jimnyc
12-01-2016, 02:01 PM
Sanders tries to imply that Trump lied about taxes and Carrier going to Mexico. Of course what Trump REALLY said, was talking about hitting them in their wallets if they stayed in Mexico, or moved to Mexico. Instead, he negotiated a deal to get them to remain, so hitting them for moving to Mexico never happened.
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The Carrier deal shows what Donald Trump understands about the politics of jobs
Donald Trump's deal to keep 800 Carrier workers in Indiana is not a broad-spectrum jobs policy — though if the $7 million, 10-year price tag reported by The Wall Street Journal summarizes the deal's full fiscal cost, it looks like it may have been a pretty good value, at just $875 per year per job not moved to Mexico.
But the narrow deal also reflects something Trump understands about the broad politics of jobs that few national politicians in either party have managed to grasp.
Over the last couple of decades, wage growth has lagged behind economic growth, and participation in the labor force has declined. These are our core economic challenges.
In that environment, Trump has focused much of his economic messaging on one correct core idea: What most people want is to be able to comfortably support themselves and their families with the income from a job that pays steadily rising wages. And he'll work hard to make that goal a reality for more Americans — including by bullying and bribing companies into keeping jobs in America.
The idea that good-paying jobs are the central goal of economic policy may sound uncontroversial, even trite — but it's a significant departure from standard Republican and Democratic messaging on the economy.
Rest here - http://finance.yahoo.com/news/carrier-deal-shows-donald-trump-165900707.html
Sanders: Carrier Tax-Breaks Deal Should 'Send a Shock Wave of Fear' Through U.S. Workers
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in the Washington Post today that workers aside from the 1,000 Carrier employees whose jobs were saved due to a deal cut by President-elect Donald Trump "should be very nervous."
The air conditioning and heating company announced in February that it would move over a three-year period more than 2,000 jobs from an Indiana plant and distribution facility to Monterrey, Mexico, as a cost-cutting measure.
Carrier said in a statement Wednesday that the company "negotiated an agreement with the incoming administration that we believe benefits our workers, the state of Indiana and our company."
The company said it "will continue to manufacture gas furnaces in Indianapolis, in addition to retaining engineering and headquarters staff," stressing "the incentives offered by the state were an important consideration." The Wall Street Journal reported that Carrier will reap $7 million in tax breaks over 10 years in the deal.
Trump and Gov. Mike Pence were headed to the Carrier plant today to celebrate the agreement.
"This is about the president-elect and vice president-elect making good on their promise to go to bat for American workers, which they're doing so even before they're actually sworn in and become the president and vice president," spokesman Jason Miller told reporters on a conference call today. "That's really what this deal is about."
In his op-ed, Sanders argued that "instead of a damn tax" -- words Trump used on the campaign trail to describe how he wanted to punish Carrier -- "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? In essence, United Technologies took Trump hostage and won. And that should send a shock wave of fear through all workers across the country," Sanders wrote.
Rest here - https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/12/01/sanders-carrier-tax-breaks-deal-should-send-a-shock-wave-of-fear-through-u-s-workers/
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The Carrier deal shows what Donald Trump understands about the politics of jobs
Donald Trump's deal to keep 800 Carrier workers in Indiana is not a broad-spectrum jobs policy — though if the $7 million, 10-year price tag reported by The Wall Street Journal summarizes the deal's full fiscal cost, it looks like it may have been a pretty good value, at just $875 per year per job not moved to Mexico.
But the narrow deal also reflects something Trump understands about the broad politics of jobs that few national politicians in either party have managed to grasp.
Over the last couple of decades, wage growth has lagged behind economic growth, and participation in the labor force has declined. These are our core economic challenges.
In that environment, Trump has focused much of his economic messaging on one correct core idea: What most people want is to be able to comfortably support themselves and their families with the income from a job that pays steadily rising wages. And he'll work hard to make that goal a reality for more Americans — including by bullying and bribing companies into keeping jobs in America.
The idea that good-paying jobs are the central goal of economic policy may sound uncontroversial, even trite — but it's a significant departure from standard Republican and Democratic messaging on the economy.
Rest here - http://finance.yahoo.com/news/carrier-deal-shows-donald-trump-165900707.html
Sanders: Carrier Tax-Breaks Deal Should 'Send a Shock Wave of Fear' Through U.S. Workers
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) wrote in the Washington Post today that workers aside from the 1,000 Carrier employees whose jobs were saved due to a deal cut by President-elect Donald Trump "should be very nervous."
The air conditioning and heating company announced in February that it would move over a three-year period more than 2,000 jobs from an Indiana plant and distribution facility to Monterrey, Mexico, as a cost-cutting measure.
Carrier said in a statement Wednesday that the company "negotiated an agreement with the incoming administration that we believe benefits our workers, the state of Indiana and our company."
The company said it "will continue to manufacture gas furnaces in Indianapolis, in addition to retaining engineering and headquarters staff," stressing "the incentives offered by the state were an important consideration." The Wall Street Journal reported that Carrier will reap $7 million in tax breaks over 10 years in the deal.
Trump and Gov. Mike Pence were headed to the Carrier plant today to celebrate the agreement.
"This is about the president-elect and vice president-elect making good on their promise to go to bat for American workers, which they're doing so even before they're actually sworn in and become the president and vice president," spokesman Jason Miller told reporters on a conference call today. "That's really what this deal is about."
In his op-ed, Sanders argued that "instead of a damn tax" -- words Trump used on the campaign trail to describe how he wanted to punish Carrier -- "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? In essence, United Technologies took Trump hostage and won. And that should send a shock wave of fear through all workers across the country," Sanders wrote.
Rest here - https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/12/01/sanders-carrier-tax-breaks-deal-should-send-a-shock-wave-of-fear-through-u-s-workers/