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George H.W. Bush: “I don't think many will, because if they were--let me ask you this question: If the labor union bosses in Washington are…”

On the recordOctober 22, 1992
I don't think many will, because if they were--let me ask you this question: If the labor union bosses in Washington are right, and we're going to ship a lot of jobs abroad, why is Haiti not the manufacturing capital of the world today? They've got the lowest wages. Why is American business not pouring into Haiti? This is going to create--the gentleman's talking about the North American free trade agreement, and that is going to create jobs. It is exports that have saved us in this economy, export jobs in America. And so I disagree with those. If it's going to lose jobs, you may have one or two, but then retrain. Have the best retraining program in the world, and reach out and create jobs.
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George H.W. Bush
Republican · Texas

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