Biden touts role of region colleges

07/13/2013 11:20

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis aimed at spotlighting the $8 billion in President Barack Obama's proposed budget for building alliances between twoyear degree programs and companies looking to skilled employees."It was once the steel mill. It once was the factory floor. It was once construction, Biden told a crowd of around 1,000 at Davidson County college in Thomasville, A longtime furniture making center about 25 miles southwest of Greensboro. "Those continues to viable. But this is the path for quite a few now,

The bus tour passed simply by four other states, But Biden joined only the stop in electorally crucial nc, A state he and Obama narrowly won four years ago and where the Democrats will have their presidential nominating custom in September.Biden told the crowd that American economic success means ensuring that workers get a greater share of some great benefits of surging productivity, But he was careful to avoid any rhetoric that Republicans in this generally careful state could seize on."I'm not into these types stuff, He explained. "I originate from a wealthy state, Delaware, And I got chosen seven times there,Solis, In the meantime, Alluded to unnamed political interests standing in the way of the budget that includes the funding for college initiatives like the ones she and the Bidens toured at Davidson.

None of that astounded state Republican leaders, Who criticized the federal government for policies they said are hampering economic recovery."Vice President Biden's trip today is a great opportunity for him to discuss the titanic debt that the national government has placed on the shoulders of my children and grandchildren's generation, State GOP Chairman Robin Hayes said in an announcement.