Bill Tucker shines on Lou Dobbs
Bill Tucker shines on Lou Dobbs
Date: Friday, February 10, 2006 2:29 PM
JOB DESTRUCTION NEWSLETTER
February 10, 2006 No. 1416
Those of you that watch Lou Dobbs may have noticed that Bill Tucker is
taking on a much more prominent role in reporting the stories. It used to
be he would only appear briefly, and often his name wouldn't even be
mentioned. Recently Bill Tucker has emerged as the #1 reporter in the field
for Lou Dobbs.
To find out more about Bill Tucker go here:
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/tucker.bill.html
The last two days Bill Tucker has delivered two bombshells.
On Feb 7 Bill Tucker may have been the first on TV news to finally blow the
lid off the education myth that seems so prevalent nowadays. I couldn't
have said this better myself!
TUCKER: In simple terms, students aren't dumb. They're
behaving rationally. They see programming and engineering
jobs can be outsourced to another country. The students
know that the companies will import cheap foreign labor
in the form of H1B visa workers, who earn, on average,
$13,000 less than an American worker doing the same work.
The students don't see the problem as a lack of interest.
They see it as a lack of opportunity.
On Feb 9 Lou Dobbs and Bill Tucker delivered a story that still has me
shell shocked. Go to the transcript below to read the entire text, but you
will get the idea with this excerpt:
DOBBS: Tonight, outrage on Capitol Hill over a new proposal
that could threaten our national security. The Department
of Transportation has proposed a new rule that would allow
foreign corporations and companies to effectively take control
of U.S. airlines. A House subcommittee reviewed the proposal
and immediately rejected it. Bill Tucker reports.
TUCKER: The proposed rule change is the result of trade
negotiations with the European Union to open up greater
access of U.S. carriers in Europe. The change granting foreign
control of our airlines is a condition for granting that access
by the E.U. A spokesman for the Department of Transportation
told me today that there is no deadline for a decision on the
proposed change, Lou.
DOBBS: You know, after -- first, excellent job of reporting that
story. Second, what a shame that we have to report that story
about the United States' government and its absolute -- it is
absolutely a story of incompetence.
Lou Dobbs and Bill Tucker are working on a new story about L-1 visas. I'm
not sure when it will be aired but stay tuned. Rumor has it that they are
trying to get Dorismar on the show, so get your Tivos and DVDs ready for
that one!
The burning question in my mind right now is who will get to interview
Dorismar: Lou Dobbs, Bill Tucker, -- or Kitty Pilgrim?
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/07/ldt.01.html
PILGRIM: Thanks very much, Christine Romans.
Turning now to a growing crisis in America's schools. It's the dwindling
number of American students pursuing careers in computer science. The
Computer Science Teachers Association has urged an urgent warning about
this dangerous trend. Bill Tucker reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BILL TUCKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Nobody doubts the importance
of math and science, or our need to compete. Not the president, who
mentioned it in his State of the Union, not the Department of Education.
TOM LUCE, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION: What we're telling you about is the
success of our next generation. We face the fundamental fact that we won.
We won the Cold War. Capitalism prevailed. And today, we have 3 billion new
competitors. So, we have to run faster to stay ahead.
TUCKER: But we are not running faster when it comes to computer science.
Kids looking at careers don't see a future in computer science, which
involves engineering, programming and technical design.
ROBB CUTLER, COMPUTER SCIENCE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION: So there's a disconnect
here. On the one hand, we want to increase the amount of computing sciences
we're doing, but we're not providing opportunities to train the students to
go into these computer science disciplines, and take these jobs that we're
providing.
TUCKER: In simple terms, students aren't dumb. They're behaving rationally.
They see programming and engineering jobs can be outsourced to another
country. The students know that the companies will import cheap foreign
labor in the form of H1B visa workers, who earn, on average, $13,000 less
than an American worker doing the same work. The students don't see the
problem as a lack of interest. They see it as a lack of opportunity.
RON HIRA, ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: If there's not good
opportunities, why would you choose a profession, a career that's fraught
with risk, where your job could be offshored, where you could be replaced,
you could become obsolete? And they're voting with their feet. They've
decided that this profession is not as attractive as it once was.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TUCKER: So, we're becoming a nation of computer users, lacking in the hard
core disciplines necessary to be computer innovators. However, enrollment
is on the rise, Kitty, in accounting and civil engineering.
PILGRIM: All right. Thanks very much, Bill Tucker.
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http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0602/09/ldt.01.html
DOBBS: Tonight, outrage on Capitol Hill over a new proposal that could
threaten our national security. The Department of Transportation has
proposed a new rule that would allow foreign corporations and companies to
effectively take control of U.S. airlines. A House subcommittee reviewed
the proposal and immediately rejected it. Bill Tucker reports.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
BILL TUCKER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Members of the House Aviation
Subcommittee were unanimous in their opposition to the proposed rule
change. They question the Department of Transportation's legal authority to
make such a change, and they wasted no time cutting straight to the chase.
REP. PETER DEFAZIO (D), OREGON: It's the same bad deal that we've gotten
every time around. Let's wake up. Let's serve the interests of the American
traveling public, American security, American jobs, and start doing the
same things that some of our competitors have done so well which is protect
high valued jobs.
TUCKER: The proposed rule change by the Department of Transportation still
calls for U.S. companies to have majority ownership. But ...
JEFF SHANE, DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION: Depending upon what agreement they had
with the U.S. owners and the people that are in control of the airline,
they would be able to make the commercial decisions that define the shape
of the product, the quality of the product, the routes that were flown.
TUCKER: If that's not clear enough ...
DUANE WOERTH, AIR LINE PILOTS ASSN.: They will control the board, whether
super majority or not. They will hire a CEO. He will hire everyone else and
he will do exactly what they want, or they'll fire him and he'll get
somebody who will. That's the real world, not the Fantasy Island, egghead,
ivory tower I heard today.
EDWARD WYTKIND, TRANSP. TRADES DEPT., AFL-CIO: If you are going to make
decisions about what aircraft you buy, who maintains your planes, whether
flight attendants are going to staff the planes from the United States or
from a foreign country, whether pilots are going to fly the planes, those
decisions will rest in the hands of the foreign interest that control the
company. And I don't think that's good for the country. TUCKER: And yet,
while the administration stands ready to surrender effective control of
domestic airlines, U.S. airlines would not be welcome to do the same to
their European counterparts.
JEFFREY SMISEK, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES: The European Union completely
snookered the Department of Transportation here. I mean, it's a very
one-sided treaty and the Department of Transportation is so desperate for
the treaty that they are causing tremendous competitive harm.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
TUCKER: The proposed rule change is the result of trade negotiations with
the European Union to open up greater access of U.S. carriers in Europe.
The change granting foreign control of our airlines is a condition for
granting that access by the E.U. A spokesman for the Department of
Transportation told me today that there is no deadline for a decision on
the proposed change, Lou.
DOBBS: You know, after -- first, excellent job of reporting that story.
Second, what a shame that we have to report that story about the United
States' government and its absolute -- it is absolutely a story of
incompetence.
To talk about failed trade policies is one thing. This is a transportation
department that is out of its mind. It is a trade negotiator that is
utterly incompetent. And fools in Washington want to talk about free trade?
I mean, it's mind boggling.
TUCKER: Every single member that subcommittee, Lou, would agree with you.
To a person, in a bipartisan fashion, they think DOT has way overstepped
its bounds.
DOBBS: Well, the DOT certainly, the U.S. trade negotiators and this
administration. To continue this kind of assault on working men and women
in this country to turn over the national security, does anybody in this
administration understand that our troops are transported by U.S. air
carriers when we need them in an area for combat?
TUCKER: Exactly.
DOBBS: It's extraordinary. Bill Tucker, thank you for that excellent
report. But doggone it, you got me a little annoyed. Thank you.
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