In a little more than a month, the U.S. presidential primaries will begin; in a year the national election will be upon us. To most politicians, most Americans, and the millions of unemployed, no issue is greater than creating jobs in the United States.

Calls for funding and stimulus inevitably revert to a conversation about the lost manufacturing jobs in this country. Regardless of political perspective and catch phrases such as reshoring (returning jobs that were outsourced from the United States), the role and need for quality American laborers has changed significantly during the past year.

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