican Mitt Romney because you think he speaks more to this and the president it is -- Vegas is.
The factory worker that the man on the factory line.
Is that is not true.
No they -- it is it's it's not true because.
Three Robb is a businessman and he understands.
That ball business whatever the business -- springs from three things mining manufacturing and farming.
-- -- Everything springs from net and so in order to have manufacturing you have to have people showed up that have the skills what would never taught our kids these skills for the last thirty years.
Evident in business guys the president says who who would sooner -- those factory guys away and search for cheaper labor abroad and that's -- the reality.
For decades.
You -- -- -- plumber from China to unplug your toilet.
For a well there's sometimes it seems like going into it and I really act.
So so now you're saying we've got encourages but we we just put -- -- scarlet letter to -- well let's say it's Hollywood's fixation.
And you know I think -- -- of the sixties.
We're if you worked at a factory was dirty whose views can relate to the united Charlie -- view of factory workers back in the thirties where was -- -- Where you know my people came from worked in factories and -- -- covered -- -- not like that anymore you have to have computer skills he could make a ton of money to.
But guidance counselors teachers.
People who.
You'll give advice.
The high school kids should be say look.
Get a -- would start educating kids -- like we used to auto shop carpentry shop metal shop.
You're a welder right now you could make sixty dollars an -- -- and that's and right now there's 600000.
Jobs available -- manufacturing.
600000.
Jobs but there's nobody on the.
Everybody that was -- arguments do that even if they.
Found the job on it doesn't pay what it used to because you.
The boss can get it cheaper abroad or in this environment.
Will pay you anything.
You're gonna get and you'll be grateful for.
Well the government has got to take a lean back and look at national security.
Someone's got to build airplanes or ships are tanks and again.
That's always got to build a steel do you think the government should get involved as don't know go to something Barack Obama well the government should get out of the way.
You -- -- Don't get it -- gay getting out of the way is getting involved it's unleashing the giants of mining manufacturing.
And farming these are giants that we've shackled.
Yields EPA analyze our -- if you take -- away than they can afford to pay their workers more and more just unshackled and because we're gonna need them because the manufacturing is to America would spit it just a -- It's that simple.
The strength of America is manufactured you don't think we may have a great country based on services and guys -- -- -- -- nominal you know what it's selling stock.
Well again -- go back to that terminal what you city has to come through there.
Now what -- -- electricity from well it's either hydroelectric dam or its coal power.
Right so now they've got all these and restrictions on coal mining.
And also ability of the hydroelectric.
I've talked to the people there the -- the turbines.
And they said they can't find workers that work on the turbines to repair the turbines so the big could come.
It could come that the turbines stop -- there's nobody around to fix it.
There's -- -- to manufacture because every little metal part has to be shaped.
Someone has to take that chunk of metal footed in the machine -- mill that down -- 120000.
Of an inch.
Four to fit in work and know how to put it did there.
Those are the true artisans these are the essential people in our society.
My jobs nonessential.
Even though we all like to think there's been Hollywood you've been and every Pixar movie your jobs a sense well all right that depicts are essential but.
I've been in the in the long haul active sports celebrities that -- -- -- but the rest of us the rest of us aren't you.
How do you do at -- still thrive and succeed.
And say the things you do have you know college maybe isn't the answer or whatever.
And you're still a big success and the left loves you the right loves you.
And it's pretty much as far as I can tell you any -- and down.
I don't get it.
Well -- it's my messages.
Goes across the board.
Because you have to trust.
The same bridge every day to go to work whether Republican or Democrat -- what is your views and -- thousand in this case -- Mitt Romney -- -- betterment.
Doesn't hurt you signing up for the next Pixar movie -- the next undertaken at.
You know I just hope they don't watch the show -- yeah.
And I'd say no you're it is amazing and it's -- testament to you John Ratzenberger.
He's executives reckon it is certainly one of the few is but he's on it is relentless about I think it's -- -- creep into the next Pixar film.
And and they won't even know it but anyway god for --
