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(72,902 posts) Wed Nov 30, 2016, 07:26 PM Nov 2016

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The White House Just Obliterated Trump's Jobs Carrier Stunt With A Giant Fact Bomb [View all]

The Hill reported that Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that the White House was pleased that the jobs were staying, then he added:

“If (Trump) is successful in doing that 804 more times, then he will meet the record number of manufacturing jobs” created during Obama’s eight years in office.

Earnest went further, saying that the roughly 800,000 jobs he cited were new jobs created under Obama’s watch. He said the president protected “more than a million” additional manufacturing jobs in the Midwest with his bailout of the auto industry.

“The one difference would be the president-elect is talking about protecting jobs,” he said. “The metric I’m using is actually creating jobs.”

What the White House didn’t mention, but is also true is that Donald Trump and Mike Pence have now set a precedent in their dealings with Carrier that every CEO in the United States is going to use. Trump better be prepared to for a flood of companies demanding tax cuts and concessions or they will take jobs out of the United States. Trump and Pence won’t care if their PR ploy sets off a binge of ransoming local and state governments across the country.

http://www.politicususa.com/2016/11/30/white-house-obliterated-trumps-jobs-carrier-stunt-giant-fact-bomb.html
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/308107-white-house-downplays-trump-carrier-announcement

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The White House Just Obliterated Trump's Jobs Carrier Stunt With A Giant Fact Bomb [View all] kpete Nov 2016 OP

About friggin time the White House made some kind of Statement. Wellstone ruled Nov 2016 #1

and we lucky few heard about it. SleeplessinSoCal Nov 2016 #17

I think the president is extremely busy just now trying to accomplish things it will be hard for.... Hekate Dec 2016 #23

Really MFM008 Dec 2016 #26

Fully agree, Wellstone ruled Dec 2016 #38

Right ! kacekwl Dec 2016 #39

Just waiting for the Quid Pro Quo Best_man23 Nov 2016 #2

How could Trump and Pence offer anything to Carrier frazzled Nov 2016 #3

I think that the good citizens of Indiana are financing this deal. LakeVermilion Nov 2016 #6

Basically socializing the loss/trade-off for keeping the jobs. Ilsa Nov 2016 #19

Pence probably did it KT2000 Nov 2016 #7

Bingo! we have the winner right here LittleGirl Dec 2016 #34

According to Rachel on MSNBC... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #25

So the deal isn't costing the federal govt anything, hughee99 Dec 2016 #46

I didn't do that math... Wounded Bear Dec 2016 #47

What about the penalty for leaving the US? I guess he forgot about that campaign promise ReformedGOPer Nov 2016 #4

Boeing does this to WA state KT2000 Nov 2016 #5

Exactly. This kind of corporate welfare is nothing new. subterranean Nov 2016 #8

Yes they do! I lived in WA state for 15 years... Raster Nov 2016 #9

yes - it has become a habit! nt KT2000 Nov 2016 #10

I've been here since 1973 MFM008 Dec 2016 #27

Government tax kickbacks/welfare to industry may have taken a big hit @ World Trade Court....... magicarpet Nov 2016 #18

well - that is interesting KT2000 Dec 2016 #24

that's why gov't needs to use the stick as well as the carrot. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #21

Yes and even with doing this, they've still moved many jobs to an anti-union state suffragette Dec 2016 #30

the Carrier deal KT2000 Dec 2016 #36

That's exactly it. They get corporate welfare for the jobs 'kept' here, then move suffragette Dec 2016 #37

Won't matter. Americans are so stupid these days, Trump could say he invented water Feeling the Bern Nov 2016 #11

And the media will make sure of that n2doc Nov 2016 #13

K & R SunSeeker Nov 2016 #12

Facts mean nothing because, haven't you notice? cilla4progress Nov 2016 #14

wonder if the Jerk will tweet a response at 3AM tomorrow to Earnest rurallib Nov 2016 #15

Ouch!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2016 #16

it's no doubt a Trump con, but dems need to get with the program here; it's the economy, stupid. nt TheFrenchRazor Nov 2016 #20

CNN.com has a headline "Trump shows jobs chops" right now. gulliver Dec 2016 #22

Carrier was bribed with tax incentives Gothmog Dec 2016 #28

Isn't every tax incentive essentially a bribe? hughee99 Dec 2016 #48

Obliterated AngryAmish Dec 2016 #29

It would have been nice if they let everyone know about saving that many jobs Calista241 Dec 2016 #31

The media will report it as a great thing due to Carrier Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #32

Not surprised but this in the long run is a bust for Trump. rockfordfile Dec 2016 #35

I have always noticed Doreen Dec 2016 #33

K&R Jeffersons Ghost Dec 2016 #40

The next four years are going to be nothing but optics Politicub Dec 2016 #41

what he fails to note is that in a couple months Trump will control the BLS 0rganism Dec 2016 #42

Of course we're all just doing each other's laundry, but they're still "jobs." TonyPDX Dec 2016 #43

Well, why would it matter to Trump/Pence if they're met with Dark n Stormy Knight Dec 2016 #44

Krugman had tweeted 2 daus ago that 🍊 would have to do that weekly robbedvoter Dec 2016 #45