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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 10:53 AM
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Building Blue Collar Burgers....
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/02/20/politics/main601336.shtml

CBS) Manufacturing jobs making things like airplane engines, cars and farm equipment are disappearing from the American economy.

Or are they? According to a White House report, new manufacturing jobs might be as close as your nearest drive-thru.

The annual Economic Report of the President has already stirred controversy by suggesting the loss of U.S. jobs overseas might be beneficial, and predicting that a whopping 2.6 million jobs will be created in the country this year.


...more...

:wtf:
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eyesroll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 10:56 AM
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1. That's this Administration for you
Don't like a statistic? Change the parameters.

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54anickel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 11:43 AM
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2. They aren't seriously considering this, are they? n/t
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kalian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 06:32 PM
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3. Its sure as hell sounds like it....
With what this "administration" has done over the past three years...
I wouldn't doubt that they would try to pull such a stunt.
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 09:10 PM
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5. These are the clowns saying outsourcing jobs is good
for America. Of course they will make burger flippers manufacturers if they can treak a better number. These assholes will run over their own mothers to get reelected
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MUAD_DIB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-22-04 06:35 PM
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6. What do you expect?

* has been in manufacturing for years...carefully mixing quality horseshit, fantasy and patriotism into one big lie for us.
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cap Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-20-04 07:14 PM
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4. cheesy...
eom
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