The Fast-Track debate, the Asia-Pacific Pact...and a poem called "It used to be Made in America"

This is about the debate in the U.S. Senate about "fast-track" legislation designed to help ease the passage of trade deals. The real debate will be whether the end results will actually help improve the American economy, or inadvertently erode it?
 
 
Robert Barrows, author of a poem called "It used to be Made in America"
Robert Barrows, author of a poem called "It used to be Made in America"
SAN MATEO, Calif. - May 18, 2015 - PRLog -- ATTENTION BUSINESS EDITOR re THE "FAST-TRACK" DEBATE...AND A POEM CALLED "IT USED TO BE MADE IN AMERICA"

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"The Senate is getting ready to debate 'fast-track' legislation designed to help ease the passage of trade deals, including the Asia-Pacific pact, and the real debate will be whether the end results will actually help improve the American economy or perhaps inadvertently erode the American economy" according to Robert Barrows, the author of a poem called "It used to be Made in America."

"It used to be Made in America" is a poem about the loss of jobs and the consequences of the outsourcing of manufacturing to other countries, says Barrows, and it paints a vivid picture of conflicting economic forces." You can see the poem online at www.itusedtobemadeinamerica.com and also at www.madeinusa.us.com.

"One of the big debates about the Asia-Pacific agreement has been the fact that the details of the agreement are classified to the public. Legislators have been allowed to read it, but they have not been able to disclose the details to the public, and the fear is that a lot of the details of this kind of trade agreement could result in even more manufacturing being outsourced to foreign countries because their costs are so much lower than in America" says Barrows.

"And since the public can't read the details of the Asia Pacific agreement, one thing that they can read, and one thing that they can urge their Senators and Congressional representatives to read before they begin their debate on the Fast-Track legislation is "It used to be Made in America'" says Barrows.

"At the same time, they can also read the labels on their clothing, the labels on the things in their kitchen, the things in their household, and things like their cameras, phone and TVs, says Barrows, and when they read those labels, the questions to ask are:

*How many of those things were made in America?

*and How many more things may wind up being imported if these trade deals are approved?"

(NOTE TO EDITORS): When you do your coverage of the debate over fast-track, you can also take a look at the state of manufacturing in the area in which you live.

1) Has manufacturing been increasing where you live or has it been decreasing?

2) How many factories have been closed down?

3) How many jobs have been lost?

4) What has been the social and economic toll of all the outsourcing that has been going on over the past decades?

5) How many schools have been shut down?

6) How many school programs like sports and music and art have been affected?

"And the big question to ask is... Will these new trade deals result in more growth or more hardship? asks Barrows. "That is the question that will be at the very center of the debate over fast-track and I hope that every politician will take a few minutes to read the poem "It used to be Made in America" as they get ready to debate this legislation" says Barrows. "It will give them a lot of things to think about."

Barrows hopes that the poem can help bring a lot more attention to the need to start making more things here in America, and he hopes that his poem can be used to help improve our economy by influencing marketing and manufacturing decisions, political decisions and consumer and industrial purchasing decisions to Buy American and Make it in America.

He also hopes to be able to develop the poem into some country and hip-hop songs and some television and documentary film type projects about the state of manufacturing in America and efforts to revive manufacturing in America.

He also hopes to be able to develop the website into a series of moneymaking directories about manufacturing, jobs, products, requests for proposals and sources of funding for projects that would be made in America. The directories would be on the www.madeinusa.us.com website. (At the moment, both websites are identical. He is hoping to find some commercial interest to help develop these projects.)

(NOTE TO EDITORS: Media companies might also be interested in developing these kinds of directories. The directories could generate tremendous revenues on an ongoing basis and they could also give media companies access to hundreds of thousands of potential advertisers. Plus, media companies could easily promote these directories with ads in their own media. If your company would be interested in taking a look at a proposal about these kinds of directories, please contact Robert Barrows at 650-344-4405.)

In your coverage of the debate over the fast-track legislation, and in any of your coverage of the state of manufacturing in your area, please feel free to refer to all or parts of "It used to be Made in America" in any stories you may be doing.

For more information, contact Robert Barrows at R.M. Barrows, Inc. Advertising & Public Relations in San Mateo, California at 650-344-4405.

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