[rocky88]

something needs to be done about this soon. if the president wants to be reelected he better address it - I would say that companies doing this should be subjected to some sort of penalty, personally handed to them by Mr. Bush - it would at least be a sign that he actually cares about the jobs we are losing and will make other companies think twice.

If you can't be competitive because of what you pay your employees, find other ways to cut costs, like marketing and advertising.

I can accept losing manufacturing jobs, due to union infiltration over the years that has literally been the cause of those jobs "pricing themselves out of the market" but when you start losing white collar jobs that people in this country have spent money to educate themselves for, where does it end???

My husband's in IT and we're counting our blessings today.

[harpseal]

I can accept losing manufacturing jobs, due to union infiltration over the years that has literally been the cause of those jobs "pricing themselves out of the market" but when you start losing white collar jobs that people in this country have spent money to educate themselves for, where does it end???

I would suggest that you reconsider some of your stand on Manufacturing jobs as it is not merely Union jobs being exported mostly to China it is a whole bunch of other jobs when the Chinese maintain 50% tariffs on Americna consumer products (at least some consumer products I ahve not reasearched all of them). Harley Davidson Motorcycles have one fifthe of teh worldwide market share yet they are barred from China by non tariff barriers. They would perhaps be an ideal export to that nation but they are barred.