According to the Alliance for American Manufacturing Minnesota's Second Congressional District is ranked 22nd of the 435 Districts nationwide in terms of net job losses to China due to growing trade losses from 2001-2008. That's the worst in the state, either raw net loss of as a percent of total jobs within the district.
They calculated the following losses:
Total Employment 389,200
Net Jobs Lost 10,900
Share of Total Employment 2.8%
Here's how that stacks up against the other seven Congressional Districts statewide:
CD 1 lost 9,000 net jobs (2.7%)
CD 3 lost 9,100 (2.6%)
CD 4 lost 5,700 (1.9%)
CD 5 lost 5,800 (1.8%)
CD 6 lost 8,300 (2.1%)
CD 7 lost 6,100 (1.9%)
CD 8 lost 3,800 (1.2%)
For a discussion of data sources (which include a new Economic Policy Institute report by Robert Scott,) methodology, and analysis, there's a downloadable PDF.
Now I don't fault Congressman Kline for his vote on the TARP bailouts of big banks and Wall Street, but I think we need to ask this Texas transplant why he's not doing more for the Minnesota workers he was elected to represent. We need to bring our share of the reinvestment/recovery stimulus money into the district, and I can't find any evidence that Mr. Kline's putting any energy into that.
What has Congressman Kline prioritized? In 2005 he introduced legislation to place former President Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill. In fact, Kline's only authored 8 bills since getting elected to Congress.
He's not too worried, perhaps, since he's served long enough to qualify for a lifetime pension. But the families in his district are struggling while he votes against bills that would make it easier for our kids to afford college and insure all of us can afford health care rather than go bankrupt. We're talking about the hardest hit district in one of the hardest hit states - we need a representative in Washington who'll do more.
They calculated the following losses:
Total Employment 389,200
Net Jobs Lost 10,900
Share of Total Employment 2.8%
Here's how that stacks up against the other seven Congressional Districts statewide:
CD 1 lost 9,000 net jobs (2.7%)
CD 3 lost 9,100 (2.6%)
CD 4 lost 5,700 (1.9%)
CD 5 lost 5,800 (1.8%)
CD 6 lost 8,300 (2.1%)
CD 7 lost 6,100 (1.9%)
CD 8 lost 3,800 (1.2%)
For a discussion of data sources (which include a new Economic Policy Institute report by Robert Scott,) methodology, and analysis, there's a downloadable PDF.
Unfair China Trade Costs Local Jobs
Now I don't fault Congressman Kline for his vote on the TARP bailouts of big banks and Wall Street, but I think we need to ask this Texas transplant why he's not doing more for the Minnesota workers he was elected to represent. We need to bring our share of the reinvestment/recovery stimulus money into the district, and I can't find any evidence that Mr. Kline's putting any energy into that.What has Congressman Kline prioritized? In 2005 he introduced legislation to place former President Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill. In fact, Kline's only authored 8 bills since getting elected to Congress.
He's not too worried, perhaps, since he's served long enough to qualify for a lifetime pension. But the families in his district are struggling while he votes against bills that would make it easier for our kids to afford college and insure all of us can afford health care rather than go bankrupt. We're talking about the hardest hit district in one of the hardest hit states - we need a representative in Washington who'll do more.
