Sunday, March 2, 2008

What Happened to the 200,000 Jobs Lost in Ohio?

In the last seven years, the State of Ohio has lost 200,000 jobs due to NAFTA.
President Bill Clinton signed NAFTA into law in 1993 and the law took effect January 1, 1994. Now you want to put another Clinton in the White House with the potential of losing hundreds of thousands or more good American manufacturing and associate factory jobs. What assurances do the people of Ohio have that Hillary Clinton will attempt to renegotiate NAFTA and other unfair trade deals made by her husband Bill? Can you trust another Clinton at a time when families are losing their homes, the price of fuel is skyrocketing, the cost of education is escalating and health insurance is not affordable?
Ohioans are used to politicians coming into their state every four years promising them everything from the kitchen sink to a chicken in every pot. Hillary Clinton does have a stimulus job plan. But Mr.Obama has a comprehensive economic recovery plan which is similar to a mini-Marshall plan that would restore vitality and productivity in which all the citizens of the Buckeye State could take pride and benefit.
So the question for the Ohio voters is: Who do you trust to implement this plan----a Washington D.C. Corporate Establishment Democrat in Hillary Clinton or a grassroots politician like Barack Obama who has had to overcome some of the same obstacles faced by the unemployed, underemployed citizens of the State of Ohio. How can Hillary Clinton claim and understand the plight of the 200,000 workers who lost their jobs when a lot of her experience has been on the side of corporate management. The choice is obvious.

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