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Bain Capital outsourcing more high paying jobs to, wait for it, China

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othershoe1030

othershoe1030

I know, I know, Romney has nothing to do with the day to day running of Bain Capital but he set up the business model they are still using and taught them how to operate. This is a classic example of short term profits with long term consequences for the workers in Illinois.
Does this looks like a patriotic business model? One problem with the global corporate/financial system is these guys have no country.

Why would anyone vote for a man who has 100K in his 401K plan, money off shore to avoid paying into the Treasury of the United States of America? I mean, sure, we all take our deductions but I for one don't have any accounts in the Bahamas. I think that sort of thing coupled with job outsourcing is just not the best thing for this country's economy. Might be good for Mitt but not for the rest of us.


Romney's Bain Capital Is Sending a Bunch of High-Tech Jobs to China on the Day Before the Election
The story of Sensata Technologies is about the hollowing out of America's economy by a rapacious 1 percent.

The most important part of the story is that Sensata Technologies is profitable operating in Illinois. Net income last year was $355 million, up 16 percent from 2010. The company reported total revenues of $1.8 billion in 2011, up almost 19 percent from the year before. According to a company financial statement , “both 2011 net revenue and adjusted net income represent record levels for the company.”


As Tom Gaulrapp -- a lifelong resident of Freeport and 33-year employee of Sensata – told the Huffington Post's Amanda Terkel, “They're still using his business model. He's the one who taught them how to do this. These guys were put there by him. So you can say he doesn't run the day-to-day operations, but he's still at blame for the way they do business."

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/romneys-bain-capital-sending-bunch-high-tech-jobs-china-day-election?page=0%2C0&akid=9538.310455.OGdGJL&rd=1&src=newsletter728438&t=7

Sal

Sal

USA! USA!! USA!!!

What a heart-warming story of American exceptionalism.

And, the timing is delicious.

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If there is a relevant point to this thread it is buried under partisan whining. But wait - there is more to this story so let us enjoy both sides:

"Liberals have gone absolutely insane after snorting bathsalts under the name of “Sensata.” Supposedly, Romney is responsible for what Bain does 12 years after he left it, and Obama is not responsible at all for 4 years of failed economic policy.

And what is their claim? That Romney’s blind trust has holdings in this company that is off-shoring jobs from Illinois to China.

For many sophisticated and wealthy investors, as well as for ordinary workers invested in pension funds, China is a part of any diversified investment strategy. President Obama, a former Illinois state senator, has as much as $100,000 in a state retirement plan that contains shares of Sensata Technologies, the same auto parts company controlled by Bain that is closing its Illinois factory."

Sal

Sal

nochain wrote:
And what is their claim? That Romney’s blind trust has holdings in this company that is off-shoring jobs from Illinois to China.

Not really.

The relevant part of the story is that Bain's business model is precisely the style of vulture capitalism that Romney represents and is illustrative of the economic policies he would promote as President.

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salinsky wrote:
nochain wrote:
And what is their claim? That Romney’s blind trust has holdings in this company that is off-shoring jobs from Illinois to China.

Not really.

The relevant part of the story is that Bain's business model is precisely the style of vulture capitalism that Romney represents and is illustrative of the economic policies he would promote as President.

Sure about that huh? And what of BHOs policies? Oh that's right, he has no real plan. Yeah let's just run that play again for 4 more years, it has worked so well the last 4. I would like to think Romney knows enough that "business models" don't exactly apply to government. Management skills (that BHO lacks) and an understanding of what it takes for businesses to succeed (that BHO lacks) is what is going to be needed to crawl out of this economic sinkhole.

othershoe1030

othershoe1030

nochain wrote:If there is a relevant point to this thread it is buried under partisan whining. But wait - there is more to this story so let us enjoy both sides:

"Liberals have gone absolutely insane after snorting bathsalts under the name of “Sensata.” Supposedly, Romney is responsible for what Bain does 12 years after he left it, and Obama is not responsible at all for 4 years of failed economic policy.

And what is their claim? That Romney’s blind trust has holdings in this company that is off-shoring jobs from Illinois to China.

For many sophisticated and wealthy investors, as well as for ordinary workers invested in pension funds, China is a part of any diversified investment strategy. President Obama, a former Illinois state senator, has as much as $100,000 in a state retirement plan that contains shares of Sensata Technologies, the same auto parts company controlled by Bain that is closing its Illinois factory."

There is no whining here. The article points out the reality of Bain Capital's policies (which Romney put in place when he started the company and are still used as their business model)and how those effect American workers. As for pension fund investments, wouldn't it be great if there were more American businesses to invest in?

And Romney didn't even acknowledge in the first debate that companies get to deduct the expenses of moving out of the country as part of their cost of doing business, incredible, really.

Romney is pro-business. That is not the same as being pro-American.
We don't need a guy like this in the WH.

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[quote="othershoe1030"]
nochain wrote:If t

Romney is pro-business. That is not the same as being pro-American.
We don't need a guy like this in the WH.[/color]

And BHO is simply Pro-Obama - for crying out loud he has spent his entire term campaigning! I would rather have someone that at least understands the global economy, regardless of how many times people point out things that happened years ago and are not relevant today. I have to wonder what the folks at Hawker Aircraft think about BHO after the AT6 was not allowed to compete for a contract awarded to Embraer - a Brazilian company whose country apparently has ties to Iran - a contract worth about a billion dollars and over a thousand AMERICAN jobs. Of course their union doesn't think much of the empty suit BHO so that may explain their being cut off. Yes the hypocrisy is clear.

http://www.flyingmag.com/news/hawker-beech-sues-block-embraer-air-force-contract

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