I think it's offshoring more than mere outsourcing that's the issue.
Not all of dem Rats oppose offshoring. On this issue Hillary is the President's sister.
According to the WSJ (Daniel Henninger) Hillary defended offshoring against Lou Dobbs' criticism of Tata Consultancy in Buffalo by saying, "I know they outsource jobs," the senator replied with the patience of Job, "but they've brought jobs to Buffalo. You know, outsourcing does work both ways."
"I'm not in favor of putting up fences around the country," said the Senator. [end excerpt]
"Free" trade supporters offer little more than a kind of "It's for the children" feeeeeeeeling as the benefit of "free" trade. Oddly, some are among the most vocal opponents of Kyoto, a thinly disguised ruse to distribute wealth to "developing nations."
But what is this version of "free" trade? Sending our technology, manufacturing, and IT-enabled services off shore and importing those goods and services redistributes wealth to "developing nations." Bad enough but what is really maddening is the way those nations became ready to receive our goodies. To wit, our government's help in building their infrastructures.
So why don't "free" traders join Hillary and support Kyoto also? Both take from those who have and give to those who need. Both remove resources from our Republic and give the resource to others. Oh, yeah. One helps the pocketbooks of a some Americans and the other doesn't..
This version of "free" trade is jobs chasing cheap labor and short-term gain, fair enough. That's life. But I suppose it's too much to ask 'em to stop lying about it?
Patently ridiculous. Who would you say is taking the "emotional" stand on this thread?