FLASHBACK: Obama Mocks Trump Plan to Keep Carrier Jobs in USA (VIDEO)
‘Well, I’m going to negotiate a better deal.’ Well, how — what — how exactly are you going to negotiate that? What magic wand do you have? And usually, the answer is he doesn’t have an answer.”
Press Lets Earnest Claim 805,000 Manufacturing Jobs Gained Under Obama; 303,000 Jobs Have Been Lost
Data from the government’s own Bureau of Labor Statistics makes mincemeat of Earnest’s manufacturing jobs gained claim:
you’re the President Elect but you’ve done more in your first three weeks of being elected than the current administration has done in the last nine months for us.”
Live updates: Carrier offered $7M in tax breaks
Trump said Carrier’s Indianapolis employment is going to “go up substantially” from 1,100. It’s currently at 1,400. The Wall Street Journal is reporting 800 employees will be retained whose jobs were to be cut.
Carrier would receive a $7 million package of incentives to keep its factory here from moving to Mexico, the company said Thursday, under a deal negotiated with the state after an unusual intervention by President-elect Donald Trump that could reshape the relationship between the White House and private enterprise.
Sanders says Carrier deal sets a dangerous precedent
In an op-ed in The Washington Post Thursday, the Vermont senator bashed Trump for what he said is sending a signal to American corporations that they can threaten to leave the United States in exchange for government incentives.
CONGRATS MINIMUM WAGE PROTESTERS! McDonald’s Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks Nationwide
Earlier this month, McDonald’s announced the nationwide roll-out of touchscreen self-service kiosks. In a video the company released to showcase the new customer experience, it’s striking to see employees who once would have managed a cash register now reduced to monitoring a customer’s choices at an iPad-style kiosk.
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