Our candidates should attack * for his pro-outsoucring memo

[mot78]

The report one of *'s advisors released defending job exports should be egg on their faces. WHy haven't any of the candidates said anything about it?

[coloradodem2005]

1. Damn, straight they should.

[Cloud]

2. I wonder why also

Can someone explain to me how moving jobs overseas is supposed to help the economy? I want whatever it is that they are smoking in the White House. :)

[Hippo_Tron]

3. It helps corporate execs make more money...

And that's about it. Other countries were supposed to ship jobs over here as well but it doesn't really happen. Canada might send us a few jobs because of the lesser benefits/pay standards and possible lesser enviornment standards but it does not compare to the amount of jobs that we ship to third world countries.

[Taeger]

9. They buy American products ...

Like Nike Sneaker, Dell Computers, Levi Jeans. All of which are manufactured someplace OTHER than the United States :grr:

[Cocoa]

4. they jumped on this immediately

it's at the top of the DNC's website, and I've been seeing dems in Congress work it into just about everything they say on the floor and in hearings. Even if it's not relevant, they find a way to refer to this very damaging statement.

Big boo-boo by this guy. I think the Bushies are having a bad week. :-)

[coloradodem2005]

7. They have had a string of bad weeks...

...ever since O'Neill came out with that book.

[aldian159]

8. 2004 has not been kind for Bush

give me a second to shed some crocodile tears. :cry:

[w4rma]

5. I believe this is a central theme of the Edwards campaign.

However, I want to see Kerry talk about this (maybe he has, I don't know, tho) considering he is the current frontrunner and most likely nominee.

[SangamonTaylor]

6. Edwards Says "It's Time To Outsource This Administration"

http://www.johnedwards2004.com/page.asp?id=658">Edwards Says It's Time To Outsource This Administration

Senator John Edwards (D-NC) released the following statement today:

"Once again this administration has shown that free trade comes first and American jobs come last. In defense of Gregory Mankiw and his statement that 'outsourcing' American jobs-sending good paying job overseas-is 'a good thing,' the White House said, 'We certainly don't want to do anything that would undermine free trade.'

"It's time to outsource this administration. They and the people in Washington who put free trade above everything else believe that the nearly 1 million jobs we've lost to offshoring and outsourcing are just numbers--statistics for them to write down and recite. Behind every job loss is a person with a family to support and a strong desire to work. When I am president, I will put American jobs first. I will take the high road with our trade policies so that we have an economy that keeps American jobs in America."

[MaineDem]

10. Kerry denounced it last night

I watched the Wisconsin JJ event on C-SPAN. If I can find a link I'll post it.

On edit: I thought he went into it more but this is the text from his website:
"For more than three years, this Administration has failed to tell the truth about their economic record. This week, in a rare moment, they actually admitted what they are doing. They said that shipping American jobs overseas is good for America.

"Let them tell that to a 45 year old worker with three children who's worked hard - played by the rules - now seen the factory closed and has nowhere to turn.

"We will stand and fight for that worker.

"While George W. Bush may believe the job of a President is just to drive up the stock market, we believe the job of a President is to put America back to work.


http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2004_0214.html

[moondust]

11. Daschle brought it up on the Senate floor.

The day it was published. He made a few comments and had the article entered into the record.

[LWolf]

12. Kucinich has done so:

http://www.kucinich.us/pressreleases/pr_021004.php

The Bush Administration’s Outsourcing Disaster
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 10, 2004

Contact: William Rivers Pitt, 617.308.6441 (cell), [e-mail]


Dennis Kucinich has strongly criticized the position taken by the White House on the loss of American jobs overseas.

According to a report by the Los Angeles Times on February 9th, the White House has embraced the concept of “outsourcing” as a positive development for the American people and the economy. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors, prepared the administration’s newly-released economic report which welcomes the outsourcing of American jobs. This same report promises to create 2.6 million new jobs. “Outsourcing is just a new way of doing international trade," said Mankiw in the Los Angeles Times article.

“Outsourcing” is a process in which American jobs, mainly in technological fields, are contracted out to countries where wages are significantly lower. According to the February edition of Wired Magazine, the typical salary for an American programmer is $70,000 a year. The typical salary for a programmer in India is $8,000 a year. U.S. companies are expected to ship 200,000 jobs a year to India in the foreseeable future in pursuit of these lower wages.

The Bush administration is embracing the loss of our technological base while promising to create 2.6 million jobs. These two realities cannot exist side by side. The continued loss of our ability to control the development of our technology, and the continued loss of hundreds of thousands of American jobs, are issues of national and economic security.

"The outsourcing of US jobs is being accelerated with the help of NAFTA and the WTO, which make it impossible to place taxes or tariffs on such work,” said Congressman Kucinich. “Canceling NAFTA and the WTO will enable the US to protect high-tech jobs from outsourcing. This, plus careful monitoring of H1B visa practices, will slow the tide of outsourcing.”

For more campaign information: http://www.kucinich.us

For Congressman Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.