Exporting America: Why Corporate Greed Is Shipping American Jobs Overseas

Lou Dobbs has got it right. Our Administrations, past and present,Congress and Corporte America have sold us out all in the name of power and greed. This book lays the facts out in front of everyone to really show what has happened to America that at one time the whole world looked up to. When you depend on foreign souces for your basic needs something is wrong with the way America is governed and something is surely wrong when Corporate America has our governmnet in their pockets. Lou Dobbs should be congratulated on telling it like it really is. He has the courage to stand up to constant critizism about his views about outsourcing our jobs and outsourcing the future of America. A must read for all Americans worried about our future.

Many of the "Reviews" of "Exporting America..." seem to be attacking the man, Lou Dobbs, and his admittedly controversial socioeconomic and political opinions rather than the content and import of the book being reviewed. The book has proven itself to be ahead of its time, extraordinarily insightful and disturbing accurate at predicting future events and trends. In his book, Lou had taken his many years as a financial analyst and broadcaster and used these experiences as the foundation for presenting a comprehensive view of the economic and socioeconomic problems presently facing the USA and its leaders. Who can argue with Lou's position on the ultimate dangers of outsourcing following the recent announced layoffs by GM and Ford, totaling approximately 55,000 Middle American, blue collar workers? Where are these jobs going? Of course, they are being outsourced overseas! Lou is a courageous and patriotic American, doing his best each day to salvage what opportunity remains for the USA to hold on to its quickly fading position as the world's economic, military, and moral leader. On his CNN broadcast of June 8, 2002, Lou coined the phrase "War against islamists" and its derivatives by saying "We are fighting a war against extreme, radical Muslims, who are trying to destroy us, our society, our economy, our way of life. They're called Islamists -- not Muslims or Islamics -- Islamists. They are the enemy." CNN later commented, "Because Lou serves as a commentator and analyst, as well as anchor of his show, he may express his opinion on this subject and use the phrase 'war against Islamists.'" Just how "On Target" Lou was with this insightful analysis has been borne out by the fact that even PRESIDENT BUSH has recently adopted this language and position. Lou is not afraid to take on powerful special interest groups, politicians, religious groups and others advocating their dangerous agenda. These groups are leading the USA down the path to mediocrity. Thank goodness for Lou Dobbs! The USA needs more Patriots like Lou Dobbs!

We live in an America in which Republicans could say that the sun rises in the west and sets in the east, and at least half of the electorate would believe them. Democrats are only a little better off-they might say that the sun actually rises in the south-southwest in order to demonstrate their differences from, and opposition to, the Republicans. What is this nightmare we are living? What surreal world have we awoken into? Lou Dobbs wonders about this as well, and seems to be shaking his head with the same absolute incredulity. He has been maligned and attacked for stating the obvious, that the sun does, indeed, rise in the east regardless of what our pathetic political parties say. The topic of his book, "Exporting America", is about the exportation of American jobs to the cheaper labor markets of third-world countries such as India and China. From corporate CEOs to the President, everyone says that exporting these jobs is actually good for America, but Lou Dobbs asks, "How can this be true when the sun actually rises in the east? How can this be true if there are no jobs for Americans? How can this be true if we are annually exporting a greater share of our national wealth to foreign countries than we receive in return? How can this be true if, since we have already exported so many of our jobs, we no longer have enough products or services left for export in order to balance our trade deficit? As a staunch Republican who opposes unlimited and unregulated "free trade", Lou Dobbs demonstrates that the corporate sacking of America is not a partisan issue, but a corruption issue. He has been a highly respected financial analyst and reporter, but has been attacked for pointing out that unlimited trade is unsustainable and must ultimately result in lowering our standard of living to that of our Third-world competitors. American corporations may now consider themselves to be "multi-national" corporations. In other words, they will make their profits no matter what happens to the United States. These same "multi-national" corporations also pay off our senators, congressmen, and president, as well as dictate our trade and monetary policies. While Lou Dobbs does not descend into exasperational rhetoric, his ultimate message is hard to miss: we have to stop whining about evolution and abortion and start fighting to hold our country together against these corporate and political thieves. Dobbs actually writes, "...Corporate America will not end the outsourcing of American jobs to cheap foreign labor markets without government intervention." When a Republican writes a statement like this, you have to know that our nation is in serious trouble and that we have to do something about it soon.

Being an avid reader of business news, both domestic and foreign, I know that our blue and white-collar jobs have left and continue to leave this country at an alarming rate. When you combine this fact with our equally alarming trade deficit, it is hard to understand why our government and the multinational corporations engaging in these practices continue to preach that unfettered free trade is good for America. Lou Dobbs, both on his show, and in this book, very convincingly (and accurately) points out the inevitable outcome of this free trade frenzy -- a radical decline in consumerism in America as a result of the death of the middle class. I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in discovering what is REALLY going on in the world of multinational corporations, free trade, and globalization. I think it is commendable that Mr. Dobbs, despite his own personal circumstances and beliefs, made the decision to objectively and courageously examine our current trade practices, and the relationship between corporate America and our government. The result of his research has done much to validate those who have been, or are in danger of, being displaced from their jobs by cheaper foreign labor. It has also placed him in the position of being sharply criticized by the business community (witness the sour review above from "The Economist"). Such criticism has not deterred him, and, in fact, he welcomes debate on his show with those who strongly oppose his views. Lou Dobbs makes a very strong argument that it is time that our government worked for the people who are responsible for all those government jobs...the American public. It's my opinion that it is time for our government to stop protecting and rewarding those corporations who are pushing our country toward the brink of economic annihilation. It's funny, but those who scream the most loudly about the evils of protectionism appear to be engaging in this practice the most.