This troubles me.....where is the "outrage"......(corporatism in action)

[cthrumatrix]

BUY AMERICAN' BILL TROUBLES THE PENTAGON...

What...? How can that be? Sounds like the right thing to do for America. But noooooo.....not for the corporations which have politicians bought and paid for on every subject.

When we will wake and realize we are being sold out. Do you expect these "white collar" and other "manufacturing jobs" to come back soon?
Do you see the daily layoffs and more restrictions in pensions and loopholes for corporations to reduce expenses. This is a major issue for us as citizens.

take a read...disgusting

http://www.iht.com/articles/103702.html

Buy American' bill riles arms industry

There is no better friend of the Pentagon than Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. A conservative and a hawk on defense, Hunter has long been someone the military could count on to push its dream projects through Congress.
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So there is considerable dismay, and some outright consternation, over sweeping "buy American" provisions that Hunter inserted into the House version of legislation authorizing the coming year's Pentagon budget. Countries that failed to help the United States in the Iraq war, he argues, should not enjoy the spoils of American military contracts.

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Opposition to Hunter is so fierce that the defense secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, has said he will recommend that President George W. Bush veto the entire $400 billion 2004 Pentagon budget if Hunter does not back down. According to a White House statement, Hunter's proposals are "burdensome, counterproductive and have the potential to degrade U.S. military capabilities."

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Are we going to sit and watch these corporations call the shots. These are OUR JOBS....OUR SECURITY AND OUR FUTURE.