] "Outsourcing is just a new way of doing international
] trade," said N. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of Bush's
] Council of Economic Advisors, which prepared the report.
] "More things are tradable than were tradable in the past.
] And that's a good thing."

This guy is talking about programmers. Get out while you can

The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar work to other countries is part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation, the Bush administration said yesterday.

So all that's left in the US is service industry? Skilled work needs to stay in America. Technology and information drive innovation, and a country of salespeople just isn't going to keep up.

/me rolls eyes.

] The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar
] work to other countries is part of a positive
] transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over
] time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation,
] the Bush administration said yesterday.
]
]...
]
] "Outsourcing is just a new way of doing international
] trade," said N. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of Bush's
] Council of Economic Advisors, which prepared the report.
] "More things are tradable than were tradable in the past.
] And that's a good thing."

[ WHAT!?! -k]

] The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar
] work to other countries is part of a positive
] transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over
] time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation,
] the Bush administration said yesterday.
]
]...
]
] "Outsourcing is just a new way of doing international
] trade," said N. Gregory Mankiw, chairman of Bush's
] Council of Economic Advisors, which prepared the report.
] "More things are tradable than were tradable in the past.
] And that's a good thing."

An interesting mishmash... Bush supports offshoring. Bush makes dramatic prediction about jobs in 2004. The neat thing is we'll know if his prediction was right or wrong by the time we go to the polls, so keep that number in your head if you wish to assess the credibility of his economic plan.

John Kerry offers a sarcastic reply. If you are going to be the dem candidate please cut the crap and start demonstrating clues.

Then we end with a blurb on social security. Guess whose going to be running the country in 2036 when the debt is at its worst?