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BUSH ENDORSES U.S. JOBS MOVING OVERSEAS
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." But yesterday, President Bush directly contradicted himself,
releasing a report which "supports the shift of U.S. jobs overseas." 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."
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." The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
said, "Bush Economic Report Praises 'Outsourcing' Jobs" and the Arizona
Republic said, "Bush Report Lauds 'Outsourcing' Jobs."
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. 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" - 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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