Political Quotes

“What is disturbing to me is that in this economic report, as the gentleman from Oregon (Mr. DeFazio) said, on page 4, signed by President Bush, this economic report put out by the President just this month says that there is nothing wrong with the way the global economy is operating. He said outsourcing is a good thing. Mr. Mankiw actually said, as we are seeing some of the most highly-skilled American workers, radiologists, for example, seeing their jobs threatened, Mr. Mankiw says an MRI or an X-ray will be taken that will be e-mailed to perhaps Bangalore, perhaps somewhere else, and read by a physician there who makes some minute percent of whatever the physician makes here, and then it comes back, because those radiologists are not in as much demand today as they once were. He said, well, it is a question of comparative advantage. Perhaps we just need to quit training so many radiologists. They cannot compete. We need to maybe train more general surgeons or more family practice doctors.”