Joe,
Our thoughts and prayers are with your Dad and Mom, especially over the Holidays.
Dear Mr. Thread Hijacker Blown Hatch--
What the HE*LL does this have to do with Bush? Bush is not "in favor of outsourcing" any more than YOU ARE. In fact, it was Mr. Clinton who signed NAFTA into law in 1993 and we've been suffering ever since. In just the first three years alone U.S. imports from Mexico exploded more than twice as fast as exports-- so fast that we went from a $1.7 billion trade surplus before NAFTA, to a $17.5 billion deficit with Mexico back in 1996.
Fact: Bush's jump start of the economy through tax cuts for ALL (that's right, not just the wealthy) helped reduce that back to $4.8 billion which is where the trade deficit stands today. Agreed, not enough to undo the spiraling damage from the mid 1990's through the last BJ, but at least it's a start.
Fact: When our imports grow faster than our exports, it drains demand and therefore jobs out of our economy.
And don't hand me the lie that "Oh, the undocumented workers just do the jobs U.S. citizens DON'T WANT TO DO" Ms. Pelosi!
That liberal pabulum is a lie-- just ask Joe's Dad.
I'll bet he is well-qualified and was enthusiastic about doing the job he no longer has which may have gone to an individual of semi-legal status to indirectly support (financially or otherwise) illegals right here in our country. Though I don't know this to be true of the person hired to take Joe's Dad's position, I am certain of one thing: The bi-lingual abilities and cheaper labor costs were too good for the Corporate bean-counters to pass up. That type of shortsightedness is just terrible; all it gives us is short-term bottom line gains but mortgages our loyal workers and our Nation's sovereignty in the process.
Crossing Deluxe Checks off my list the next time I order.
Had to get that out before I had a stroke reading the uninformed, unsubstantiated, typical playbook cheap shot sound bite above.
DP
