Thank you, Mr. Duray.
I am not able to open the Thom Hartmann radio link, unfortunately. The home page to the site works.
Recently, I read a report that 350,000 electrical engineers graduate university in India every year with what is the American equivalent of a masters degree.
MSNBC reports two items on U.S. manufacturing and service job losses:
GOP worries grow on job losses
Congressional Republicans propose tax breaks, ‘buy American’ rules
WASHINGTON, July 25 — Concerned about the loss of factory jobs and with an eye on next year’s election, some congressional Republicans are pushing protectionist and pro-manufacturing measures — which may provide cover for incumbents running for re-election. Republicans have offered a range of measures, from beefing up “buy American” provisions in defense contracting to tax breaks for manufacturing firms.
EVEN AS THE House approved free trade accords with Chile and Singapore Thursday, there was an undercurrent of deep worry about the hemorrhage of American manufacturing jobs. “We’re getting killed. Cored out to the bone,” said Rep. Don Manzullo, R- Ill., who represents a northern Illinois district with a heavy concentration of machine tool and tool-and-die plants, in an interview with MSNBC.com Thursday. “There’s 11.3 percent unemployment in Rockford,” the largest city in his district. Manzullo added that fellow Republican House Speaker Dennis Hastert’s district, just south of Manzullo’s in Illinois, is “getting hit as unmercifully as mine is. So this is big-time stuff.”
‘A BIG PROBLEM’
Asked about the effect on next year’s election, Manzullo said, “It’s going to be a big problem. I met with the president yesterday and I talked to (Bush political strategist) Karl Rove. People vote with their paychecks. I told Karl, ‘we’re getting killed on manufacturing.’ and he said ‘yeah, I realize that.’”
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msnbc.com
Globalization takes toll on techies
It’s not just low-level jobs that are leaving U.S. shores
July 24 — To some high-tech workers, the New Economy is starting to look a lot like the Old Economy. And that is a frightening prospect.
msnbc.com
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