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WORKER LAID OFF UNDER BAIN CAPITAL: ROMNEY DIDNT CARE ABOUT THE WORKERS, PUT PROFIT OVER PEOPLE | Speaking to reporters tonight in Des Moines, Iowa, a worker laid off by a company owned by Bain Capital accused former Bain Capital CEO and current Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney of being out of touch with the concerns of average Americans. Randy Johnson and more than 250 of his fellow workers at a Marion, Indiana American Pad and Paper (AMPAD) facility lost their jobs after Bain decided to close the plant amid a labor dispute. Johnson, who noted that he personally reached out to Romney during the labor dispute, said, I really think (Romney) didnt care about the workers. It was all about profit over people. In addition to the layoffs and eventual bankrupting of AMPAD, Bain Capital under Romneys leadership drove several other firms into bankruptcy and caused thousands of layoffs.
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http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/01/01/396199/worker-laid-off-under-bain-capital-romney-didnt-care-about-the-workers-put-profit-over-people/
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)I want Ron to win Iowa and drive the GOP into an apoplectic fit ... and this attack on Mittens could help!!!
tsuki
(11,994 posts)This is how Romney made his fortune.
http://www.massresistance.org/romney/ampad_062607/
How can a five million dollar company end up in almost 400 million dollars in debt. Must be the lazy workers fault. Yep.
eShirl
(18,503 posts)oh, and Soylent Green
Prophet 451
(9,796 posts)The modern GOP places profit as second only to Jayzus (and a close second at that).