Bush Acknowledges Jobs Going Overseas

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=544&ncid=703&e=3&u=/ap/20040212/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush

HARRISBURG, Pa. - President Bush (news - web sites) claimed achievements on education and the economy Thursday in a state crucial to his re-election, hoping to change the economic subject from a top adviser's comments on job losses.


Bush used the brief trip to Pennsylvania — he stayed for barely two hours in the state he lost in 2000 but has visited 25 times since — to try to tamp down criticism from both Democrats and Republicans over an aide's remark that some interpreted as downplaying the loss of American jobs to overseas markets.


On Monday, Gregory Mankiw, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, said such "outsourcing" by U.S. companies is "just a new way of doing international trade."


A Republican normally loyal to the White House, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, said he disagreed that shipping American jobs abroad was good for the U.S. economy.

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[brokensymmetry]

1. Really???

I wonder who told him?

[maddezmom]

2. on Lou Dobbs he read a statement

from one of his advisors, stating bush made a mistake and didn't mean it. Ok whatever, maybe he'll admit the war in Iraq was a mistake, too.

[Pale_Rider]

3. And what are those jobs ...

... that will replace high-paying jobs going overseas? What are those 'exciting new fields'? <wind whistling>


In highlighting his job-training and education programs, Bush suggested that part of the solution to the loss of jobs overseas is to prepare American workers for the higher-paying, higher-skilled jobs in other sectors that he says a robust economy will create to replace them.

Bush has asked Congress for $250 million to fund partnerships between community colleges and employers to train workers in high-demand sectors; $100 million to help students with reading; and $120 million to improve math education. He also wants to expand advanced-placement programs in low-income schools and has proposed larger Pell Grants for students who prepare for college with demanding courses in high school.

"The jobs of the 21st century are going to require a lot of smarts," the president said during an informal discussion with students, education officials and others. "There's some exciting new fields coming."

"Do you want fries with that milkshake? No thanks I can only afford the milkshake. Maybe next week."

[mhr]

4. 250 Million Divided By 9 Million Unemployed Equals $ 27.78 Per Worker

That's not going to buy much training.

Oh, I forgot it doesn't take much to train for a job at Wal-Mart.

[Jacobin]

7. Why, you could take the whole family out to Wendy's with that

kind of money!!

Is this an annual stipend?

I'm getting excited.

/sarcasm

[brokensymmetry]

5. Just get more training.

... that will replace high-paying jobs going overseas? What are those 'exciting new fields'? <wind whistling>


We should all pull up our socks and become genetic engineers, with PhD.'s and some post-doctoral research. This should be done on our own, of course, with no student aid. And we'd better get there quickly before those jobs go over to South Korea. (Yes, sarcasm is dripping from my keyboard!)

Oh, yes, South Korea. Where the latest breakthrough in cloning and stem cell research just occurred. (No sarcasm here)

Ooops! I guess it's too late for that genetic engineering position now, isn't it? (No sarcasm, just wicked irony)

[JPace]

6. Retrain for what? being a waitress or security guard?

because that is where the job growth
is going. Living wage jobs are leaving
the country!

Time Magazine Nov 24, 2003
“Where The New Jobs Are”
(Predicted growth between 2000/2010)

Food preparation and serving workers (673,000)
Retail salespeople (510,000)
Cashiers (474,000)
Office clerks, (general) (430,000)
Security guards (391,000)
Waiters and waitresses (364,000)
Truck drivers (346,000)
Nursing aides and orderlies (323,000)
Janitors and cleaners (317,000)
The other six are...

Customer service representatives (631,000)
Registered nurses (561,000)
Computer support specialists (490,000)
Computer software engineers (380,000)
General operations managers (363,000)
Postsecondary teachers (315,000)

Top 10 jobs with the largest projected losses,
2000/2010

Farmers and ranchers (-328,000)
Order clerks (-71,000)
Tellers (-59,000)
Insurance-claim & policy processing clerks (-58,000)
Word processors and typists (-57,000)
Sewing-machine operators (-51,000)
Dishwashers (-42,000)
Switchboard operators & answering services (-41,000)
Loan interviewers and clerks (-38,000)
Computer operators (-33,000)

[saigon68]

8. You Forgot --Greeters at Walmart + 100,000

I will need to work there in about 6 years at age 66 in order to pay my medicare deductibles. </LOL>