The trouble with Trump's 'Buy American' plan

If you opposed the government's bailing out of auto companies that couldn't compete in a global marketplace, why would you support propping up the steel industry?

President Trump signs an executive order to try to bring jobs back to American workers and revamp the H-1B visa guest worker program.
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President Trump just took a big step toward delivering on his promises to American workers, said Andy Schlafly at Town Hall. At an event in Wisconsin last week, Trump unveiled an executive order that increases scrutiny of visas for skilled foreign workers and directs federal agencies to favor American companies in awarding contracts. These commonsense moves are long overdue. "If taxpayers are funding a project, then it obviously makes sense to use American goods for it." But "it is not enough to 'Buy American.' It is also important to 'Hire American.'" Too many companies have abused the H-1B visa program by using it to bypass qualified U.S. workers in favor of cheaper foreigners. President Trump gets it: America's best jobs belong to Americans.

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