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ProSense

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Mon Sep 10, 2012, 10:34 AM Sep 2012

Holy shit: Mitt Romney admits using Chinese slave labor @ Bain. [View all]

Mitt Romney admits using Chinese slave labor @ Bain.

by anneonymous670

Mitt Romney admits using Chinese slave labor @ Bain. 20,000 young girls. 12 girls per room. 120 girls per bathroom. Huge fences with guard towers.

"95% of life is set up for you if you were born in this country. And, I remember going to ah, uh, sorry just to bore you with stories.

When I was back in my private equity days, we went to China to buy a factory there. It employed about 20,000 people. And they were almost all young women between the ages of about 18 and 22 or 23. They were saving for potentially becoming married.

And they work in these huge factories, they made various uh, small appliances. And uh, as we were walking through this facility, seeing them work, the number of hours they worked per day, the pitance they earned, living in dormitories with uh, with little bathrooms at the end of maybe 10, 10 room, rooms. And the rooms they have 12 girls per room.

Three bunk beds on top of each other. You've seen, you've seen them? (Oh...yeah, yeah!) And, and, and around this factory was a fence, a huge fence with barbed wire and guard towers. And, and, we said gosh! I can't believe that you, you know, keep these girls in! They said, no, no, no. This is to keep other people from coming in.

Because people want so badly to come work in this factory that we have to keep them out. Or they will just come in here and start working and, and try and get compensated. So we, this is to keep people out. And they said, actually Chinese New Year as the girls go home, sometimes they decide they've saved enough money and they don't come back to the factory.

And he said, so, on the weekend after Chinese New Year there will be a line of people hundreds long, outside the factory, hoping that some girls haven't come back. And they can come to the factory. And, and so as we were experiencing this for the first time, going to see a factory like this in China some years ago.

The Bain Partner I was with turned to me and said, you know, 95% of life is settled if you are born in America. This is uh, this is an amazing land and what we have is unique and fortunately it is so special we are sharing it with the world."

-Mitt Romney-



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/10/1129902/-Mitt-Romney-admits-using-Chinese-slave-labor-Bain

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Wow ! russspeakeasy Sep 2012 #1
Horrible. However, I don't think enough people give a shit about conditions of workers in China or Brickbat Sep 2012 #2
Enough people giving a shit is irrelevant. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #4
People giving a shit about the welfare of workers is always relevant. n/t pampango Sep 2012 #11
Yes, but that wasn't the point. ProSense Sep 2012 #13
It's what the 1% wants Bladesmith818 Sep 2012 #52
Also, has this been authenticated? Where and when was this talk? Brickbat Sep 2012 #3
Doesn't matter where it was, and ProSense Sep 2012 #5
Sounds like him to me... backscatter712 Sep 2012 #12
If this is an ProSense Sep 2012 #16
It sounds exactly like Romney matt819 Sep 2012 #15
Agree. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #17
That sounds EXACTLY like Rmoney. Talking about HIS company. kestrel91316 Sep 2012 #29
He's right there. He's on the right, on a dais. He's standing up and speaking to the room TalkingDog Sep 2012 #35
I really don't get the transition there at the end BeyondGeography Sep 2012 #6
It makes him feel better about exploiting workers. n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #7
Mitt Romney: Slave-owner. This is what he wants to bring to America. backscatter712 Sep 2012 #8
The question is ProSense Sep 2012 #9
+1.. "either way this is slavery"... exactly, thank you. . . n/t annabanana Sep 2012 #28
. bigtree Sep 2012 #10
He doesn't get it, and never will matt819 Sep 2012 #14
The two items that can allow him to dodge this completely Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #18
I don't know if he bought the company but he clearly thinks the idea is aces. nolabear Sep 2012 #20
I have no doubt it's Romney Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #21
OK, this video ProSense Sep 2012 #23
The MSM quit connecting dots when they shook the chains of impartiality Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #26
It's fascinating, ProSense Sep 2012 #44
I completely agree Matt_in_STL Sep 2012 #51
He actually idealizes girls accepting mistreatment so they can get married. It's FEUDAL. nolabear Sep 2012 #19
It's Romney. Go to youtube and there are 10 videos on the channel, Waiting For Everyman Sep 2012 #22
It's definitely him. Here is ProSense Sep 2012 #25
He thought, "Wow, if only we could do that in the US eShirl Sep 2012 #24
i'm at work and can't watch right now. barbtries Sep 2012 #27
nothing heaven05 Sep 2012 #30
Why the defeatist attitude? Nostradammit Sep 2012 #41
well heaven05 Sep 2012 #42
Mitt Romney "There are 47% of people who feel entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing!" roccr1985 Sep 2012 #31
Here is that "Chinese slave labor @ Bain" in color roccr1985 Sep 2012 #32
Short of shooting a man in Reno just to see him die, Romney is capable of anything MrScorpio Sep 2012 #33
We still have no answers to what he was doing when he dressed as a state trooper. Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #47
Link to previous thread on this (circa 2 weeks ago) JHB Sep 2012 #34
Excellent questions, JHB. nt Mnemosyne Sep 2012 #49
Rest of the story Vietnameravet Sep 2012 #36
Just to highlight a point, this is at odds with his claim he wasn't part of outsourcing decisions JHB Sep 2012 #37
Exactly! n/t ProSense Sep 2012 #39
Mitt Romney "We use Ann sparingly so people don't get tired of her" roccr1985 Sep 2012 #38
Too late. I'm already tired of her. eom Blanks Sep 2012 #50
Romney is sick. lexw Sep 2012 #40
Onto my FB page. Skidmore Sep 2012 #43
Mitt worships the almighty dollar and everyone and everything else does not matter to him. jillan Sep 2012 #45
He is such a sick,twisted, heartless bastard! smirkymonkey Sep 2012 #46
he sees it as helping them: "people want so badly to come work in this factory" we have to have HiPointDem Sep 2012 #48
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