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Omaha Steve

(99,618 posts)
Tue Sep 25, 2012, 07:34 PM Sep 2012

Romney Launches Anti-China Ad While Bain Capital Is Shipping 170 Illinois Jobs To China


http://boldprogressives.org/romney-launches-anti-china-ad-bainport/

Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is out this week with a new ad claiming that he will “stand up to China” and its trade and intellectual property practices. Watch it:




But Romney doesn’t have to wait until after the presidential election to “stand up to China.” He can stand up to unfair trade right now by condemning the outsourcing practices of his old company Bain Capital.

Bain recently acquired Sensata Technologies. After the acquisition, Sensata announced that it will be closing a plant in Freeport, Illinois and moving its 170 jobs to China. Workers at this plant will even be required to train their new Chinese replacements.

FULL story at link.

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