The Jobs Crisis and the GOP

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[Theodore R.]

Pat is so right: if NC goes to Kerry, all the rest is immaterial.

[Theodore R.]

I forgot to plug in Pat Buchanan's name as the author of this article.

[NotchJohnson]

I was watching Dennis Miller last night abd there was aformer Clinron aide talking down the economy (as Clinton did in 92) My question is what in the world would democrats do? This question goes to the economy as well as war.

[Alberta's Child]

The GOP is fortunate its opponent in 2004 is John F. Kerry, who is as clueless as they are on the new world economy that has been designed, and is operating, to loot America of her patrimony.

The difference is that a Kerry victory in November will actually have one positive effect. All talk of "outsourcing" and "jobs crises," etc. will vanish the minute he is inaugurated, and he'll be held up as a champion of the American working class even if the unemployment rate rises to 98% after his first year in office.

The author of this article misses some major points. In addition to the acronyms he mentions (NAFTA, GATT, etc.), he should also include FICA, OSHA, EPA, SFTL (Stupid F'ing Trial Laywers), etc.

I would also point out that "the American dream" is not really something we should aspire to -- since it is probably the one insurmountable obstacle in this issue.

[coffeebreak]

There is no job crisis. The unemployment rate is 5.6% which is excellent. Just because the democrats SAY there is a jobs crisis doesn't mean there is.

[The Duke]

There is no job crisis. The unemployment rate is 5.6% which is excellent.

At least that's what the professional liar class is tellin' us. My nose tells me different, though, and my nose don't lie.

[Keen-Minded]

Get your head out of the sand!

There are 8.2 million workers looking for work. They have been out of work an average of 20.3 months. Most of these workers are no longer included in the unemployment statistics.

This is a major issue for GWB. His Father lost because he didn't see it as a big issue either. I hope GWB wins, but I concerned he may not realize the magnitude of this problem. I have several friends who have been out of work and do not think highly of this administration.

[The Clemson Tiger]

I'm not an economist and I don't pretend to understand it. But unless this outsourcing issue is handled better than it's being handled now, we'd better get ready to see a lot of new Democrats in office come 2006 and 2008.

People whose jobs are threatened/lost don't vote for the status quo.

[Keen-Minded]

AMEN!!!

[#3Fan]

BoLS show 3 million jobs created. The unemployment rate is lower than normal now too.

[Peter J. Huss]

Wow. Good piece.

What is the end game? The US dollar will continue to slide and inflation will eat away at Joe and Jane's' ability to purchase basic goods and pay on their debt, which is at record levels.

After a lot of pain (including a rise in chronic unemployment, bankruptcies, crime, divers, and numerous other social ills), domestic industry starts to fill the demand that the high priced foreign goods cannot (only because the masses here can not generally afford them). Jobs are created again and the economy starts to recover.

[CasearianDaoist]

So true. I think they have already lost it. They need really go figures and lots more professional jobs added. I cannot understand why the GOP is getting blindsided by this.

[lainde]

bttt

[TXBSAFH]

Jobs are being created, in India and China.

[GingisK]

There is no job crisis.

It is clear that you are not an engineer.

[Walkin Man]

How about Ohio, do you think the President will win there?

Or Missouri?

People are sick and tired of hearing how great the economy is and yet still not being able to find a decent middle class job.

And then to have the President or his men call them economic isolationists and say its a good thing for America to outsource our jobs is like a slap in the face.

May people are going into the voting booth in this fall to pay back the party that has said and done these things.

[GingisK]

BoLS show 3 million jobs created..

Almost no engineering jobs. Engineers becoming dishwashers is not how to maintain a strong economy or technological advantage.

[LS]

The problem with this analysis is the imports did NOT repeat----NOT----"create" anywhere near 150,000 new jobs because, as we are constantly reminded, the jobs overseas pay a fraction of what people will work for here. So in fact the imports may have created a million jobs. So what? A million jobs at $1 an hour? Is this really what Patsy wants?

These jobs WILL NOT GET DONE at higher prices, because they are not competitive at higher labor prices. They are not worth the investment.

So the accurate way to look at this---regardless of the political spin---is that we are in a restructuring economy in which many of the jobs no longer are valued as they used to be. We can either export them at cheap wages, or watch their parent companies disappear entirely. There is no other alternative. NO ONE is going to pay $80,000 a year for many of these jobs, period.

[TXBSAFH]

Or in IT, or in manufactoring.......

[LS]

Your nose is broken. Get it fixed.

5.6% is remarkable, and, more important, it does NOT include the MILLIONS of self-employed people who don't fit on these "jobs" reports. I see them every day---healthy, happy SELF-EMPLOYED people who are on their own timetable and don't have to answer to a boss or a "PC" corporation. It is, in fact, the wave of the future. It's called "entrepreneurship."