Replies

They didn’t have to answer, their answer was quite clear; they will support, by either their actions, or their inactions, whatever candidate wins the DNC nomination.

I have not heard any candidate at all plausibly address the problem of outsourcing jobs and the dismal employment situation this outsourcing is creating in this country. Not one. Unfortunately, that includes GW Bush. I think this is going to be a big issue by next year. I wish Bush were at least looking hard at it. I don't see now that he is.

I just said elsewhere, "Stop worrying about Bush II repeating Bush I. Start worrying about Bush II repeating Herbert Hoover."

Hoover's loss to Roosevelt in '32 was not so big numerically as Roosevelt's later thumping of Alf Landon, or Johnson's of Goldwater, or Reagan's of Mondale. But it was huge and historic for the enormous coattails FDR dragged in that election. It made the Republicans a minority party for so long, they still haven't lost the mindset.

I desperately hope that doesn't happen to us again. That's why I'm screaming for Republicans, not Democrats, to get the White House's attention this year, not next year. We're looking at the biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression.

You don't get people's attention by telling them you're signed up, no matta no matta. In fact, I'd be foolish to ignore a candidate who actually had what looked like the best way to avoid a looming disaster. Even if I were so foolish, I doubt the bulk of the voters would be. The good news (or bad news?) is there is so far no such candidate. There's still time for him to be Bush.

"I have not heard any candidate at all plausibly address the problem of outsourcing jobs and the dismal employment situation this outsourcing is creating in this country."

OK, something to sink our teeth into here.

I don't think that the government has any business telling industry that they can't outsource jobs, having said that, I also recognize the dangers involved in sending jobs overseas.

As a solution, and middle ground, I've always thought that we should incentivize the outsourcing of jobs to countries in order to gain benefits beyond low wages.

I think that the Feds should offer incentives to companies that outsource, or even build facilities, in our hemisphere. If we are going to outsource jobs, let's outsource them to Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, etc. so they can stay home and make money. I'd rather outsource ten million jobs to countries in our hemisphere, than have ten million illegals coming here looking for work.