Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and...... Quote by "Elaine Chao"

Consider trade protectionism. It's been tried - and found wanting - since the Great Depression.
— Elaine Chao

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European-style interventions to which the Obama administration is inclined will not make America more competitive in the world-wide economy. Such policies will not increase growth, will not decrease unemployment, and will not increase wages for workers.
— Elaine Chao

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As I looked up at the Statue of Liberty, I thought at that time, 'What a wonderful country.'
— Elaine Chao

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When my mother, sisters and I arrived on the shores of America when I was 8 years old, the boat on which we came, a freighter, passed the Statue of Liberty.
— Elaine Chao

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Even when America's economy has been by all measures healthy and the unemployment rate low, some businesses suffer or fail and lay off workers. But nearly always, a simultaneous and even greater burst of new jobs has been created to offset the jobs lost - millions of new jobs every year.
— Elaine Chao

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401k savings accounts have become so important in the landscape of retirement planning that their security and expansion became a top priority in formulating and implementing the Pension Protection Act of 2006 that was enacted during my tenure as the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
— Elaine Chao

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