The evidence seems to be against you regarding the quality of jobs replacing the jobs that are going over seas. There is a balance you know between the self interest of your stock portfolio and the best interest of your fellow countrymen.
I don't want to let you slip away without getting back to the issue of the Steel Tariff. You blew that off far too easily.
The trade laws on the books states that a nation has the right to impose a temporary tariff in order to allow an industry to retool, regroup, and make itself more competitive in a world market.
You may not have liked the Steel Tariff but the fact is according to the treaty involved Bush had the right to issue it. This board went against what is written in it's own books in order to give the USofA a slap down. And folks like you see no problem in handing over the reins of power to these jackasses. I have to dash to work, gad I hate to leave a good debate when it's getting good. I'll check back.
The evidence seems to be against you regarding the quality of jobs replacing the jobs that are going over seas. Hardly. If there is indeed a "race to the bottom," as folks have been claiming for years if not decades, when does the race begin?
Trade is only one element in a much bigger picture of incessant turnover in the American labor market. Furthermore, the overall trend is toward more and better jobs for American workers. While job losses are real and sometimes very painful, it is important -- indeed, for the formulation of sound public policy, it is vital -- to distinguish between the painful aspects of progress and outright decline.
Source (with specifics).
The trade laws on the books states that a nation has the right to impose a temporary tariff in order to allow an industry to retool, regroup, and make itself more competitive in a world market.
I'm not claiming that Bush does not have the authority to impose a steel tariff. But a proper understanding of the issue requires that the costs of the tariff be taken into account. Most proponents of the steel tariff (not you, specifically) "blew that off far too easily."