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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (7855)2/12/2004 1:58:57 PM
From: FreedomForAll  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110194
 
And the education system has been socialist for 60 years, so what did we expect?



To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (7855)2/12/2004 2:09:45 PM
From: Jim Willie CB  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 110194
 
just a theory on why Bushy said outsourced jobs are good
his main agenda objective in the past two years was to get the stock market to rise and to get housing prices to rise

some might point to the economic growth objective
but on a temporary basis, a rise in S&P and REst ensures the economic growth success, given how the wealth created presents itself to be borrowed and spent so readily

bring in some distortive statistics, and you can paint quite the story for econ revival to sell during an election

the trouble comes with the stat dissection
jobs are not being created, so they are assumed at 50,000/month
adjustments via IT-hedonics can amplify the GDP growth nicely
jobs are outsourced, so they will be expected next quarter
and when they dont arrive next quarter, assume the following quarter
as the USDollar declines further, point to the multi-nationals whose operations benefit from foreign exchange rates
as the trade gap remains wide, call the credit markets flexible and claim it is advantageous
as the US$ declines overnight, call on foreign CB help, which now appears to be subsidies for both our govt and our millions of households

once more stand on the PRODUCTIVITY pulpit, even though its high numbers imply unused mfg capacity which will probably never come online
WE ARE IMPORTING PRODUCTIVITY FROM ASIA

this is the big story which is being misinterpreted by our clueless cast of hack economists
no benefits to US wage earners
no siphoned profits to plant new capex seeds inside USA

this is sad
Americans are being sold out on jobs and are beginning to realize it
Americans are being duped on statistics and dont realize it

/ jim