Now is the time to determine the fate of the Export-Import Bank of the United States. This 80-year-old federal institution was created during Franklin D. Roosevel’s New Deal era and has been helping U.S. companies finance the export of goods to foreign markets. Yet, since 2012, Congress has considered stopping the renewal of its charter. The deadline is coming soon — June 30.
What are the key issues and arguments? Some claim that the bank supports less than half of 1 percent of U.S. “small business” and that big companies are the main beneficiaries of the bank. Boeing and General Electric, it is said, can access private financing easily by themselves. Advocates and objectors have important arguments over reauthorizing the EX-IM bank.
The Objectors:
Adam Andrzejewski, a Forbes contributor concluded that critics Ex-Im of charge cronyism, waste and outright corruption. His study Federal Transfer Report – Export-Import Bank states that taxpayers have an exposure of almost $140 billion in Ex-Im’s increasing lending. Pemex, which is owned by the Mexican government, is the biggest importer supported by Ex-Im bank, benefiting to the tune of $7.21 billion,. The biggest exporter, Boeing, benefits to the tune of $60 billion and received one third of all export support.
Advocates
So why does Hillary Clinton and some Congressional representatives such as Republican Stephen Fincher, and Democrat Annie Kuster work hard to save the bank? The answer is straightforward – to save jobs! It is ironic to see the possible demise of the bank while president Obama visits dozens of countries to increase sales of U.S. made products and preserve U.S. jobs.
Policies such as tax and training benefits for reshoring companies (companies which offshored but now return to America) have encouraged firms to create jobs in the United States. Boeing has been severely criticized in the Ex-Im debate. However, the criticism of Boeing may not be entirely fair. Do big companies like Boeing produce every component for their planes? Or do they buy many parts from small businesses? Competition is not the only relationship between big and small companies, cooperation is more than common. American jobs would be lost with the discontinuation of the bank. This is not the best time to experiment with employment, exports and economic growth.
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