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September 01, 2003
Leading the Fight Against Job Loss in Pennsylvania
I am a US Senate candidate and a former software company founder. My former company is now owned by Sun, who just outsourced the software I developed to India. They also just added 300 new jobs. In China. But that's not the real problem. China engages in unfair and illegal trade practices--currency manipulation, illegal subsidies--you name it. They are masters at predatory pricing. On Thursday I toured a Pfaltzgraf plant in York, PA. It's the model of efficiency, yet they've laid off a ton of people and shuttered a plant. Why? Get this: if they sent ALL of their workers home and the plant just somehow ran itself, China's equivalent products, defying any and all economic laws, would STILL be priced 30% cheaper! Something is clearly going on. They have violated every substantive part of their trade agreements and are engaged in an economic war with the US, and NOBODY is doing anything about it. Our trade deficit with them is on target for $130 billion this year; that's equal to our ENTIRE 1997 trade deficit. For those who don't get the deficit game, that's $130 billion of jobs in China that could be here. It used to be that we could gain an edge because we dveloped new technologies, innovations, etc, and had better quality, so there was always some non-patriotic reason to buy American. That's over. Large US corporations ship new technology and innovations over there to their brand-new plants, while letting their US plants go unimproved, eventually shutting them down. Our total trade deficit will be $550 billion this year. That's like an en entire auto industry, plus another 20%. Who benefits from this? Only the huge corporations chasing the cheapest price. It's killing small and mid-sized manufacturers and eviscerating my state and our country. We MUST stop this insanity before it's too late. Regular people, small and mid-sized businesses don't have a seat at the table. I'm running to fight for economic and social justice, and I appreciate your help. My opponent is a self-described "Free Trader". Free Trade is killing America and we need to develop some backbone and stand up to unfair trade practices, level the playing field, and save our communities. I'm releasing my Big Stick trade proposal today: Fair Trade Will Save Middle America. 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Posted by: Charlie at September 1, 2003 11:52 PMLook, I think this is a real issue out there outside the beltway, see this out of South Carolina: http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/0903/01scpres.html Another unknown is whether dissatisfaction with President Bush's handling of the economy will prompt those who usually vote as independents or Republicans to vote in significant numbers in the Democratic primary. Several South Carolina textile executives formed a coalition to warn Bush recently that he could lose their support if he fails to take steps to stem a flow of cheap Chinese clothing imports. In South Carolina campaign appearances last week, both Edwards and Lieberman hammered away at the administration's handling of the issue. Lieberman found a receptive audience when he toured a textile plant in Spartanburg that has pared its work force by 1,000 during the past three years. "I will not vote for Bush this time," declared Roger Chastain, president of Greenville-based Mount Vernon Mills who said he could not remember ever voting for a Democrat. He hosted Lieberman in Spartanburg and is shopping for a Democratic candidate. Several of Chastain's employees echoed his sentiments. "I've always voted Republican, but if they don't start helping us out, I'm going to think about voting for a Democrat," said Bo Moore, 41, of Pacolet, a maintenance worker at the plant. "The Republicans are not doing enough for us." I appreciate the effort to make this an issue, here in Ohio, under Republican rule for the past decade, we face many of the same problems as do the People of Pensylvania. Posted by: Sam at September 1, 2003 09:18 AMPost a comment
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