OK, so, after five months of waiting, Bush finally appoints his "Manufacturing Czar." But the guy likes building plants in China ... so, he won't be the "Manufacturing Czar" after all: ["Bush Economic Team Draws Fire Over Jobs"].
Then there is Kerry, calling on help from Mickey Kantor to explain Kerry's manufacturing policy. Kantor held a conference call with reporters on March 11: ["Greenspan Warns Congress Not to Create Trade Barriers"].
Frankly, screw Greenspan. He is wrong on this issue and you can tell by the use of his words. Tariffs aren't "trade barriers." Tariffs are "taxes" on imports. There is a difference. For over 200 years, tariffs were used to punish and reward good countries. They were also used to collect revenues when there were no income taxes! Don't these people know American history? But back to Kerry and Bush.
Of course, Kantor is the same guy who negotiated NAFTA - which Kerry voted for - and helped President Clinton ram it through the Congress, leading to the loss of millions of American manufacturing jobs.
But, at least Kerry is trying make light of the situation. Get a load of the new Mickey D's logo on his Web site: ["Bush Manufacturing Policy Can't Even Create One New Manufacturing Job"].
All of this sniping by Bush and Kerry is occuring while the trade deficit continues to grow: ["Record US trade deficit in 2003"].
$541.8 billion. Think about that for a second. That's over half a trillion dollars! That is over a half a trillion dollars worth of economic wealth that was transported from our country to other countries. It is equivalent to building 4.3 million $125,000 homes around the country [housing costs being what they are, $125,000 will build a decent one bedroom condo in parts of Massachusetts and a MANSION in central Florida!].
A 10 percent tariff on the deficit alone - not all trade, just the deficit - would yield $55 billion in tax revenue. That's more than enough to fully-fund the unfunded federal mandate No Child Left Behind, special education, and other school programs being slashed at the state and local level.
When is someone going to show some leadership in this nation?
Why I love bloggers, Part who knows what ...
The Bush/Cheney Web site used to have a "Make your own sign" function. People could enter in their own slogans which would be printed above "Bush/Cheney" so supporters could personalize their own political signs: [print Bush/Cheney signs]. I am sure it was a useful tool for the campaign's fans. But, word got out - mostly via political bloggers - that people could enter just about anything into the slogan and print out hilarious takes on the Bush administration! A co-worker of mine typed in "Because world domination takes two terms!" on his and printed a few signs up for the office. We later found out that one of our more quiet co-workers was a Bush supporter but she was a good sport about it. Once it got around that people could print up "Just about anything for Bush/Cheney," the function was taken down from the site: ["Bush Site Unplugs Poster Tool"]. Now, fans can just put in "State for ..." or "Interest group for ..." Too bad. Luckily, other signs were printed up by others and saved for posterity on pdfs: ["Posters"]. Go to it!
Vote fraud in Chicago?
Eh, why is this not surprising: ["'Massive' vote fraud under investigation"].
Hey ho, let's go!
Johnny Ramone, rightwing, gun-totin' rock n' roller, retires: ["Johnny Ramone: Rebel in a rebel's world"].
Then there is Kerry, calling on help from Mickey Kantor to explain Kerry's manufacturing policy. Kantor held a conference call with reporters on March 11: ["Greenspan Warns Congress Not to Create Trade Barriers"].
Frankly, screw Greenspan. He is wrong on this issue and you can tell by the use of his words. Tariffs aren't "trade barriers." Tariffs are "taxes" on imports. There is a difference. For over 200 years, tariffs were used to punish and reward good countries. They were also used to collect revenues when there were no income taxes! Don't these people know American history? But back to Kerry and Bush.
Of course, Kantor is the same guy who negotiated NAFTA - which Kerry voted for - and helped President Clinton ram it through the Congress, leading to the loss of millions of American manufacturing jobs.
But, at least Kerry is trying make light of the situation. Get a load of the new Mickey D's logo on his Web site: ["Bush Manufacturing Policy Can't Even Create One New Manufacturing Job"].
All of this sniping by Bush and Kerry is occuring while the trade deficit continues to grow: ["Record US trade deficit in 2003"].
$541.8 billion. Think about that for a second. That's over half a trillion dollars! That is over a half a trillion dollars worth of economic wealth that was transported from our country to other countries. It is equivalent to building 4.3 million $125,000 homes around the country [housing costs being what they are, $125,000 will build a decent one bedroom condo in parts of Massachusetts and a MANSION in central Florida!].
A 10 percent tariff on the deficit alone - not all trade, just the deficit - would yield $55 billion in tax revenue. That's more than enough to fully-fund the unfunded federal mandate No Child Left Behind, special education, and other school programs being slashed at the state and local level.
When is someone going to show some leadership in this nation?
Why I love bloggers, Part who knows what ...
The Bush/Cheney Web site used to have a "Make your own sign" function. People could enter in their own slogans which would be printed above "Bush/Cheney" so supporters could personalize their own political signs: [print Bush/Cheney signs]. I am sure it was a useful tool for the campaign's fans. But, word got out - mostly via political bloggers - that people could enter just about anything into the slogan and print out hilarious takes on the Bush administration! A co-worker of mine typed in "Because world domination takes two terms!" on his and printed a few signs up for the office. We later found out that one of our more quiet co-workers was a Bush supporter but she was a good sport about it. Once it got around that people could print up "Just about anything for Bush/Cheney," the function was taken down from the site: ["Bush Site Unplugs Poster Tool"]. Now, fans can just put in "State for ..." or "Interest group for ..." Too bad. Luckily, other signs were printed up by others and saved for posterity on pdfs: ["Posters"]. Go to it!
Vote fraud in Chicago?
Eh, why is this not surprising: ["'Massive' vote fraud under investigation"].
Hey ho, let's go!
Johnny Ramone, rightwing, gun-totin' rock n' roller, retires: ["Johnny Ramone: Rebel in a rebel's world"].
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