They Mean It
First Greg Mankiw said sending jobs overseas was part of the plan, and now Treasury Secretary Snow is piling on.

"Treasury Secretary John Snow says outsourcing of American jobs, a hot issue in the presidential campaign, can help make the economy stronger.

Snow said in an interview with The Cincinnati Enquirer that technology was allowing U.S. companies to downsize and become more efficient by linking contract workers through the Internet.

'You can outsource a lot of activities and get them done just as well, or better, at a lower cost,' Snow said during a stop Monday."

So which part is dumber, that they actually believe the outsourcing resulting from our tilted trade policies is a good thing? Or the fact that, knowing how much people will hate to hear it, they say it anyway?