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Politics : HOWARD DEAN -THE NEXT PRESIDENT? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (2116)	1/19/2004 1:00:54 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

You are thinking across very simplistic lines don't you think? If people like you choose to move your money out of the USA if Dean gets elected, well so be it. The people I know, know that US companies are currently almost unilaterally transferring IP (which in many cases has been PAID FOR by US taxpayers) offshore for a quick, one time benefit to their balance sheet. This is the kind of thing that will ruin the USA, it ruins our economy because we are consumer driven, it ruins our educational system because nobody will want to study math and science with no jobs, and it ruins any hope of future inventions coming from here. Most americans understand this, I don't know why you don't. Howard Dean seems to get it. IBM memos detail overseas jobs savings - report NEW YORK, Jan 19 (Reuters) - IBM expects to save $168 million annually starting in 2006 by moving several thousand high-paying programming jobs abroad, according to internal company documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal. biz.yahoo.com IBM Data Give Rare Look at Sensitive 'Offshoring' Plans biz.yahoo.com Not that since this says "starting in 06" the process is just getting started. So any recovery in the works now will need to absorb these massive US jobs cuts from multinationals, I doubt any jobs recovery happens this year.

To: Nikole Wollerstein who wrote (2116)	1/20/2004 9:30:42 PM
From: Ann Corrigan	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3079

Nakita, Speaking of Mrs. Dean, I saw something today that was astounding. Former Gov Keating of Oklahoma spoke at National Press Club. After being introduced, he said "explaining where your wife is has become the order of the day, mine is at home waiting for the plumber." It was absolutely amazing to me. It's so juvenile for Americans to expect a man & wife to be constantly joined at hip. My husband & I have a great marriage but neither of us expects to accompany the other to every single activity in life. That seems so backward. Mrs. Dean is a family doctor. Her presence close to patients is more important than standing on a stage, gazing adoringly at her husband, in a barn somewhere in middle of Iowa.