Thursday, September 16, 2004
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George Bush Is Stealing the American Dream from the Working Class.
The main mission of George Bush as president has been to deregulate and increase profits of the multi-national corporations, and in this pursuit he has undercut working Americans. First, he has approved of devastating pay rates by offshoring jobs out of the country and even supported giving tax breaks to companies for doing so. Furthermore, he has allowed companies right here in the U.S. to import cheap foreign workers to be trained by the same American workers they are replacing. George Bush opposed negotiating workers' rights into so-called 'free' trade agreements. He killed the first job safety standards for carpal tunnel syndrome. He appointed outspoken opponents of workers' rights to federal judgeships and the NLRB. Bush privatized thousands of federal jobs and abolished collective bargaining rights for thousands more. He refused to raise the minimum wage, extend unemployment insurance and cut funds for job training and dislocated worker programs. Finally, he presented industry with the 'crown jewels' of his achievements, the Bush overtime pay law eliminating the 40 hour week with overtime protection for many Americans.
In his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention 2004, George Bush laid out the Republican vision of the future fate of the American working family. He talked about both spouses working and how they will frequently lose their jobs due to offshoring and have to repeatedly start again at the bottom at the lowest pay. There goes the 'American Dream' with no more working oneself up the ladder to a good paycheck. Furthermore, he ignores the propensity of employers to reject new hires that have reached the age of 45 or older in favor of younger, more active ones. We must let George Bush know that this scenario isn't acceptable by voting him out of office this November.
George Bush Is Stealing the American Dream from the Working Class.
The main mission of George Bush as president has been to deregulate and increase profits of the multi-national corporations, and in this pursuit he has undercut working Americans. First, he has approved of devastating pay rates by offshoring jobs out of the country and even supported giving tax breaks to companies for doing so. Furthermore, he has allowed companies right here in the U.S. to import cheap foreign workers to be trained by the same American workers they are replacing. George Bush opposed negotiating workers' rights into so-called 'free' trade agreements. He killed the first job safety standards for carpal tunnel syndrome. He appointed outspoken opponents of workers' rights to federal judgeships and the NLRB. Bush privatized thousands of federal jobs and abolished collective bargaining rights for thousands more. He refused to raise the minimum wage, extend unemployment insurance and cut funds for job training and dislocated worker programs. Finally, he presented industry with the 'crown jewels' of his achievements, the Bush overtime pay law eliminating the 40 hour week with overtime protection for many Americans.
In his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention 2004, George Bush laid out the Republican vision of the future fate of the American working family. He talked about both spouses working and how they will frequently lose their jobs due to offshoring and have to repeatedly start again at the bottom at the lowest pay. There goes the 'American Dream' with no more working oneself up the ladder to a good paycheck. Furthermore, he ignores the propensity of employers to reject new hires that have reached the age of 45 or older in favor of younger, more active ones. We must let George Bush know that this scenario isn't acceptable by voting him out of office this November.
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