Posted on 09/24/2004 9:31:02 PM PDT by crushelits
CLEVELAND - President Bush (news - web sites) is getting support from unlikely people in battleground states: some steelworkers who are grateful for temporary tariffs that helped the struggling steel industry begin rebounding.
While experts say steel unions as a whole will support Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites), some pockets of workers liked how Bush handled the tariffs — a key campaign issue in such states as Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.
The 201 tariffs were imposed in March 2002 to shield struggling U.S. steel producers from foreign competition. The tariffs were supposed to be in place for three years, but the Bush administration ended them in December, angering the unions.
But some steelworkers were happy with the relief they got, including Bob Hoover, of New Cumberland, W.Va.
"The 201 tariffs did help," Hoover said.
Hoover is a member of the Kerry-endorsing Independent Steelworkers Union at ISG-Weirton in West Virginia. The United Steel Workers of America also endorsed Kerry.
Despite the endorsements, Bush has won over support from some laborers in steel-producing Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania that have a combined 46 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
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he could be getting the votes of alot more tech worker and furniture manufacturers, if he supported sane trade policies with china and india.
ping
/sarcasm
(Winston's British '1984' world plan)
/sarcasm
I really do want to keep the American furniture business alive. I've been looking at what's coming into the country from China and India etc. and the workmanship is terrible!
Then again when there are no MADE IN THE USA items I buy from a Coalition Partner.
ITALY
NEVER FROM FRANCE
You'd think junior might realize there's something to that.
But he'll get over it.
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