2nd CD: 78 Pct Jobs in Services, Not Manufacturing

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Michaud ignores dominance of the nation’s service sector
By Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.), co-chairwoman, Congressional Services Caucus
04/14/10 07:39 PM ET

I was concerned to read Rep. Michael Michaud’s op-ed, “Trans-Pacific Partnership could prove to be key step in right direction....” [H]e [links] U.S. trade agreements...with job losses in the manufacturing sector generally and the [Maine] paper industry particularly, and...doesn’t “buy the argument the U.S. should shift to an overwhelmingly service-based economy.”

In Rep. Michaud’s own district, 78 percent of the workforce is employed in services, according to the Census Bureau.

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