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Presentation by Pat Cleary
National Association of
Manufacturers
“Cost of Capitol: Removing the
Handcuffs”
pcleary@nam.org/202.637.3124
Shopfloor.org
Fun Facts About Manufacturing:
Over One-eighth (13%) of Gross Domestic Product
• 80% > retail
• 88% > construction, mining and agriculture
• 175% > transportation and utilities
Standing alone, it is:
 The world’s 8th largest economy
 Larger than the economies of:
-Spain
-Canada
-South Korea and Mexico combined
 Manufacturing is responsible for nearly two-thirds (62%)
of all U.S. exports of goods and services.
-Agriculture: $60billion/yearly
-Manufacturing: $60billion/monthly
 Manufacturing is responsible for three fifths of all

industrial R & D
Manufacturing is responsible for 90% of all patents.
 Manufacturing employs 14 million people
LEAN NOT SPOKEN HERE
Principles of Lean
 “Define Value”
 “Eliminate Waste to Make Value
Flow”
Reduce the costs of doing
business in the US
 NAM Study:
22% cost disadvantages vs. trading partners
 Challenges:
– Taxes
– Health Care (1/6 of GDP)
 Regulations:
--$180 billion cost of regulation
--$32 billion workplace
--Highest environmental costs
Legal Costs (2% of GDP)
Larger than the economies of:
Hong Kong
Vietnam
Portugal
Algeria
Romania
Czech Republic
Denmark
Chile
Norway
Finland
……..and 173 others
Hungary
Venezuela
Peru
Israel
Ireland
Morocco
Nigeria
Kazakhstan
Singapore
Belarus
Energy Cost – Natural Gas
Energy Cost – Resources
Our Message
 Manufacturing is critically important to the
US economy and standard of living.
 We are challenged as never before, here
and abroad.
 Before you vote/take action ask yourself
“will this make US manufacturing more or
less competitive?”
 We will be watching how you vote and
 We will be informing our employees.
 “Just because you do not take an interest in

politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an
interest in you.”
-Pericles
“The penalty that good men pay for not being
interested in politics is to be governed by men
worse than themselves.”
-Plato
pcleary@nam.org/202.637.3124
Shopfloor.org