- On Labor Day, President Bush said, "I want people
to understand that when somebody wants to work and can't find a job, it
says we've got a problem in America that we're going to deal with. We want
everybody in this country working."[1] But yesterday, President Bush
directly contradicted himself, releasing a report which "supports
the shift of U.S. jobs overseas."[2] When asked about the report and
how it contradicts the president's supposed concern about job losses, the
president's top economic adviser said, "Outsourcing is just a new
way of doing international trade."[3]
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- With more than two million jobs lost since President
Bush took office, newspaper headlines across the country told readers of
the White House's new support for the practice of wealthy corporations
eliminating U.S. jobs and shipping them to lower-wage countries. The Seattle
Times headline read, "Bush report: Sending jobs overseas helps U.S."[4]
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said, "Bush Economic Report Praises 'Outsourcing'
Jobs"[5] and the Arizona Republic said, "Bush Report Lauds 'Outsourcing'
Jobs."[6]
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- And while this may be troubling to the millions in the
United States who are out of work and suffering from stagnating wages,
it was celebrated in India, where thousands of good paying, white-collar
U.S. jobs have moved.[7] The headlines in India read, "Bush Aides:
Outsourcing win-win for India." The story said the Administration
believes exporting jobs to India and other lower-wage countries "is
a win-win for both exporter and importer"[8] - failing to explain
how this is a win for American workers who the president just months ago
purported to care about.
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- http://www.misleader.org/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df02102004.html
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