While unemployment in The United States remains at more than ten percent and millions of Americans have been out of work for many months, one Congressman is doing his best to lobby foreign governments to build factories overseas to take more jobs away from his constituents.

From The New York Times, Monday, December 7, 2009

     Representative Danny K. Davis, an Illionois Democrat, got the dignitary treatment when a big donor flew him to inner Mongolia to lobby for a new medical supplies factory in rural China. Despite changes intended to curb Congressional junkets, some lawmakers and even their families continue to take trips hosted by private groups and companies that revel in their access to Washington power brokers.

Omar medical supplies, just such a company, got its factory built in China with the help of the Illinois Congressman who acknowledged that "It's not going to create jobs in Illionois.

What the hell are you thinking Congressman? Are you working for the millions of people who voted for you or for the few people who paid for your campaign? Shame on you and see if you get reelected by all the people in Illionois out of work.

For The complete article read http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/07/politics/07trips.html