Trump's deal with Carrier moves 1,300 jobs to Mexico

[DonViejo]

The deal announced Thursday to preserve 800 jobs at a Carrier factory in Indianapolis that was planning on shipping those jobs to Mexico was classic Trump. He gushed over his election victories in Indiana, blustered about building a wall on the border with Mexico, threatened other companies about moving jobs, and basked in the adulation of workers at the plant who were “all crying” at his dealmaking prowess. But Trump offered few specifics. Like his dodgy business empire, it’s what’s behind the curtain that matters more than the smoke and mirrors on stage. Trump’s deal shows that his plan to “Make America Great Again” is based on accelerating the race to the bottom for American workers.

Take the agreement itself. Trump crowed about saving 1,100 jobs, but the Wall Street Journal reported that includes “300 research and headquarters positions that weren’t slated to go to Mexico.” That means the number of jobs being saved is 800 out of a total of 2,100 jobs that were to be transferred. In other words, 1,300 workers will still get the boot from two Carrier facilities in Indiana.

So when Trump told the crowd at Carrier, “All of the workers (will) have a great, great Christmas,” he was erasing the many more workers whose jobs will be eliminated.

Few will find another job that pays up to $30 an hour, and government will be stuck with the bill from Carrier. Larry Cohen, chair of the board of directors for Bernie Sanders’ “Our Revolution,” says the government will have to pay for “18 months of extended unemployment benefits and retraining” for the fired workers.

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[Cha]

1. Liar in chief

[WhiteTara]

2. 300 of the "saved" jobs were never

going to leave in the first place. He "saved" 800 jobs with almost twice as many going to Mexico. The taxpayers (us) are on the hook for $7million.

In truth, the unemployment comes from a separate fund than the general fund. But that is another cost that he incurred to have a victory lap.

When some of the "pundits" were so impressed with Scum's business acumen and noted that Obama would have never done such a bold move, I laughed. Of course he would not have done something so stupid as to open the door to the vault to the greedy corps.