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U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans center discusses America's
challenges with ACEC Chairman Bill Howard lef t and ACEC President Dave
Raymond in the Secretar y's office. FORREST MACCORMACK And so they've got
ownership. you tax it less. If you want less of all have the same goal of
making the leader, then you have confi- They're stakeholders that now
something, you tax it more. And t h i s a competitive, innovative dence in
the direction of that h a v e real ownership in it to so if you want more
work, you region of the country. endeavor. make sure that it happens. w a
n t more jobs or you want In this case, it's confidence in H O WA R D : Ta
l k i n g about eco- I think we're going to con- m o r e growth, you tax it
less. the direction of America. And nomic growth, how do you see tinue to
push the view that, yes, That's what we've done. when you feel that, it
gives you the economy moving? there are federal systems that are We're
seeing more growth, confidence to do the kinds of important certainly our
federal m o re jobs and more work a t h i n g s consumers are doing, E VA
N S : I have never seen the highway system is very impor- defining moment
in the history such as buying a home. We're economy any stronger. I've
never tant; nobody would argue that. o f the world. And central to buying
homes at record num- seen the fundamentals for creat- But also, within the
regions of our strong economy is a strong b e r s right now. So I feel very
ing jobs and business in America the country, the infrastructure is leader
a competent leader, a good about our economy. Also a n y better. We can
look at critical to attracting capital. If s t e a d y leader, a leader
who is what encourages me about the growth rates, which are impres- s o m
e b o d y's going to locate a v e r y clear as to the direction months and
years ahead is that sive. The economy's grown at 4.9 facility in some
region, he wants that he will lead this country. we're starting to see the
global percent over the last 12 months, to know that they can efficiently B
e c a u s e the economy needs economy grow. Twenty-five per- which is the
highest growth rate m ov e things in and out. And c o n f i d e n c e ,
and consumers cent of our economy is trade, so over a 12-month period in
20 they're going to want to know need confidence and investors a big part
of our ability to grow years. Inflation is in check, and what modes of
transportation are need confidence and financial i s the rest of the
world's eco- low. Because it's low, it allows available. Is it a road? Is
it road m a r k e t s need confidence. All nomic growth. Ninety-five per-
you to pursue pro-growth fiscal and rail? Is it road, rail and air? that
comes from the top. You cent of the people in the world policies and
pro-growth mone- Or is it road, rail, air and boat? draw that confidence
from the l i v e outside the borders of t a r y policies such as lower I
couldn't agree with you more leader, the leadership in this America. We're
five percent of taxes. I think the tax cuts have that the stakeholders,
those who case, the president. It's like any the people here, but we're
one- clearly been one of the key driv- have an interest in seeing eco- o r
g a n i z a t i o n or any human third of the global economy. So ers to
this strong economy. If n o m i c growth in the area, all e n d e a v o r.
You look to the if we want to keep growing our you want more of something,
have got to be at the table and leader and if you're confident in economy,
we have to encourage I feel very strongly that the key to the future of
competitiveness and innovation of the American economy in this
increasingly global economy rests on the strength of our engineering
talent in America. Secretary Don Evans 1 4 E N G I N E E R I N G INC. J u
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