I am sending this from across the Atlantic and can assure you that if you had any knowledge of the subject matter other than your desk, you would discover something that actually helps create jobs. The fact that Exim bank is a government program that Obama wants to end should be sufficient evidence that it is something that actually works.

Mr. arling your article reaffirms my opinion that journalism as a profession should be rated slightly above child molesters, but certainly below bank robbers. The ignorance of the subject matter in dealing with foreign business is truly appalling. Your attitude as well as the banks that did actually take bailout money is the reason that we continue to lose manufacturing jobs in the USA. All of the competition in foreign markets is from companies that if not totally owned by their governments are at least partly owned. In order to compete in this market,it doesn't matter whether an American company can deliver a better product, but who is controlling the financing. The Ex-Im bank may the the only US government entity that helps.

Let us also not forget that there was wirldwide economic growth in third world during the Clinton era created by Reagan's defeat of the Soviet Union. Without the Soviets pouring gasoline on Marxist fires worldwide there was more economic growth in the third world since WWII. Also speaking of gasoline; oil prices were less than $20/bbl for most of his tenure, also boosting the economy. Finally, like Bill himself, alot of his domestic economy was fraud. Does no one remember the Dot com frenzy where stocks were inflated beyond any reasonable value? Add in the reduction of capital gains and the treasury was reaping a windfall in stock trading until the bubble burst after his tenure.

Dear Mr. Williams,

Sorry but you missed the boat, AGW is only a subset of the overall religion of the left/socialism/marxism that is more evangelical in its recruitment than the Baptists. Socialism has repeatedly proven a failure where ever tried but the faith in socialist doctrine continues to exist. This is the main religion the others are all subsets. The AGW religion is a minor subset of the overall religious doctrine, including feminism, political correctness, multiculturalism, etc. Also note how these so called enlightened movements completely avoid attacking any of their assocoiated sects. ie NOW's condemnation Bill Clinton's dalliances with powerless female interns, or the NAACP's lack of involvement in blantant racists...