I had the opportunity to meet with a 3D printing company today.
I would ask both of you this question. What is preventing more widespread hiring? I heard from you, Leah, that you're seeing increases in the number of employed people in the agricultural manufacturing sector, but we're not seeing that reflected in the results on manufacturers. For instance, we're down about 40,000 jobs this year. The decade before, we were down over 300,000 jobs. I don't necessarily understand it right now because of the lower dollar.
The manufacturers are telling us that the lower dollar is there; they're busier than they've ever been, but they're not hiring. Is it taxation? Is it instability due to not knowing what those taxation issues are? Is it instability related to the general feeling in the economy?