Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This section deals with Investing in the Engines of #JobCreation Only one party has a specific plan for rebuilding the great American #MiddleClass. ..the other has a loyalty pledge to a con man whose lies cost so many American lives. 1/11

#Democrats believe more products in our homes, stores, workplaces, and communities should be stamped “Made in America” and will expand support for American manufacturing. 2/11 #DemPartyPlatform #AmericanManufacturing

#Democrats will end policies that incentivize offshoring, and instead accelerate onshoring of critical supply chains, including in medical supplies and pharmaceuticals. 3/11 #DemPartyPlatform #Offshoring

#Democrats will expand effective tax credits that support domestic manufacturing and grow rural manufacturing jobs through investments in bio-based manufacturing. 4/11 #DemPartyPlatform #AmericanManufacturing

#Democrats will invest in innovation hubs and government programs to provide small manufacturers with technical and business expertise so they can grow their revenues and their workforces. 5/11 #DemPartyPlatform #AmericanManufacturing

#Democrats support robust Buy America and Buy Clean standards for federally supported projects, which help increase demand for domestically produced and low-pollution raw materials.6/11 #DemPartyPlatform #BuyClean

#Democrats will invest in career and technical education and high-quality job training programs with formal worker representation in program development,
including pre-apprenticeship opportunities and registered #apprenticeships. 7/11 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats believe in the value of lifelong learning, and will increase investments to support adult literacy and other skills development programs.8/11 #DemPartyPlatform #AdultLiteracy

#Democrats know that small businesses are among the best job creators in our country. We will significantly boost funding for state small business grant and lending initiatives that generate tens of billions of dollars of private-sector investment 9/11 #DemPartyPlatform

#Democrats will increase access to credit for small businesses in low-income and rural areas, including for unbanked or underbanked businesses.10/11
#DemPartyPlatform #SmallBusiness

#Democrats will increase funding for programs supporting businesses owned by women & people of color, including ending the Trump effort to starve the Minority Business Development Agency, improving &expanding Small Business Administration (SBA) programs 11/11 #DemPartyPlatform