Why is the President even going near Nike?

[SHRED]

Considering Nike's record of outsourcing manufacturing to China and Vietnam along with their treatment of their foreign labor force...what gives here?
Why is Obama going there?
He can go to Nike however he couldn't find his shoes to go to Wisconsin?

[Brickbat]

1. Maybe he's planning on buying some walking shoes.

[Fred Sanders]

2. I hear he wears underwear that could have been made in Vietnam...what other stores should he

avoid?

Or should he just go without?

The things folks throw in the media waters to chum up their daily outrage.....is funny sometimes.

[BrotherIvan]

11. pfft union manufacturing jobs

What are they? Amirite?

[99th_Monkey]

3. Because they're a job creator, silly

never mind that most of them are in sweatshops in 3rd world.

I think we're not supposed to notice that part.

[arcane1]

4. That's his base n/t

[liberal_at_heart]

7. +1

[okaawhatever]

5. Simple:

Beaverton, Oregon
President Obama campaigned for a Pacific free-trade zone on Friday by visiting the headquarters of Nike, where executives will announce that they will create 10,000 new jobs in the United States if the accord is approved.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/09/business/nike-to-create-jobs-if-trans-pacific-partnership-is-approved.html?_r=0

[jeff47]

8. Almost. They announced they would create _up to_ 10,000 new jobs.

A few years down the line: "Ooops. Only created 5".

[arcane1]

10. With 10 years to do it, everyone will have forgotten by then

I say create 1,000 of them TODAY to prove he means it.

[cali]

12. UP TO. That's a very different thing and why the fuck would anyone

believe them. They have a heinous record- and they have a record of lying their filthy pig shit asses off.

gad.

[KG]

6. getting fresh comfy shoes to walk a picket line in

[arcane1]

13. .

[KamaAina]

9. I don't know. He just did it.

[BrotherIvan]

14. It's a feature, not a bug

[SHRED]

15. Bernie's take...

"When Nike was founded in 1964, just 4% of footwear sold in the U.S. was imported. Today, that number has soared to 98%. It is no secret why Nike is supporting the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
It's time to corporate America to create jobs in this country, not just low-wage jobs abroad."

https://www.facebook.com/berniesanders?fref=nf