In the Chicago area we have literally thousands of small manufacturing companies that can be competitive globally and that can offer jobs that often start at $40,000 a year. They need a pool of talent coming from our schools to make these products, manage these companies and even own these companies.

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This is not just broad-back manual labor. These are companies that can make a lot of money and provide excellent jobs if they can find that talent. And if they don't, they could easily collapse.

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