Hillary speaks up on outsourcing

[Omaha Steve]

Source: chennaionline

Seattle, July 7: Trying to blunt criticism over her links with Indian Americans, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton has said her countrymen's fears on outsourcing must be allayed to avert possible political and economic fall-out.

"If the standard of living and the quality of life falls in reality and in perception and in any way decreases in the US, our bilateral cooperation and partnerships could very well suffer in the long run," Hillary said.

"Workers in the US are concerned about outsourcing, as I'm sure you know. And I think they have a right to be," she told a conference sponsored by the alumni of the Indian Institutes of Technology at Santa Clara in California.

Hillary, who was due to appear in person but could not make it to the event, spoke via satellite from New Orleans and warned that global business and government leaders should help keep Americans in jobs or suffer the consequences.


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[Cookie wookie]

1. Pardon me while I vomit.

What ever happened to leaders in the USA being responsible for seeing that Americans are employed AND EMPLOYED WELL? Did she really say that about "Global business and government leaders should help keep Americans in jobs....."??? Excuse me? Our "fears" about outsourcing need to be "allayed"? What the hell does that mean? This kind of thinking is scary as hell. Since when do global business and government leaders have any f---ing responsibility for Americans having jobs?

Maybe it's just the way this was reported, but it makes her sound like she wants to be president of the globalization world so that everyone can be "lifted up" (right). We need a president who understands what the f has happened to workers in this country and who puts our interests before those of global business and govt leaders and the global population -- and not just as "consumers" (barf) but as citizens of the country she is supposed to represent.

[madrchsod]

3. this is a perfect example of neo liberal bullshit

[Jed Dilligan]

31. Okay, normally I laugh at RW UN-bashing,

but for Hillary to put "global government" in charge of OUR economic welfare?????

:wtf:

:crazy:

:mad:

:grr:

:nuke:

:argh:

[madrchsod]

2. same old crap now

same old crap for the future..good luck future generations.

[me b zola]

4. Well as long as Hil thinks that we "have a right to be" concerned about outsourcing

If Hil wants to convince anybody that she is sincere in her concern, then she should denounce NAFTA and develop a new trade policy.

I'm so sick of lip service.

[CountAllVotes]

5. Vote for Kucinich!

He will revoke NAFTA and the WTO!!!

I will vote again for Kucinich! YES I will!!!

:kick:

[merwin]

18. Uh, only Congress can revoke NAFTA and the WTO, right?

The president only has the right to veto bills coming out of congress, not push them through.

[BigDDem]

23. Good luck with that!

Has he moved to 1% yet or still at *?

[dbackjon]

29. What does NAFTA have to do with outsourcing to India?

Absolutely NOTHING.

Same with WTO. Does nothing to prevent IBM from sending tech support to India.

[illinoisprogressive]

6. same clinton bs. Does she ever get tired of lying or playing around the truth

[w4rma]

7. It's obvious where Hillary stands, from this non-stance, and it's not with the American people. (nt)

[HereSince1628]

8. Help me out here. Are off-shoring and outsourcing now the same thing?

[DotGone]

25. Technically outsourcing != offshoring

since you can outsource to other Americans but outsourcing is a term whose definition that the media and general population gets wrong. For all intents and purposes, when "outsourcing" is mentioned, it's "offshoring" that's meant unless prefaced otherwise. So to answer your question, yes, generally speaking. :)

[HughBeaumont]

26. I differentiate between the two.

You can outsource ONshore as well as offshore. Offshoring is just that: sending jobs to cheaper shores so the CEO can raise prices while buying more stuff while the American workers get impaled.

[TheFarseer]

9. This is why I can never support her

What kind of a country will we have if this continues?

[HughBeaumont]

30. One of 130 million uninsured small business owners and mediocre-paid service workers.

A scenario that this country does NOT need.

[msongs]

10. you DU swift boaters are in great form today arent you? nt

[Pastiche423]

12. Swift boaters = liars

People (some) on this thread are speaking the truth.

[paulk]

21. what's wrong with you?

you were expecting an actual discussion?

:sarcasm:

[Jim Sagle]

11. Hillary SSSSUXXXX!!!!!!! Edwards RRRRRAWWWXXXXX!!!!!

[fedsron2us]

13. The globalist utopia is already coming apart

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/07/cninfla107.xml&page=1

You know things are not going well when the UK's leading right wing newspaper start complaining about the rising costs of doing business in China and India.

[ikojo]

14. If the quality of living falls in reality and PERCEPTION?!!

Hey, Hillary....not all of us are millionaires, OK. MOST of us actually WORK for a living and depend upon the PAYCHECK to feed ourselves.

Outsourcing is done just so CEOs can become even wealthier.

So, the fact that I have like $10 until payday is merely a PERCEPTION to the woman who may be the nominee for the political party that claims to speak for the everyday worker?

[lakeguy]

15. she didnt say a damn thing about what her plan/plans

are on the subject. just the same old political word crap she (and many others) like to play. she doesnt care about the average working and its clear by the way she speaks about important issues that involve us.

[hollowdweller]

16. Exactly. How about she introduces a bill banning permanent replacement workers in labor disputes.

[Faux pas]

17. A vote for hillary is a vote for business as usual. n/t

[kurth]

19. Hillary Clinton Pushes For More H1B Visas and Outsourcing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhLBSLLIhUs

[NotGivingUp]

20. How about "I'm sorry my husband passed NAFTA and GATT. I will correct this." nt

[dflprincess]

33. She won't apologize for her own mistakes,

I doubt she'd apologize for Bill's (though maybe we could hope she'd announce he was wrong).

[Bread and Circus]

22. Can she ever say anything in a straightforward manner?

Please don't tell me she's going to be the next President...

/notamused

[Larkspur]

24. You just can't listen to Hillary on outsourcing and free trade, you also have to hear what Bill says

on those subjects, especially when Hillary pretends to be a progressive and appears to oppose outsourcing and free trade. If Bill is urging Dems in Congress to pass Fast Track and the new free trade deals, then Hillary usually appeals to the Dem base and makes noise sounding like she will oppose outsourcing and free trade.

[HughBeaumont]

27. Hmmmmmmm . . .

Here's a few links on her position. I'll give ye a hint . . . it ain't a good one.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=2960236#2960497

[OhioChick]

32. Hugh

Your post at the above link is worthy of it's own thread.

[mod mom]

28. so will she renounce her Free Trade positions and her ties with corporatism?

[superconnected]

34. Why is it that she's lost so much credibility I just see her name and

feel what she's doing must be wrong...

Couldn't be all that lip service shes already given and then her lack of follow through...

[AngryOldDem]

35. What about the human beings who will suffer in the long run?

I will never cast a vote for this woman. And, thanks very much, Hil, for **acknowledging** that we have a right to be concerned about outsourcing. And, yes, many of us *know* about this issue and have been dealing with it for years.

Save your condescending crap.

[brentspeak]

36. Yes or no, Hillary: Would you push to revoke China's Most Favored Nation status?

And would you push to stop the outsourcing of American jobs to India and elsewhere?

Don't give us the freight-train sentences packed with fancy words.