RE: Bloomberg's Article headlined "Surprise Manufacturing Downturn Holds Back U.S. Growth: Economy," where the first paragraph says "Manufacturing (NAPMPMI) in the U.S. unexpectedly shrank in May at the fastest pace in four years, showing slowdowns in business and government spending are holding back the world’s largest economy."
POWERLINE points out why it isn't a surprise, nor unexpected news:
America’s slow-to-nonexistent economic growth, of which today’s manufacturing data are one of many symptoms, is the result of bad government policies: out-of-control regulations, excessive and inefficient government spending, rising tax rates and the impending disaster of Obamacare, to name the most obvious ones. Until observers are willing to acknowledge the extent to which poor government drags down the economy, they will continue to be surprised by unexpected bad news.
Couldn't have said it better myself.