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Friday, July 30, 2004
 
Here are some quotes from John Kerry's speech last night at the Democratic National Convention pertaining to the issue of sending American jobs offshore.

We're told that outsourcing jobs is good for America. We're told that new jobs that pay $9,000 less than the jobs that have been lost is the best we can do. They say this is the best economy we've ever had. And they say that anyone who thinks otherwise is a pessimist. Well, here is our answer: There is nothing more pessimistic than saying America can't do better. We can do better and we will.
 
What does it mean in America today when Dave McCune, a steel worker I met in Canton, Ohio, saw his job sent overseas and the equipment in his factory literally unbolted, crated up, and shipped thousands of miles away along with that job? What does it mean when workers I've met had to train their foreign replacements?
America can do better. So tonight we say: help is on the way.

 
We value jobs that pay you more, not less, than you earned before. We value jobs where, when you put in a week's work, you can actually pay your bills, provide for your children, and lift up the quality of your life. We value an America where the middle class is not being squeezed, but doing better.
 
So here is our economic plan to build a stronger America:
First, new incentives to revitalize manufacturing.
Second, investment in technology and innovation that will create the good-paying jobs of the future.
Third, close the tax loopholes that reward companies for shipping our jobs overseas. Instead, we will reward companies that create and keep good paying jobs where they belong: in the good old U.S.A.

We value an America that exports products, not jobs and we believe American workers should never have to subsidize the loss of their own job.


Thursday, July 29, 2004
 
I didn't watch John Edwards' speech at the Democratic National Convention last night, but I've listened to excerpts of it on the radio this morning and read some of it online.  Pertaining to the issue of offshoring jobs, he says:

"First, we can create good paying jobs in America again. Our plan will stop giving tax breaks to companies that outsource your jobs. Instead, we will give tax breaks to American companies that keep jobs here in America."

That would be a good start, much further than Bush has been willing to go.  The Republican response to offshoring, from what I've been able to tell so far, has been that it's a GOOD thing (??) and we should let it continue. 

OK, I think I know who I'm gonna vote for in November, or at least who I WON'T be voting for!
 

Wednesday, July 14, 2004
 
I've been busy recently, so I haven't had a chance to update this blog in a while, but I wanted to post two articles that a reader sent me.

Study: States doing plenty of offshoring

India sees fading of outsourcing backlash

There seems to be less interest over the issue of offshoring because the U.S. economy is improving, but we must not become complacent. Offshoring isn't JUST about Americans losing their jobs to foreign workers. It's also about losing our privacy and control over our destinies.


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