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Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary Clinton to Indian Audience: ‘OUTSOURCING has Benefited Many Parts of Our Country’ [View all]
PRESS RELEASE
Clinton to Indian Audience: Outsourcing has Benefited Many Parts of Our Country
MARCH 4, 2016
BURLINGTON, Vt. In a video from the Indian TV state NDTV from May 7, 2012, then-Secretary Hillary Clinton told an Indian audience that outsourcing benefited many parts of the United States: Well, you know, its been going on for many years now and its part of our economic relationship with India, and I think that there are advantages with it that have certainly benefited many parts of our country and there are disadvantages that go to the need to, you know, improve the job skills of our own people and create a better economic environment, so its, like anything its, you know, got pluses and minuses.
Following a question from the host about a political ad by President Obama about outsourcing, Secretary Clinton laughingly responds, Well, you know, its an election year . . . .
Her remarks to the Indian audience stand in stark contrast to her comments here in the United States denouncing outsourcing.
For instance, in February 2004, Secretary Clinton said, I do not think outsourcing American jobs is a new kind of trade . . . and I certainly do not believe it is a good thing.
Congressional Record 2/10/04 Page S769
This new video shows Secretary Clinton says different things to different audiences about outsourcing, Jeff Weaver, Bernie 2016 campaign manager, said. In the United States she condemns it but when shes in India she says it has benefitted many parts of our country. Secretary Clinton should explain to the people of Michigan how they have benefited from the outsourcing of their manufacturing jobs.
Given the Secretarys long history of supporting job-crushing trade deals its not a surprise she thinks there are pluses to outsourcing. But to go abroad and just describe it as part of our economic relationship with India is disturbing when so many communities like Detroit and Flint that have been hurt so badly by outsourcing. America workers need a president they can trust to protect their jobs.
Weaver also said the video shows why voters should be allowed to see the transcripts of Secretary Clinton secret paid speeches. If shes willing to say positive things about outsourcing when she knows shes on film in India, we can only imagine what she told Goldman Sachs, foreign banking interests, drug companies and other corporate interests in those closed-door speeches she was paid millions to give. Voters deserve to see them.
Full Text of Clintons remarks on outsourcing is below:
The entire video can be found here.
The relevant section begins at approximately 51:30.
Transcript below:
Audience: good morning maam, Im also a part of the youth advisory council of the US government. so I have [inaudible] questions the first one is: with the possible cut down on outsourcing, [inaudible] protectionism, and [inaudible, will you do anything] about the jobs? And uhh
Host: okay lets take one question at a time so we can get other people to respond.
Clinton: So youre talking about outsourcing from the United States to India? Outsourcing from the United States to India? Well you know its been going on for many years now, and its part of our economic relationship with India, and I think that there are advantages with it that have certainly benefited many parts of our country and there are disadvantages that go to the need to, you know improve the job skills of our own people and create a better economic environment, so its, like anything its, you know, got pluses and minuses.
Host: Theres a new advertisement in the election campaign of President Obama, that causing a lot of [inaudible hot word?] about outsourcing.
Clinton: Well, you know its an election campaign, and there is an obligation in any election campaign
Host: to overstate a little bit?
Clinton: Well Im not overstating I wouldnt go that far, but to talk about whats on peoples minds, and you know its more directed toward the fear that a lot of Americans who were in manufacturing, who dont feel like they have any other job possibilities because they werent trained for any other job possibilities, so its a legitimate issue, it needs to be aired, but i think the President has been very clear that he wants to improve our own exports. You know when were on our way to doubling our exports, he wants to improve education, skills training so that people can have the jobs of the 21st century. So its fair to talk about but you also have to have a solution that looks at whats really going to work.
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Hillary Clinton to Indian Audience: ‘OUTSOURCING has Benefited Many Parts of Our Country’ [View all]
Segami
Mar 2016
OP
And we are encouraged to dream of "inventing the next Facebook" instead of having a damn job.
arcane1
Mar 2016
#13
And HGC's buddy Rahm Emmanuel promised a portion of Chicago city jobs will be reserved for
Akicita
Mar 2016
#32
It has benefited the .01%, most definitely, Hillary. Not so much everyone else. nt
valerief
Mar 2016
#3
I heard "Jobs of the 21st Century" were over a bridge built to the 21st Century somewhere, but
Kip Humphrey
Mar 2016
#6
The kind of job I do in the military is the kind of job Clinton wants to send away.
VulgarPoet
Mar 2016
#9
the owners, the human brokers for the indenturees, media flacks that yell about the "STEM shortage"
MisterP
Mar 2016
#23
And polls reflect this, her trust rating is among the lowest if not the lowest of all candidates
pdsimdars
Mar 2016
#26
Many positions are filled by less qualified H1B workers, as more expensive Americans are laid off
peacebird
Mar 2016
#33
Two Clintons. 41 Years. $3 Billion. Inside The Clinton Donor Network (Washington Post 11-19-15)
bobthedrummer
Mar 2016
#36
Outsourcing = Indentured Servitude and Loss of STEM Jobs , Promotes Age Discrimination
Impedimentus
Mar 2016
#41
That's a Trump campaign commercial that writes itself. Jesus fucking Christ.
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#42
Hillary acts like she is on an inside joke where those who don't agree with her are just too stupid
Bread and Circus
Mar 2016
#43
Yep. Those parts of the country that are the live, work, and play enclaves of the 1%.
hobbit709
Mar 2016
#45