IF REPUBLICANS WANT TO WIN IN 2012, THEY BETTER BE PROTECTIONISTS

Republicans won 60+ seats in the House and about 6 seats in the Senate this year.  However, they almost lost a crucial Senate seat in Pennsylvania.  The Democrat Joe Sestak almost beat Pat Toomey, even though Toomey was up big in the polls.  Toomey won, but just barely.  Why was it so close?
One answer:  Free Trade.
Pennsylvania has lost THOUSANDS of jobs to China, India, Mexico.  Good paying Manufacturing Jobs have left the State, and MANY other States all over the USA.  I am talking about USA Companies, that wanted to get Cheap Labor, so they closed up their plants/factories here and opened them up overseas.

Joe Sestak ran a 30 second ad just before the election, displaying the fact that these jobs went overseas and that he would "Fight" for Pennsylvania to get them back.  His ad almost worked.

I am not sure how Toomey feels about NAFTA, GATT, or outsourcing in general, but if Republicans like him want to win big in 2012, they need to be out front on this issue, being AGAINST OUTSOURCING, AGAINST NAFTA, GATT and FOR TARIFFS, especially on products coming from Third world Countries like China and India.

According to a recent Wall St. Journal poll, Americans of ALL INCOME brackets believe that FREE TRADE has HURT the USA economy. 


This is a NO BRAINER to me.  If Republicans want to win the Presidency, the Senate, and keep a majority in the House, they need to be the ones OUT IN FRONT AGAINST OUTSOURCING JOBS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

How can one really argue for outsourcing anyway.  It is anti-patriotic.  It is anti-USA.  We need to place high Tariffs on these imported goods, while at the same time giving tax breaks, even subsidies to companies that hire USA workers and pay them well above the minimum wage. 

With 10-15% unemployment, IT IS HIGH TIME TO BE FOR THE US WORKER.

So Republicans, take the LEAD and make a special announcement speaking out against outsourcing and for bringing back manufacturing, along with customer service telephone jobs BACK TO THE USA.  After the announcement, back it up with actual policy (i.e. Tariffs, fines for companies that outsource, tax breaks for companies that keep work here in the USA).

Jimbo