What Jack Abramoff or CBS "60 Minutes" Didn’t Say

Rob Sanchez

11/30/2011

There is a plenty of media buzz being generated by Jack Abramoff. Part of the hububb is being created as he tours the TV talk shows doing interviews to promote his new book titled "Capitol Punishment". His most notable interview was aired on CBS 60 Minutes on November 6th. A video of the show was posted [here] or read the transcript [here]. A follow-on video report with transcript was also posted online [here].

Jack Abramoff was at one time the most powerful lobbyist in Washington DC. His interview was compelling because he was very frank about how he lobbied for various special interest groups.

The 60 Minutes show was shocking because Abramoff was very blunt about some of the methods he used to lobby congressmen. Unfortunately the show falls flat on substance because it never explained what kind of misdeeds Abramoff did. There was a passing reference to his casino scandal but nothing else.

What the American public isn’t being told is that Abramoff was one of the key conspirators behind the effort to destroy American jobs. Abramoff was arguably the most influential lobbyist to push for the H-1B program and for employment based green cards.

To get a broader view of the depth of Abramoff’s H-1B connection, it’s best to read this paper: "The Greedy Gates, Immigration Gambit", by Gene A. Nelson, TheSocialContract, Fall 2007.

The following list contains just a few of Abramoff’s most egregious lobbying efforts. If any of you are curious why the job situation is so dire, look to Abramoff first!

In 1998 House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) and Jack Abramoff celebrated their treasonous conspiracy against the American public by taking a New Year’s vacation on Saipan as a personal guest of Chinese business mogul: Tan Siu-lin.

Jack Abramoff bears much of the responsibility for the offshoring of the manufacturing jobs we see now. Mariana is only the ice above the water!

Between 1995 and 2002, the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands government and Saipan business associations have poured $11.5 million into lobbying efforts to preserve the island commonwealth’s unique dual status. That lobbying effort, which has done much to undermine mainland American manufacturing, was "directed by conservative Republican Jack Abramoff," notes Hong Kong’s Weekend Standard. And Abramoff’s prize catch was Tom DeLay.

"Slave labor: made in the U.S.A.: under the influence of disgraced super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff, former House Majority Whip Tom DeLay became an apologist for slave labor camps — on American soil", The New American, by William Grigg, JBS, 2006

To read more about the dealings between Tan Siu-lin, Jack Abramoff, and Saipan, see this excellent Bill Moyers report: "Abramoff, Inc.".

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