Sanders: Carrier took Trump hostage and won

[workinclasszero]

Sanders: Carrier took Trump hostage and won
BY JESSIE HELLMANN - 12/01/16 08:06 AM EST

President-elect Donald Trump broke his campaign promises and caved into corporate greed with his deal with Carrier, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) says.

Trump on Thursday will announce a deal with United Technologies, the corporation that owns Carrier, to keep nearly 1,000 jobs in Indiana. Carrier had announced in March it would shut down an Indianapolis plant and move it to Mexico.
"Just a short few months ago, Trump was pledging to force United Technologies to 'pay a damn tax.' He was insisting on very steep tariffs for companies like Carrier that left the United States and wanted to sell their foreign-made products back in the United States," Sanders said in a Washington Post op-ed.

"Instead of a damn tax, the company will be rewarded with a damn tax cut. Wow! How’s that for standing up to corporate greed? How’s that for punishing corporations that shut down in the United States and move abroad?"

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/308242-sanders-carrier-took-trump-hostage-and-won

[Tanuki]

1. K & R---well framed argument, Bernie! nt

[doc03]

2. The news media is running with Donald trump saved 1000 jobs at Carrier n/t

[workinclasszero]

3. President Obama saved 1.5 MILLION autoworker jobs

And was vilified by the alt-reich republicans for his efforts!


Mon Dec 9, 2013 | 12:36pm EST
Auto bailout saved 1.5 million U.S. jobs -study

http://www.reuters.com/article/autos-bailout-study-idUSL1N0JO0XU20131209

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4. That was the first thing I heard this morning on XM Progressive radio

this morning. Whoever reports their news said Donald Trump saved 1000 jobs at Carrier.

[workinclasszero]

6. And the news media is all over it praising the Fuhrer for bribing carrier

to keep 1000 jobs here am I right?

[HassleCat]

5. So much for the free market

Republicans are quick to interfere with the free market when it benefits them.

[workinclasszero]

7. You will never hear a peep out of them about deficit spending either

As soon as Dump takes power.

He will make war and build the great wall of Dump on the southern border and give huge tax cuts to the 1% by whipping out the credit card and the republican deficit hawks will be silent and meek as kittens.

[HassleCat]

8. That wall will be great.

Another corporate welfare vehicle.

[workinclasszero]

11. Yep

And Dump's Deportation Force will be a jobs program for his faithful alt-reich supporters as they terrorize hard working, good people and their families across the country.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. Slippery Slope

A very slippery slope.

[gratuitous]

12. Perish the thought!

Surely no other company in the U.S. would even dream of knocking on the White House door, hat in hand, looking for a deal like Carrier got. And we know that even after the tax cuts expire in Indiana, Carrier will feel so beholden to America (remember that it will be great again) that they'll stay put and keep creating jobs, and that factory they built in Mexico can just crumble to dust.

No puppet. No slope. No slippery. Thus saith the Donald.

[demmiblue]

10. Thank you Senator Sanders!

Are there any Dems taking on Trump like this?

The only person I see sticking it to that arsehole is Senator Sanders.

If so, we need to elevate their voices so that the MSM will take notice!

[rockfordfile]

13. Trumpf is a liar. That's his thing. lies.

[G_j]

14. yep... nt

[spanone]

15. small price for a photo op. the media is anointing trump king today.

again, he's playing them for the fucking fools they are.