Experts agree, and jobless know, manufacturing jobs are dwindling

Wisconsin State Journal ^ | 8/23/03 | Judy Newman

[Willie Green]

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[agitator]

and when America has to go to its enemies for military equipment because it has no more manufacturing base, the "free-trade" clods will be nowhere to be found.

[proxy_user]

We can't compete against the Chinese. They are losing money on everything they make, but there accounting is so messed up they don't know it.

Well, when they finally abandon Communism, they'll catch on.

But for now, we're like ATT trying to compete against WorldCom.

[proxy_user]

Oh, rats! Of course I meant 'their accounting'.

I delegate spelling to my fingers, but sometimes they don't hear what my mind is saying.

[jpsb]

Thankyou GOP for your "free trade" policies, keep up the good work.

[AeWingnut]

Thankyou GOP for your "free trade" policies, keep up the good work.

Question 1: Who was the President that signed NAFTA?

Answer 1: Scumbag

Question 2: Which party had the majority when NAFTA was passed by congress?

Answer 2: The demChiComCrim-o-Rat party.

What is disturbing is that the pubbies believe that NAFTA is the one time in history that the liberal democrats did something right. I believe the libs saw it as another chance to destroy the middle class/ America.

[WilliamofCarmichael]

The likes of Sen. Feinstein are G-O-P-ers? Her family reaps millions from chi-com business partners of husband Richard Blum. Why do you think she's always apologizing to the chi-coms "on behalf of the American people?" A bit of hyperbole there but I despise her for doing it when our four engine plane on a routine reconnaissance and surveillance mission in international airspace was hit by a chi-com jet. The jet and chi-com pilot was lost and it was our fault?!

I loathe both political Parties BTW. Now on to..

"We've definitely seen it hitting middle management, white-collar jobs," said Eric Grosso, state labor economist with the Department of Workforce Development in Madison. "No one's immune."

"No one's immune." That definitely knocks the kick out of the schadenfreude high some get creeping slowly past and gawking at the shattered wrecks of former IT workers' lives. Now don't it? Seriously, a year ago it was common to see "Hee, hee. Serves 'em right. If the Indians can do a better job for less money that's where we need to send the work. Hee, hee."

Not to worry, though. It's all a doom-and-gloomer and media lie. The market's up! Who needs recurring consumer demands that paychecks bring anyway? If you think the stores are crowed now just imagine what it would like if. . . .

BTW, if the chi-coms trust Sen. Feinstein what does that say about them? :)

[jpsb]

NAFTA was passed in a lame duck session that could never have happened without GOP support and would naver have passed without GOP votes, lots of GOP votes. NAFTA is GOP all the way.

[jpsb]

When I worked at NASA, I would ask the folks buying new Japanesse cars how do you expect the people in detroit to paid your sallary if you don't buy there cars?

Never really got an answer to that question. And ost of then were layout in one budget crunch or an other.

[AeWingnut]

My point is.. it's all one party and to blame the GOP when the dem Chinese Communist Criminal Rats were the majority and scumbag x-42 was President is weak. it was lame duck ? it was '93 it was your boy elroy

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Free Trade is ideal. If we can't compete, we can't compete.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

If the folks in Detroit could build a car that was a good quality product they wouldn't have to worry. I buy cars that will last and are worth my hard earned money. I don't believe in welfare.

[1rudeboy]

Is that before or after the protectionists finally close the musket-ball factories?

[Company Man]

It has to be free on both ends, genius.

[1rudeboy]

You asked engineers for economic advice? Why don't you ask an architect how to balance the budget?

[1rudeboy]

I thought that you guys settle for "fair." And the debate is what's fair, or not.

[agitator]

Spare me the clueless BS. Attitudes like that are why we have to worry about getting JDAM parts from China. You'll be one of the one conveniently missing in action when the fingers start pointing.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I am sure I know a lot more about the subject than you...