ON LOU DOBBS: 2 million middle-class jobs lost to China in last 4 years. That's 500,000 a year!

BigBearJohn

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Wed May-02-07 05:51 PM
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ON LOU DOBBS: 2 million middle-class jobs lost to China in last 4 years. That's 500,000 a year!

Edited on Wed May-02-07 05:54 PM by BigBearJohn

That amounts to the jobs in one small city lost to
China per year.

Where the HELL is our outrage?#!@#$

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fooj

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Wed May-02-07 05:53 PM
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1. How the f*ck can our economy be "thriving"?

I've been screaming this for years! Those numbers are staggering! Thanks for the post!

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MannyGoldstein

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Wed May-02-07 05:55 PM
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2. I'd Like To Thank Bill Clinton For This Achievement

For pushing permanent 'free' trade status for China, which allowed it all.

And I'd like to thank John Edwards for voting for it.

And I'd like to thank Hillary Clinton for strongly supporting it.

(Boy, are we dopes. Can we get a REAL Democrat in office, please?)

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no_hypocrisy

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Wed May-02-07 05:56 PM
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3. How can they even talk about job growth when jobs leave?

Doesn't the calculation have to presuppose a baseline of a certain number of jobs that either stay the same or increase?

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peacebird

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Wed May-02-07 05:58 PM
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4. jog growth is min wage service sector jobs for most part

Edited on Wed May-02-07 06:00 PM by peacebird

they DO NOT track whether people have to take lower pay jobs to get back into work force. A job is a job. Never mind if it is a drop from middle class to working poor

on edit - THE SINGLE BIGGEST EMPLOYER IN AMERICA TODAY IS WAL MART. What does THAT tell you about the "quality" of jobs being grown in America today?

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Octafish

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Wed May-02-07 06:11 PM
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5. So what? It's good for America.

That's what President Clinton and much of the DEM leadership told us. Newt and the pukes said so, too.

Sorry about the sarcasm, BigBear John. I'm in Michigan and I'm anti-NAFTA from the get-go.

Many of my friends and family lost good jobs over the past decade. Their new employment? Service sector scutt work.

Where did all the Liberals go? Besides, Arlington National Cemetery, I mean.

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BigBearJohn

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Wed May-02-07 06:24 PM
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6. Ross Perot was right however about the big whooshing sound of jobs leaving the country.

I wish he had never backed out.
I think he would have won if he
held steadfast.

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kurth

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Wed May-02-07 06:26 PM
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7. Fuck free trade

and the corporate lapdogs who advocate it.

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democrat2thecore

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Wed May-02-07 06:32 PM
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8. Hershey Chocolate for example

Announced a major plant shutdown yesterday - moving to China & India.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070501-0748-pa-hershey-plantclosure.html

Something's got to give.

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Elwood P Dowd

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Wed May-02-07 06:33 PM
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9. Daimler-Chrysler is moving 13,000 jobs to China

2,000 of those are white collar jobs.

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Roland99

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Wed May-02-07 06:40 PM
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10. Worst recovery in terms of jobs. Here's a chart from the EPI >>>

Edited on Wed May-02-07 06:41 PM by Roland99

(from http://www.epi.org/content.cfm/webfeatures_econindicators_jobspict_20070406 )

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