Why is Caterpillar bad if we create a new job in India or China to receive U.S. exports? It makes no sense to me. We want to drive all the exports we can from the United States. We want to… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I, for one, struggle a little bit with a $250,000 education for a philosophy degree. They are a wonderful people, but we can't employ philosophers in manufacturing in the United States. We need a one- or two-year technical add-on for… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Why is Caterpillar bad if we create a new job in India or China to receive U.S. exports? It makes no sense to me.… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
All of our competitors around the world, every country is investing more in infrastructure as a percentage of their GDP than we are. And… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
We spend a lot of time training and retraining. It's heartbreaking because our education system has failed all of us. And again you go… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Inflation was driven by higher labor costs, not higher goods costs. Frankly, I'd love to see a little bit of that. Because I'd love… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Caterpillar is the world's leading manufacturer of construction equipment, so of course we want contractors to choose our equipment for projects. But our immediate… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
We're going to have to raise revenues in some form or fashion, and we're going to have to cut spending, including entitlements of all… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Caterpillar exported $20 billion of goods in 2011, all by American hands and American workers, to all over the world. In order to do… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I always try to communicate to our people that we can never make enough money. We can never make enough profit. — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I, for one, struggle a little bit with a $250,000 education for a philosophy degree. They are a wonderful people, but we can't employ… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I am a human being. I started out with virtually nothing. I worked my way up like so many businesspeople have and made ourselves… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
Infrastructure is one of the core responsibilities of government and one that cannot be shortchanged by other controversial spending. I believe investment in infrastructure… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
I, for one, believe that revenue has to increase. I think every American would pay more if they thought spending was going to be… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
