He is simply saying that there is much more vitality within the manufacturing sector of Massachusetts than most folks realize and that we’ve got some advantages (quality of our workforce, proximity to technology) and some disadvantages (high cost of housing and energy, government red tape which slows down permitting).

Also many businesses are beginning to realize that global outsourcing is not as profitable as they initially thought — once you factor in total costs of managing a global supply chain plus lower productivity among less-skilled workers.

Bluestone and the Dukakis Center have also done research which revealed that tax breaks are not the most important or effective strategies to lure or keep business in the Commonwealth.

Where is the propaganda that you speak of?

This is then followed by another round of wage reductions and tax benefits given to industry while raising the taxes that working people pay.

Bluestone and his ilk, and his npr enablers, will go on another round of claiming that Mass has to be “realistic” and reduce business taxes and wages. (He was already hinting at that in his comments).

Haven’t we seen this show before, both the phoney economic game, enablers such as bluestone, and the phoney media coverage that doesn’t even bother to remind listeners of the past or provide an alternative prospective?

Then, just to add insult to injury you wind up with an “analyst” who is a spin artist for an indutry lobbying group.

You go, npr!!! Don’t forget to immediately do an add asking for working people to send you money because nowhere else can we hear this sort of propaganda, opps, sorry, informative stories.