Bush Says He Kept His Word to Help Steel Industry

[Nambe]

The New York Times

President Bush brought a message of economic optimism to steel country on Sunday, asserting that he had delivered on his promise to help the beleaguered steel industry and making a broader case that his policies were the best way to guide the economy through unsettled times.

In a quick visit to the northwest corner of a state that he won in 2000 and that he is fighting hard to keep in his column this year, Mr. Bush said he had taken decisive action to help steelworkers and companies by imposing tariffs on some imported steel from March 2002 to December 2003. ..

Mr. Kerry's campaign shot back that Mr. Bush had underfinanced the clean-coal program. And Mr. Kerry's camp said it was Mr. Bush who was a flip-flopper, on the steel tariffs.

"Bush has played politics with the steel industry from day one, and his miscalculations have hurt steelworkers," a spokesman for Mr. Kerry, Phil Singer, said . "First he said free trade should govern, then he imposed tariffs, but then he pulled the tariffs before the steel industry could recover.''

The main steelworkers union in the Wheeling area, the Independent Steelworkers Union, has endorsed Mr. Kerry.

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[wurzel]

1. He meant that he kept his word to help steal industry!

[thatgemguy]

2. The ISU is

the independent union that represents the workers at ISG Weirton, formerly Weirton Steel.

Workers at Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel the other large steel producer in the Wheeling area are represented by the USWA. The USWA had endorsed Gephardt in the primaries, so I would believe that they would also be backing Kerry in November.

[stevedeshazer]

4. Good information

Thanks.

[yardwork]

3. I'm sure he has helped the steel industry

that doesn't include the employees, though.

[madrchsod]

5. as a former steel worker

you sir are full of shit. do you believe that those turncoat reagen demo` steelworkers believe this shit? well georgie boy they no longer have jobs-healthcare-pensions. really george are you really that dumb to say this? maybe sometimes it`s better to say nothing at all....