How many poor people have shipped American jobs overseas?

To The Daily Sun,

The Sunday Union Leader (May 3, Page B-6) had two good articles.

The first one headlined "Fox News as Foil (It is getting a bit old)." The second was a letter to the editor headlined "A draft would bring peace with Iran."

I quote, "Many of the nuclear deal critics have never served in our military. Cheney had five deferments during Vietnam War. O'Reilly, Hannity, Giuliani never served." I suggest ones who have access to the Union Leader read these two articles.

In response to a letter written by Mr. Wiles on April 25, the headline read, "How many poor people hired you for any of the jobs you've had?" This is the second time I've been asked this question; the first time in a e-mail dated April 3, 2014, in exactly the same words. I can only answer that by saying I didn't consider them rich. Two are still in the area. I will ask you to tell me how many poor people do you know that shipped jobs overseas? Hummm! I will let you believe that no one is colluding. However, I believe we both know what's going on.

On March 13, 2013, the N.H. Business Review in a census taken, reported 17 percent of New Hampshire workers — or 107,000 — commute out of state to work every morning. Another report stated that 63,000 work in New Hampshire that reside out of state. Finally 9.7 percent — or about 61,000 New Hampshire workers — have a commute of over 60 minutes.

To close, Russ Wiles, how many folks do you know in the Lakes Region who haven't had a pay raise in years? The saying that the rich get richer and poor get poorer is well alive in New Hampshire. I have been pleased to see some letters lately that explain their lives have not been as simple as many in the area. A question I asked a few years back comes to mind: Tell us what you have done for this country that your words show such great concern about. Perhaps that would be a good topic to discuss at the next meeting of the parrots.

Henry Osmer

Hill