[Havoc]

Any gloom and doomers, my way or the highway, anti-Bush people, be forewarned.

Gloom and doomers? I want to know when he intends to stop waging war against the middle class, myself included until July 1 when my job will be shipped to Mexico to support Delphi Automotive from there for 1/3 my pay... Is that doom and gloom for you. I love my president - I've defended him till I'm blue in the face from it at times because I have believed in him. But the other side of it is, I'm handicapped, terminally ill and got my job with a break and the forebearance of God because I didn't have a degree. I can't drive a car because of my condition. And I bought a house a year ago after a long struggle in life just getting by (and I'm still young). So I can't just up and move - getting my house took a lot of work and a big break too. Because of his policy of free trade, either July 1 or September 1 I will be out of a 30k a year job. There is nothing here.

Have you paid attention to what I said. I'm nobody special. I'm an average American living with circumstance now beyond my control. And I will be in poverty in all likelyhood in two months because there is nothing here. There is already a glut in this town of out of work Autoworkers And Delphi is apparently planning to shut down the rest of the operations here of theirs that they haven't already shipped to Mexico so they can pay people sub-walmart wages just like my employer and ship their product back here hoping someone might be left that can afford it so they can make more profit. Not just profit - more of it. I don't want pitty - I want some bleatin answers. I love my president and I don't want to see us lose an election; but, if free trade keeps up and more people are harmed by it, I'd just as soon see him try to make a living on what he's gonna force me into. But that just wouldn't be right, huh? It's bad enough I'm losing my job because I'm an American citizen and companies here are so greedy as to want slave labor. Then I have to hear people in my own party accuse me of everything in the book for protesting. And I have to listen to this administration tell me how losing my job is good for me. That dog don't hunt! Flame away.

Open letter to the President

[Howlin]

This is NOT the thread for that. Find another one to post it on.

[tet68]

Quit your sniveling. Life is tough, try harder.

YOU CAN do it.

[Pukin Dog]

No flames, I hope you are just ignored, since you seem to believe that government owes you a job. I hope no one wastes their time with you.

[eleni121]

This is not the place for your pity party. You have a problem---go talk to your UAW fatcat union leaders. Ask them to explain why their sweetheart deals with management hasn't protected you. Then retrain and get back on your feet instead of blaming this President.

[rintense]

Jennifer Granholm, is that you?

[jaugust]

Quit yer whining like a welfare cheat and get a job like everyone else has. You're an AMERICAN! Strong and resilient! ACT LIKE IT!!

[Diddle E. Squat]

I'm guessing most of those with a hostile response didn't read beyond the first line or two, because it does seem a bit out of line with the point of the thread. But I do feel for your situation, and am sad that it has happened to you. There is probably not much that I can say right now that can make you feel better. Unfortunately, in a dynamic marketplace, there are winners and losers, and some people do get hurt unfairly. I could point out that in the larger scheme of things, the system and free trade DO work for the greater good, but that's probably of little or no comfort to those who are hurt in the short-term aspects of this.

I can only offer you prayer on your behalf and urge that you can find hope and the strength to continue to fight and seek out new opportunities. I wish there were easy answers.