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To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (25879)	1/23/2004 12:04:44 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793754

When was the last time a Republican presidential candidate carried California, anyway? Reagan?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (25879)	1/23/2004 12:08:53 PM
From: kumar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793754

I would say the fact that fellow manufacturing TVs is using slave-wage labor would in fact matter to me. Those of us who can afford to pay few $s more for an item should not support the exploitation of dirt-cheap labor. The 3rd world will never progress if we do. there are more than 2 sides to this coin : - what is "dirt cheap" in the US is often "gold rich" in some parts of the world. - I am visiting India in the next few weeks, to visit my parents. If I took a state-of-the-art TV (which is probably made in South/South East Asia, but considered as a US product), as a gift for them, I would be paying some big time Customs duties. To the Indian Government, its a "source of revenue". To us, its a "trade barrier". - If one wants the "3rd world" to progress, why is one against jobs being handled from the "3rd world" at a lower price point than the "1st world" ? How does one expect progress to come about, without appropriate job opportunities (and these are not state funded jobs) ?

To: Ann Corrigan who wrote (25879)	1/23/2004 2:05:13 PM
From: Lane3	Respond to of 793754

possibly you have a response to an argument on Howard Dean for Pres forum that questions accuracy of numbers coming out of Wash,DC in ths pre-election period: I will tell you which Federal government numbers I personally trust and don't trust. I generally trust what comes from CBO and GAO, numbers, studies, whatever. I generally trust the numbers that come from BLS and Commerce and the like. They've been producing those numbers for a long time. The people who actually develop them are top notch professionals. Of course, with any of the numbers, you have to know what they're actually counting and have some background in the subject matter to interpret them correctly, but I trust them. Now when those numbers are interpreted by politicians, I don't believe a bit of it. I think that staff reports from most agencies are pretty good but are often corrupted before release. I give a fair amount of credence to the staff draft version of most of it.