Political Quotes

“In 1997 in January, the Economic Development Corporation of Tijuana was advertising that they would pay wages and benefits together of 91 cents an hour in maquiladora areas. Those are the kinds of jobs that are moving to Mexico from areas like Ohio, manufacturing jobs. The problem is, though, if you are making 91 cents an hour, you are not buying a new home that costs $60,000, $70,000. You are not buying a new car that costs $18,000 to $20,000. You are not purchasing an education for your child if you are making 91 cents an hour. The wage level promotes economic activity in this country that sustains the type of society we have. If we were to turn that around and say, what happens if you make 50 cents in some cases or 91 cents an hour, you cannot aspire to those kinds of things which we in this country have come to expect as what we call the American way of life.”