Commerce Secretary

President Bush named Kellogg Co.'s chairman and chief executive officer, Carlos Gutierrez, as nominee for commerce secretary.
Gutierrez was born on November 4, 1953, in Havana, Cuba. His father owned a plantation and exported pineapples. He now lives in Battle Creek, Michigan.
They arrived with what Gutierrez claims was only 2,000 dollars. In 2004 – 2,000 1960 dollars would be worth $12, 736.49. Not quite starting from scratch.
Gutierrez became CEO of Kellogg Co. in 1999. He started as a salesman in Mexico in 1975 and currently owns more than 1 million shares. In 2001 he masterminded the takeover of Keebler. He became a net producer of poverty as he went on a rampage.
After purchasing Keebler he closed a plant in Denver and fired half of the employees at a plant in Statham, Georgia that had been for 4 years.
Guttierez closed a plant in Battle Creek, Michigan, putting another 550 Americans out of work.
Kellogg’s continued to fail. Gutierrez continued to fire. At least 1,000 more Americans were thrown out of work.
The ‘downsizing’ continued as Mexican operations ramped up.
In November of 2000, he fired about 250 in a global reorganization, closed a plant in Malaysia and eliminated positions in Eastern Europe.
He said in Tampa Bay, Florida: "Can Tampa Bay be to Mexico in the 21st Century what Miami was to Cuba in the 20th Century? Do you realize what it means to have a "border" with Latin America – what many other regions in the U.S. would give to have a border to do business with these countries?"
How many American jobs will he sacrifice to make his dream come true?