Ahead of his trip to Canada, Barack Obama has some news for Canadian steel workers: the shop is closing.
From the CBC:
There is unsettling news for Canada in U.S. President Barack Obama's economic stimulus bill, or at least in the version approved Wednesday night by the House of Representatives.
It says that steel used in public projects under the $819-billion US plan must be made in the United States, an idea likely to cause trade disputes and block sales by Canadian mills.
The piece goes on to say that Canada and the EU are getting leery of the "buy American" portion of the bill, which could lead to a trade war, sending prices up and costing jobs.
Specifics are a funny thing. Nobody wanted to rain on the Hope and Change parade because it all sounded so good.
Hope and Change are words. They're fantasy. They don't cost a nickle. Now, ten days after the man became president, maybe the reality is starting to sink in. Honestly, did you ever stop to ask yourself what the junior senator really meant by change, or did you just take it for granted that it meant, "Nicer than George W. Bush?"
2 comments:
I see what your saying here, but how about looking at the some of the positive stuff Obama's been doing since he took office. Yesterday, he passed a bill that would allow men and women to recieve EQUAL pay. The day after he took office, he kept his promise of shutting down Guantanamo Bay, which be in effect by the end of this year. I know Obama's not your favorite person, and no, he's not perfect by any means, but neither were all the other presidents. He's been left with a huge mess that the Bush administration, and I don't mean just Bush alone, left behind for Obama to clean up. Thanks for listening, it's just my opinion.
Women and men have been allowed equal pay for quite a while. But, like most things from The One, nobody does their homework on his grand statements. Quoth the Guardian:
"Under the new law, women now have six months after receiving any discriminatory pay cheque to seek redress.
Previously, women who discovered they were earning less than men in the same job had just six months after receiving their first pay cheque to seek legal remedy."
As for Guantanamo, it's a change in name, not in practice. The Denver Post says:
"Gov. Bill Ritter responded through a spokesman that he wanted to know more details about the plan, but that he would not necessarily oppose such a move, given that Supermax [in Colorado] is built to house the worst of the worst."
If Guantanomo's prisoners are shipped to Colorado, I'm sure we'll see you on the picket line. Right? Have fun.
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