and in terms of workers and what we do in manufacturing in this country, i ran into a few people today saying that the rust belt is never going to come back. i don t believe that. we make the most efficient cars now. our steel energy is the most efficient in the world, our glass production the most efficient, paper production the most efficient in the world. we re trying to play by the rules while everybody else is cheating and they have a strategy. one last point. china and germany have a balanced account on trade, and german wages are higher than ours. what s the reason? because germany has a process, has a strategy. leo gerard, thanks for your time tonight. this crowd has a lot to say, and we ll talk with more of them when we come back. stay tuned. you re watching the ed show on msnbc, live from toledo, ohio.
admit it. my guest knows it, my guest marcy captor from ohio s ninth district. she joins me this evening. good evening. congresswoman, good to have you with us tonight. it s my privilege. i love that audience. no doubt. absolutely. what do you think needs to be done to bring the manufacturing jobs back ohio? i drive down the street today in toledo, i see empty buildings, it really is gut-wrenching to see it because all of the things that you think about when you do see them. you know, boarded-up buildings, you want to know what awas in them? where are they now? what country did they go to? where are the people? how do we mrebish these jobs? first, thank you, ed, for come willing to our community. and to leo gerard, thank you. thank you for helping our people tell our story, for magnifying
solar industry, we should be making solar panels here. they said they re going to dominate the solar panel in the world even if they have to sell under the price of production. we ve got republicans sitting there with their thumbs in their ears pretending they don t hear anything. we ought to be taking them to task, taking it away from them and building it here. now, just down the road from here, there s a perfect example. the chrysler manufacturing plant was saved by the obama administration with the car loan. is that the kind of thing that we have to do to jump-start renewables? i think we have to make sure we have a strategy. we need a strategy that says, we want to win on this. a strategy that says, we re going to do this. we have a strategy that we have a renewable standard for the whole of the country, one that lasts 10, 15, 20 years so we can attract investment and one that says as the brother says back there, force china to play by the rules and quit their cheating.
district. she joins me this evening. good evening. congresswoman, good to have you with us tonight. it s my privilege. i love that audience. no doubt. absolutely. what do you think needs to be done to bring the manufacturing jobs back ohio? i drive down the street today in toledo, i see empty buildings, it really is gut-wrenching to see it because all of the things that you think about when you do see them. you know, boarded-up buildings, you want to know what was in them? where are they now? what country did they go to? where are the people? how do we replenish these jobs? first, thank you, ed, for come willing to our community. and to leo gerard, thank you. thank you for helping our people tell our story, for magnifying our voice are around our voice around the country. the most important thing we can do right now is support the
our voice are arou our voice around the country. the most important thing we can do right now is support the president s jobs act as step number one. but that s only step number one. i agree with the guest in the audience who said we have to renegotiate our trade agreements. because every year and i said this to the president. even if we pass this bill and we pay for it it s paid for, about $450 billion our trade deficit equals about that amount, 5$500 billion a year. so it it offsets any investment we would make in our country. we have to renegotiate these trade agreements so that america is on a level playing field again. and no president in the last 25 years has been willing to do th that. well, how are you going to do it when you ve got such corporate interests in these trade agreements?