Carrier deal a PR stunt that rewards bad corporate bahvior
Click here for reuse options!Basically, the deal amounts to short-term ego gratification for Trump but does nothing to address the long-term problem of manufacturing decline in the Rust Belt or honestly level with blue-collar workers about the future of factory jobs that are growing ever scarcer in America. Trump has no more idea about how to do that than anyone else in his party — assuming it is even interested in doing so — beyond bribing companies with tax breaks. Which is not a long-range sustainable model for the manufacturing sector…
After the election and a call to its CEO from the new president-elect, Carrier’s parent company, United Technologies, hammered out a deal with outgoing Indiana governor and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. In exchange for tax breaks that will cost the state of Indiana $700,000 a year for an unspecified number of years, Carrier will keep 850 manufacturing jobs in the state, along with 300 headquarters and engineering jobs that slated to move to North Carolina. About 1,300 jobs will still relocate to the glorious workers’ paradise of Mexico…
Here is what we know about the Carrier deal. The company had planned to close its Indianapolis plant and ship about 2,000 jobs to a new facility in Monterrey, Mexico, where it can get away with paying workers $19 a day. On the campaign trail this year Trump had been railing against the move as an example of the creeping globalism that has hollowed out America’s manufacturing industry and he promised to reverse it. If he couldn’t, he promised his voters, he would slap a 35 percent tariff on any products that Carrier made in Mexico and then tried to import into the United States.
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17 responses to Carrier deal a PR stunt that rewards bad corporate bahvior
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KABoink_after_wingnut_hacker December 1st, 2016 at 21:18
Corporations are going to be lining up to threaten to leave the country whilst playing Trump like a fiddle.
Carrier sent 1300 hundred job to it’s newly expanded Mexico plant and Trump (through Pence) gave away $700,000.00 per year plus other incentives to keep 800 jobs in the US.
1. Trump had to use Pence as Governor because a President Elect has no power whatsoever.
2. Trump knows the rubes that support him are stupid and won’t notice or care that they just got taken to the cleaners for a ridiculous photo op.
Suckers!!!
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Suzanne McFly December 1st, 2016 at 21:23
Amazing how true this meme is now becoming.
StoneyCurtisll December 1st, 2016 at 21:34
but trump supporters believe every word of what trump says…
So reality is subjective..
If more people believe trump than disagree with him, Trump is reality..(welcome to Trumpf World)
whatthe46 December 2nd, 2016 at 00:12
one idiot on twitter said tRump saved 10,000 jobs in IN. i sh!t you not.
StoneyCurtisll December 2nd, 2016 at 18:53
I bet he also thinks Trumpf won in a landslide..
Jack E Raynbeau December 1st, 2016 at 22:43
Penn and Teller would be impressed.
William December 1st, 2016 at 23:13
For the paltry price of seven million dollars the taxpayers of Indiana got to hear the Cheeto-clown tell them how great he is.
whatthe46 December 2nd, 2016 at 00:11
perfect!!!!
whatthe46 December 2nd, 2016 at 00:11
are you on twitter?
William December 2nd, 2016 at 00:17
no
William December 1st, 2016 at 23:35
So lets review shall we? Trumps strategy. Reduce or eliminate taxes for corporations and their billionaire CEO,s. Bribe them with millions to not leave. Bribe money acquired from middle class taxes. Brilliant huh? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c7cd837e1774d9225601105c69c7d3b66ec41e93572142481ee6a60e513ecc0e.jpg
oldfart December 2nd, 2016 at 00:37
Now lets be fair, tRumpster did say he was going to make America great again..
he just never said for whom…
Now they know. Too late suckers.
whatthe46 December 2nd, 2016 at 01:32
to tRump supporters, OOPS! LMAO
https://twitter.com/MaddowBlog/status/804515105622761472
bpollen December 2nd, 2016 at 03:18
Trump’s promises, policies, wealth, business acumen, business success, great mind:
.
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robert December 2nd, 2016 at 04:45
3 card Monte or the folding table shell game. Coming to a town near you
Willys41 December 2nd, 2016 at 08:56
It’s a lot of bullcrap to protect $6 billion in federal contracts.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/12/trumps-deal-with-carrier-moves-1300-jobs-to-mexico/
Foundryman December 2nd, 2016 at 10:51
Every company in the country would be stupid if they don’t do the same thing Carrier did. Carrier got a 7 million dollar tax free gift from the taxpayers of Indiana, United Technologies won’t be losing their 6 billion dollar government contract anytime soon, they still get to close a plant and ship 1300 jobs to low wage Mexico there won’t be any 35% tariff on any of their imports, plus the name Carrier has been plastered on every news channel and station with free advertising for several days….What a deal!