Why Indian Americans should support Bush

Outsourcing issue has been created by Democrats for political gain, writes a member of Congressional Caucus on India.

Senators Tom Daschle and John Kerry, Governor Jim McGreevey, and many others in the Democratic Party have created hysteria on the issue of outsourcing.

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Most legislation to ban or restrict outsourcing in state legislatures or Congress has been introduced by Democrats. Yet, many Indian Americans know the outsourcing issue is one that has been created by Democrats for political gain at their expense.

The economy has added 1.9 million jobs in 13 consecutive months, 49 states have added jobs in 2004, the unemployment rate has dropped in 45 states and nearly 140 million Americans are working, an all-time high. Our economy in late 2003 registered the strongest economic growth in nearly 20 years.

Indian Americans know outsourcing is being used by Senator Kerry and Democrats as a way to score political points with labour unions and they resent this because they know John Kerry has previously voted in favour of free trade agreements.

President Bush is doing everything possible to respect the rights of all Americans and keep our nation safe from the terrorists who are trying to attack us. When Congress passed the Patriot Act, it required the Justice Department to investigate whether the law resulted in civil rights abuses.

Of the more than 3,500 complaints received, not one was found to have had anything to do with a substantive provision of the Act.

Under Attorney General John Ashcroft's leadership, the Justice Department has aggressively pursued the perpetrators of bias-motivated crimes.