New Democrats Have Different Values?

     Ellen Tauscher  out in the state of California is already drawing the ire of more than a few of here constituents on some of her stands.

    If you recall,members of Ellen Tauscher's New Democrat Coalition made a break with their globalist dogma to vote against CAFTA one year ago. This upset the K Street crown just a little. Ever since then, the New Democrats have been trying to play kiss-up with the crowd at the street by assuring them that they will be on-board when future trade agreements come up.

    The first sign of the 43-member coalition's efforts came late last week when the New Democrat leadership met privately with high-profile business lobbyists to negotiate the terms of an upcoming free trade agreement with Thailand.     Calitics

    So what will the ramifications be from the smaller trade bills that are being passed that Tauscher and the New Democrats  will be going along with? Well, let's start with the most recent FTA which was passed by the House just a few days ago. David Sirota wrote last Friday about the passage of the Vietnam Free Trade Agreement earlier in the day:           The House tonight caved to K Street and passed the Vietnam Free Trade Agreement. I received a copy of the New Democrats' press release trumpeting the passage. Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-CA) claims that the deal "will help American workers and our economy by opening up a huge market for American industrial and agricultural goods and services."

    This is not necessarily correct. the hourly workers in the United States will get no benefit from this bill in any way, shape or form. But more than a few U.S. companies will.

    From BusinessWeek comes this quote regarding the benefits to U.S. companies that move over to Vietnam:

A big reason for the change is rock-bottom wages. As labor shortages in some regions of China drive up costs, factory hands in parts of the mainland can earn more than five times the $55 per month that Vietnamese workers in foreign-owned factories are paid. That differential is a big reason why Sparton Corp. (SPA ) of Jackson, Mich., chose Vietnam over China last year when it made its first investment outside North America. It sank $8 million into a 50,000-square-foot plant to produce chemical diagnostic equipment. "I think productivity and quality will far exceed the U.S.," says Jason Craft, managing director of Sparton subsidiary Spartronics Vietnam Co.     More HERE

 

    Is this how  the New Democrats plan on legislating to help our workers and our economy?  Is this how a " real democrat" looks out for us?

Snow's Press briefing

   You all know Tony snow, the mouthpiece of the Bushco Crime Family! He had his usual press briefing yesterday which is always fun to read.

 Here is a small sample:

Q I did want to follow up on the specific poll that CBS has just done, our latest poll. And it's one item, but there's several.

Q CBS poll?

Q Yes, CBS poll. If that's okay with Lester. (Laughter.)

Q New York Times?

Q "Should the U.S. set a timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq?" Fifty-seven percent say, yes, that the U.S. should set a timetable for withdrawing troops. So I --

MR. SNOW: Well, I think the President has made it clear that you do things based on conditions. The President does want to withdraw troops, but you know what --

Q But he's clearly ruled out a timetable.

MR. SNOW: Jim, as I said in response to Terry's questions, I'll let the President announce where he stands on these things when he is prepared to deliver his remarks on the way forward.

Q But you can give us a sense of sort of what his state of mind is, can't you?

MR. SNOW: His state of mind is he's determined and he's determined to work hard on providing the right way forward. What you're asking me to do is to give a characterization of the state of policy. And I can tell you that it remains the President's belief that, yes, you want to withdraw U.S. troops under the proper conditions -- it's conditions-based -- and it is one you are in a position to have an Iraq that can stand up, sustain, govern, and defend itself.

Q Setting a timetable?

MR. SNOW: Like I said, just have to wait and see.

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