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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TopCat who wrote (3968)	2/25/2004 12:07:57 AM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Respond to of 81568

I work with offshore teams all the time. I watch the US brains flow right down the offshore drain. And I see the intense pricing pressure and lack of North American capex demand that happens as a result. And an economic non-recovery that has left us with the largest deficits ever in only 3 years. If we need engineers we should open up the visas imho. There is no reason for this. Of course, Dumbya is smart to constantly parrot his economic accomplishments to the public. Governors and state and local politicians are now openly objecting to all this Bush economic BS pretty openly. Locke said the administration maintained that the migration of U.S. jobs to other countries stimulates the economy. Officials pointed to reports of a gross domestic product up by 6 percent and 366,000 new jobs added to the job rolls since last summer. "It doesn't negate the fact we've lost 3 million jobs just in the past several years. Yes, there is a growth in the economy, but it's really a jobless recovery," Locke said, echoing a criticism Democrats have made about the economy. The economic forecast for Washington state's recovery calls for a slow and slight improvement in 2004, although the state's unemployment rate -- usually among the highest in the nation -- has dropped. "The growth in the economy and productivity and profits are affecting Wall Street but not affecting working families who are very concerned about the future, nor does it help the millions of people who are unemployed," Locke said. Locke said he believes that trade agreements must require that other countries live up to health, labor and safety standards that U.S. companies currently meet. theolympian.com