White House: '2.6 Million New Jobs', Kucinich: 'In Which Country?'
The following is a press release from February 9, 2004, by the Kucinich campaign
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White House: “2.6 Million New Jobs!”
Kucinich: “In Which Country?”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 9, 2004
Contact: William Rivers Pitt, 617.308.6441 (cell), william.pitt@kucinich.us
Dennis Kucinich has promised on his first day in office as President of the United States, he will withdraw America from NAFTA and the WTO. “NAFTA and the WTO have attacked federal laws meant to protect workers' rights, human rights and environmental quality principles,” said Congressman Kucinich. “It is time to repeal NAFTA and the WTO.”
The central reason for Congressman Kucinich’s stand on these trade agreements is, they allow multinational corporations to move from country to country seeking the lowest wages for workers. This has cost America 3,000,000 jobs since July of 2000, with most of those lost jobs coming from the manufacturing sector.
Today, the White House released a forecast stating that the Bush administration’s economic plan will create 2.6 million new jobs this year. Last year, the administration promised the creation of 1.7 million new jobs, a forecast which was far from accurate. In fact, some 2.2 million Americans have lost their jobs since George W. Bush took office.
The White House promise of 2.6 million new jobs begs a question, said Congressman Kucinich: “In which country will these jobs be created?” These jobs will not be created in America under the current situation. NAFTA and the WTO give corporations the unrestricted ability to move jobs out of the United States, something that has been clearly happening for the last several years.
Unless NAFTA and the WTO are cancelled, American jobs will continue to be exported to countries with low wages and with no ability for workers to organize.
For more campaign information: http://www.kucinich.us
For Congressman Kucinich's Schedule: http://www.kucinich.us/schedule.htm.
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National Contacts:
National Press Secretary: William Rivers Pitt, 617-308-6441, william.pitt@kucinich.us
National Deputy Press Secretary: Nate Wilkes, 602-405-8625, nate@kucinich.us
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