Schumer uses Batavia visit to call on America to become a nation of producers again

Actually Bruce, taxes for most average Americans, at the Federal level, have gone down under the Democratic administration. My bet is that your federal taxes have gone down. Senator Schumer went to Perry to denounce the decision by Adidas to send the production of jersey's overseas. Maybe Adidas sees a higher profit margin if they can pay their workers $5.00 a day instead of $10.00 an hour. And I just talked to a friend from over that way and he said that he was quite sure that this shop is non union -- but not 100% on that. From Geoff Reddick of WBTA -- (Posted: 6:00PM) by Geoff Redick "The Wyoming County Town of Perry stands to take a big hit in the textile industry. Perry is home to the world headquarters of American Classic Outfitters, the company that stitches the basketball jerseys for every professional team in the NBA. That job was exclusively contracted through sporting goods giant Adidas, meaning it was the only project ACO worked on. But now the higher-ups at Adidas have reportedly decided to move jersey production overseas. ACO representative Rob Knoll says he’s with a group who just recently bought the company from previous owners. Knoll says it’s unfair, but they’re moving forward. http://www.wbta1490.com/cgi_bin/news_view.pl Senator Chuck Schumer is strongly opposed to the idea and is urging Adidas to keep their jersey operation in Perry. Schumer says 100 jobs could be lost in Perry if Adidas holds to its decision. In addition to the NBA deal, ACO also does work for the WNBA and makes various sports uniforms for NCAA teams."

Lorie, the Federal Tax rate was from Bush, not the Democrats. And Obama wants to end those cuts, or just allow them to expire. Please do a "Fact Check" before you respond. It saves time, and that way the truth is told, that's if Howard doesn't delete me AGAIN!

John, so it is more business taxes than the lure of cheap labor with no legacy benefits? I tend to think that most of the reason for outsourcing is the cheap foreign labor. Maybe I'm wrong.

John, High taxes are what force business out of New York to other states. The opportunity to hire what is basically slave labor with no benefits is what lures them to other countries. One is understandable and forgivable, the other is simply about greed. If we held the countries we import from to the same standards we hold employers in our own country we would be better off as a nation.

Lorie that 18 dollars more you husband got in his paycheck is because they played around with the tax withholding formula..according to the IRS, part of this might have to be paid back in two income earner family's...If this health care bill goes through business owners will be required to provide insurance to there employees or face a fine....This is not how you attract business to invest in the USA..Same with the cap and trade tax...Remind us what jobs Chuck has created in the private sector..

Charles Schumer is another lifelong lawyer/politician who is always ready to smile for the camera. Kind of like President Obama, smiling while he pats is own back for adjusting withholding on income tax, and then 9 months later, smiles when he says many will see smaller refund checks. Smoke and mirrors, my friends, smoke and mirrors. Does anyone besides me see a snake oil salesman sitting in the oval office? For the first time in my 45 years of existence, I'M AFRAID OF THE GOVERNMENT. I always had a healthy respect, but not any longer.

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Be it democrats or republicans, both parties have let us down when it comes to free trade.... How do we compete with countries that have no environmental Standards, no health care, no disability insurance, no comp Claims, and not to mention any OSHA..... These are not all bad things, just can’t compete With them.....they can pay to have there items trucked To a ship yard, loaded on the ship, pay to have it shipped over here, unloaded at the ship yard, and sold Below our price.....good for them bad for us Now what about a carbon tax, value added tax, (that democrats favor) tax tax tax

Back to Howards point, Chuck spoke the truth. We are the cause of our own problems. This partisan garbage is a waste of time. It’s a case of she lied, he lied. In the end they all lied to pump us up and make us feel good about our bad personal decisions. Americans want cheap products and don’t care where they are made. We love to use our credit cards and we think the government should do the same. We all want something for nothing, our financial meltdown is coming.Anyone see that iceberg? Oh, Happy Thanksgiving! Eat lots of turkey.

What if we put tariffs on products that are imported from? Countries that have no standards equal to ours....let there Items cost as much as ours.....we could increase manufacturing jobs.....this in turn what let these people Buy more items made in America......free trade EQUAL STANDARDS...screw if other countries cry foul....we need Jobs....manufacturing jobs...... Let the unions organize in china Mexico Eastern Europe India .......now before it’s to late...... Send illegal’s home.....hire our kids on your farms When those on unemployment run out ....give them a chance To work on farms, factories We have to many welfare programs to support.....free Breakfasts, free lunch, wicks, food stamps, housing, HUD, I know two men who get assistance for day care, one has no job the other does, I feel for them but.....both smoke a pack a day....and drink heavily....another just Received a new furnace from the state because they have Two kids and a low income....again heavy smokers and heavy drinkers......WHY DO I NEED HELP SUPPORT THEIR BAD HABBITS

Right on Chris.......yes we all love to save a dollar, and I wouldn’t mind buying from china ....but by god Hold them to the same standards we are required to uphold Let Schumer put his words to action.....push for equal trade, not free trade. Stand up Schumer show us New Yorkers you got our backs......yes we are off track But you guys in Washington led us there....saddle up And ride this great nation back to where we were.... Or get off the hoarse and let someone else do it... Republican or democrat....

well said Chris

lol.....go ahead bruce sing it.....i am always told to stopsinging too.....

These trade agreements seem one sided...Perot warned of the giant sucking sound that would happen under NAFTA..Clinton signed it ..so much for the Democrats looking out for the working man..Obama during his run for president said one of the first things he was going to do when he got into office was Re do the NAFTA agreement,he said he would scrap it and start over....so far nothing..Shumer's ,So the $64,000 question is, what are the policies that get us back and we’ll be giant again.Hey Chuck free trade is the problem..

a little article on Perot In short, it was not the Texas billionaire's finest moment. More than ever, he seemed as he has been dubbed, 'a handgrenade with a crewcut'. The familiar one-liners were spiteful, the slogans hollow. When pressed he was evasive. In his relentless portrayal of Nafta as a mortal threat to American jobs, he seemed whiny, even slightly mad. In one withering riposte, Mr Gore recalled his opponent's prediction three years ago that 40,000 Americans would die in the Gulf war, and that 100 banks would close if the Democrats won the presidency. 'The politics of negativism and fear only go so far,' he said. Earlier too, he dumbfounded Mr Perot by wheeling out a black and white photo of the two 1930s congressmen who introduced the protectionist Smoot-Hawley Act of 1930, widely blamed for causing the Great Depression. Rejection of Nafta would be more of the same, Mr Gore insisted, pointing out for good measure that the Texan had backed the pact before running for the presidency last year. A briefly silenced Mr Perot could only sweep the photo to one side, in scarcely contained anger. Even the Perot railing against the lobbyist blight on Washington politics was turned against him. Had he himself not paid lobbyists, Mr Gore inquired, to influence the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee in the 1970s? 'You're lying,' came a twangy splutter of righteous Texan indignation. But when the Vice- President challenged him to deny it, Mr Perot never did. Now the administration must cash in on Mr Gore's performance. Had he lost on Tuesday night, Nafta would have been doomed. Even so, the White House remains some 20-odd votes short of a majority, and foes of the pact claim they already have victory in the bag. The televised public conversion to the pact by one Florida Democrat immediately afterwards had far too obviously been stage-managed in advance to be convincing. Mr Perot may not have advanced his cause. But waverers must still reckon with union hostility to Nafta as they consider their prospects in the mid-term congressional elections, less than a year off.

thanks lorie.....i commend schumer for his effort a republican ......more important a conservative...