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In reply to the discussion: Hillary 2016: the good, bad and ugly [View all]antigop
(12,778 posts)48. outsourcing of jobs as well
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/07/AR2007090702780.html
What, exactly, are engineers and IT people supposed to train for after their jobs get sent overseas?
When Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton flew to New Delhi to meet with Indian business leaders in 2005, she offered a blunt assessment of the loss of American jobs across the Pacific. "There is no way to legislate against reality," she declared. "Outsourcing will continue. . . . We are not against all outsourcing; we are not in favor of putting up fences."
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High on the agenda of union officials is an explanation of how each candidate will try to stem the loss of U.S. jobs, including large numbers in the service and technology sectors that are being taken over by cheap labor in India. During the vetting, some union leaders have found Clinton's record troubling.
"The India issue is still something people are concerned about. Her financial relationships, her quotes -- they have both gotten attention," said Thea M. Lee, policy director for the AFL-CIO.
Facing a cool reception, Clinton and her advisers have used closed-door meetings with labor leaders in recent months to explain her past ties to Indian companies, donors and policies. Aides have highlighted her efforts to retrain displaced workers and to end offshore tax breaks that reward companies that outsource jobs.
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High on the agenda of union officials is an explanation of how each candidate will try to stem the loss of U.S. jobs, including large numbers in the service and technology sectors that are being taken over by cheap labor in India. During the vetting, some union leaders have found Clinton's record troubling.
"The India issue is still something people are concerned about. Her financial relationships, her quotes -- they have both gotten attention," said Thea M. Lee, policy director for the AFL-CIO.
Facing a cool reception, Clinton and her advisers have used closed-door meetings with labor leaders in recent months to explain her past ties to Indian companies, donors and policies. Aides have highlighted her efforts to retrain displaced workers and to end offshore tax breaks that reward companies that outsource jobs.
What, exactly, are engineers and IT people supposed to train for after their jobs get sent overseas?
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the brutal sanctions against Iraq during Bill's years was not kind to women and children either.
Whisp
Feb 2013
#9
The policies Bill and Hillary supported in the 90s have devastated this country. Her support for war
Romulox
Feb 2013
#8
I fail to see what you are disagreeing with. You agree she has hurt the country, you agree
Romulox
Feb 2013
#14
If you're arguing that Americans are better off today than the late 90s, take it up with reality.
Romulox
Feb 2013
#20
Nope. Not any more than I would give credit to a Meth head for a sudden burst of energy...
Romulox
Feb 2013
#26
Also add her support for expanding the H-1B and other insourcing indentured servant programs...
cascadiance
Feb 2013
#37
maybe she made a deal here to speak for hundreds of thousands of dollars somewhere in India. n/t
Whisp
Feb 2013
#49
Her votes for, and support of, Bush's wars makes her a No Sale for me.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Feb 2013
#11
Hillary now repealed Glass-Steagall & enacted NAFTA?! Oh boy, it's going to be a long 4years.
JaneyVee
Feb 2013
#13
Correction, he always has been clinton, the sequel. It was the biggest hoot of the '08 primaries.
Maven
Feb 2013
#35
He was not a "commited corporatist" like Hillary already showed herself to be...
cascadiance
Feb 2013
#43
I think his "plans" to go after Iran were FAR LESS nebulous than Hillary's were...
cascadiance
Feb 2013
#46
And those that espouse liberal views should really have their backgrounds checked too...
cascadiance
Feb 2013
#39