[oceanview]

keep posting these, and I and others will keep trying to chime in on these threads. we need to wake up some of these "free trade at all costs" freepers regarding this very serious issue. the affected employees in the article, they are all Democrats now. I don't just say that sarcastically, I have friends who are suffering from this right now, they all voted for Bush, they aren't going to do it again. Their reasoning is simple, they say to me all the time "doesn't Bush realize what is going on here?".

[Norse]

isn't a "free trade" issue. the reason these jobs go to india and russia is because both of those countries have made it more advantageous to produce THERE, rather than HERE. For example, Russia now has a 13% flat tax on personal income. The U.S., although having relatively low tax rates, is much higher than that. Also, the U.S. has a cap gains tax at 28%, i believe, which is extremely high, and the U.S. has some of the highest corporate tax rates in the world.

Lower taxes relative to these people, and everything will come back here and stay here.

[Euro-American Scum]

Their reasoning is simple, they say to me all the time "doesn't Bush realize what is going on here?".

Yes, he does. He's not a conservative. He's a globalist, and he doesn't care.