Letter: Jobs must be fiercely protected

Thursday, Jan. 15, 2004 | 9:08 a.m.

America's rustbelt lost nearly 3 million jobs from the manufacturing sector since the middle of 2000. America has the H-1B visa program and the L-1 visa program that lets foreign workers come in to replace American workers. Congress needs to do away with these visa programs. We need to get out of the World Trade Organization so we can set our own tariffs. Now the WTO sets the tariffs for us by foreigners.

Our government is subsidizing, via the Export-Import Bank, the relocation of U.S. corporations to China and other countries. A study by Forrester Research Inc. predicts that at least 3.3 million white-collar jobs and $136 billion in wages will shift from the U.S. to low-cost countries by 2015.

Our members of Congress are doing nothing to stop the above programs. They seem to not care for the American worker.

KENNETH L. HOVEY

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