Oh the outrage in Sunday’s editorial that Cequent’s management didn’t personally come to Goshen to explain their decision to move production to Mexico. Where’s the corresponding outrage at the other local companies who have had thousands of illegals employed over the years, thereby denying jobs to Americans and depressing area wages?
We’ve seen this story before with Johnson Controls fleeing to Mexico. Let’s put the blame where it belongs, NAFTA. The passage of NAFTA in 1994 was intended to eliminate trade barriers between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. By eliminating most tariffs, it fostered the growth in manufacturing in Mexico because of the reduced labor costs for companies relocating there. They also did not have to deal with all the cumbersome and costly governmental regulations for manufacturers in the U.S.
An EPI briefing paper states that as of 2010, the trade deficits with Mexico totals $97.2 billion and has displaced a net 682,900 U.S. jobs. Prior to NAFTA, the U.S. had a $1.6 billion trade surplus with Mexico, supporting 29,400 jobs. Additionally, NAFTA made it attractive for companies all over the world to invest in Mexico to gain duty free access to the U.S. market. Of the 682,900 net displaced jobs, Indiana ranks second in the U.S. for these losses and the 3rd and 2nd and 6th congressional districts were hardest hit.
In Mexico, NAFTA was intended to generate a growing middle class but this has proven not to be so. The Mexican economy has failed in its promise to crate good quality jobs. Real salaries in Mexico remain below the levels of the early ’90s. NAFTA made Mexico a more attractive and safer location to invest and outsource U.S. manufacturing by eliminating many of the local regulations previously in place.
Remember Ross Perot? He was right.
— Bob Schrameyer
Goshen
Letters to the Editor
LETTER: That giant sucking sound, again
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Safety along C.R. 35 is a concern
This letter is meant to bring awareness and hopefully corrections in regard to C.R. 35 in Elkhart County. Something needs to be done immediately to enforce the laws pertaining to the use of C.R. 35.
- Emphasis on gun control makes you wonder
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Goshen should stick with ‘Redskins’
I must respond to the letter to the editor from Mr. Ron Chupp (The Goshen News, May 9). What’s in a name, Mr. Chupp? I too have a Native American heritage, and for some reason, I am not offended by the term Redskins, or brown skins or any other color of skins.
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More important issues than a nickname
I would like to, in the most respectful way possible, respond to Mr. Chupp’s letter (The Goshen News, May 9) regarding the ongoing debate over the term “Redskins” being used as the nickname and mascot for the Goshen school system.
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There is hope through God
May I share what happened to me after praying about the issue of whether to have guns carried by school authorities at Goshen High School. While calling out to God, my question was: Why have we as a nation come to trusting in government agencies, such as Homeland Security, rather than obeying the Constitution in what you have declared through our forefathers?
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Sheriff has this reader's support
This letter is in defense of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, and in response to Shari Mellin’s letter (The Goshen News, May 8) about Sheriff Brad Rogers not obeying the laws related to anti-gun legislation
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‘Redskins’ nickname is offensive
The question posed (in the May 5 edition) was, “What’s in a Name?” In the case of the GHS (Redskins) mascot, it is insult, degradation, racism, and an ongoing slap-in-the face reminder of the disgusting manner in which my Native American ancestors were treated by Europeans.
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Millrace projects threaten a Goshen gem
The city of Goshen is in the 11th hour for the five Redevelopment Commission members to hear the voices of its residents concerning the millrace redevelopment proposals at its next meeting at 4 p.m. on May 14.
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We don’t need a community center
We want to keep this short and to the point. We keep reading articles and letters in the papers about the proposed community center in Goshen. Our question is why?
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Freedom-loving Americans want our country back
We are living in unprecedented times. The “America” of today is not the America that many of us grew up in.
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