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Jeff and Scott chat with Charles Crain about the National Association of Manufacturers and its role in advocating for tax policies that benefit the manufacturing sector.

Send us Fan Mail Jeff and Scott speak with Charles Crain, Managing Vice President of Policy at the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM). Charles works closely with NAM’s member companies to advocate for tax policies that support manufacturers and strengthen the manufacturing sector. In this episode, Jeff and Scott first discuss the important matter of how to pronounce NAM (NOT like Viet-NAM). They then discuss NAM’s role in the policy process, how the organization identifies and ...

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Hosts: Jeff, Scott

Guest: Charles Crain

Topics covered

• lobbying
• manufacturing
• tax policy
• advocacy
• policy process

Keywords

• lobbying
• manufacturers
• tax policies
• NAM
• policy advocacy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Association of Manufacturers

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