Sherrod Brown: “about a year ago, April 24, 2003, President Bush came to Canton, Ohio, to address workers at the Timken Company, a…”

“about a year ago, April 24, 2003, President Bush came to Canton, Ohio, to address workers at the Timken Company, a company which makes ball bearings and other metal products. The President chose his visit to Timken to showcase his economic policy. During his speech, the President told Timken workers: ``Here at Timken last year, productivity rose 10 percent. Which means that America can compete with any nation in the world because we got the finest workers in the world.'' President Bush told the Timken workers that if his tax plans were enacted ``more than a million new jobs will be created by the end of 2004.'' He then went on to say, ``That's what the whole purpose of our economic package is, to create the conditions for job growth so people can find work.'' One million jobs created by 2004. He was so confident of this that he mentioned it twice during his speech. Last week the Timken management announced the company will close its Canton plant, eliminating 1,300 more Ohio manufacturing jobs. Timken is closing its Canton plants, three of them, while building another facility in China. Like a host of other predictions and promises delivered by President Bush, the record just has not matched the rhetoric.”