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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (252417)	7/26/2003 9:04:05 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 436258

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.’” Continues...... 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 lb

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (252417)	7/26/2003 10:22:17 PM
From: laura_bush	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 436258

New Jersey sells out America This link is dated but addresses an aspect of outsourcing that I had not previously considered. Privitasing jobs in the government to contractors will inevitably result in the same drain on local and national economies which American corporations already are exploiting. Cheap labor at America's expense 3.3 million U.S. jobs predicted to be transferred offshore by 2015 Posted: May 20, 2003 5:00 p.m. Eastern By Kelly Patricia O'Meara © 2003 News World Communications Inc. "Hey, it's good work if you can get it," says New Jersey state Sen. Shirley Turner about the outsourcing of the Garden State's welfare-processing contract. But neither New Jerseyites nor any other Americans are getting the work, so she has introduced legislation that she believes will keep those jobs at home. Turner, a Democrat, filed her proposal after learning that the New Jersey Department of Human Services had contracted with an Arizona-based company to service paperwork for the state's welfare recipients at the "cost-saving" price of $326,000 a month. The Arizona company had established a call center in Green Bay, Wis., but once the New Jersey contract came through, the call center was relocated to Bombay, India. "It seems like a race to the bottom," says Turner. "All these jobs are leaving the state and the country, and our unemployment rate continues to climb. We're in a recession and you have to wonder where it ends. The point of the contract was to save money - assuming that these people overseas can do it cheaper and more efficiently. But this is a ruse because we're supposed to help provide jobs to these [unemployed] people here." The irate Turner continues, "Neither the people in India who have the jobs, nor the people who are unemployed here in the U.S., are giving anything back in the way of taxes or buying and consuming U.S. goods and services, which is what stimulates our economy. By outsourcing these jobs to other countries we're helping the poor remain poor in this country. We have a $5 billion deficit in New Jersey and outsourcing these jobs to foreign countries only adds to the burden that the state must pick up when our citizens need [welfare] services. When people lose their jobs, and their unemployment benefits run out, the state must step in and take up the burden to provide the services. That's not cost savings and it really just snowballs when jobs are taken offshore." Turner's bill has made it through the New Jersey Senate but has run into stiff opposition in the General Assembly from lobbies representing companies taking advantage of the cheap offshore labor. And no wonder: Outsourcing to countries that exploit cheap labor appears to be the corporate wave of the future. Kishore Mirchandani, president of Outsource Partners International, a U.S.-based company specializing in outsourcing finance and accounting services, tells Insight, "There are a lot of companies in India handling the accounting and finance of major corporations. General Electric, American Express and Citibank all do business in India." Continues......... worldnetdaily.com lb