US Chamber of Commerce seminar on outsourcing to China

sparks · **Joined:** Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:17 pm **Posts:** 3800

Here is the real agenda behind the Republican party, outsourcing as many jobs as possible to China. It's a shame that the Teabaggers can't see that the folks behind the Republican party are selling out Americans to increase their profits.
http://thinkprogress.org/2010/10/19/chamber-chinese-seminar/
In addition to sharing staff members, the Chinese AmCham has worked closely with the U.S. Chamber and the Chinese government to sponsor a series of seminars in America to teach American businesses how to outsource jobs to China (called the China Grassroots Program). Below is an invite to an event sponsored by the right-wing billionaire Sheldon Adelson, inviting local businesses in Florida to come to Jacksonville and learn about outsourcing from Chinese government officials like Li Haiyan, the Counselor for Economic Affairs for the Peopleâ€™s Republic of China, U.S. Chamber lobbyist Joseph Fawkner, and BChinaB, a firm that specializes in helping American firms outsource their manufacturing jobs to China.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:04 pm

Who are you kidding Sparky, everyone knows that Clinton out sourced all US manufacturing jobs way back when he signed NAFTA.

Ross Perot even predicted it before it happened.

Quote:

Giant sucking sound

The "giant sucking sound" was United States Presidential candidate Ross Perot's colorful phrase for what he believed would be the negative effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he opposed.

[edit] History

The phrase, coined during the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, referred to the sound of U.S. jobs heading south for Mexico should the proposed free-trade agreement go into effect.

Perot ultimately lost the election, and the winner, Bill Clinton, supported NAFTA, which went into effect on January 1, 1994.
[edit] Derivations

The phrase has since come into general use to describe any situation involving loss of jobs, or fear of a loss of jobs, particularly by one nation to a rival. For example:

* A European Union representative spoke of worrying "about the giant sucking sound from Eastern Europe;"[1]
* An op-ed writer opined that "the Mexicans... are hearing 'the giant sucking sound' in stereo these daysâ€”from China in one ear and India in the other.[2]
* A columnist used the phrase "That Giant Sucking Sound" to introduce a comment about a 34% slump in employment in the U.S. airline industry. [3]
* Congressman Steve LaTourette (R-OH 14) invoked the catchphrase while criticizing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: "Well, today there's another sucking sound going on in Washington, D.C. And that's the tightening of sphincters on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as people are having to explain who put into the stimulus bill this provision of law."[4]

[edit] See also

* Globalization
* List of political catch phrases
* NAFTA's impact on US employment
* Nearshoring
* Offshoring
* Outsourcing

Why don't you do something more effective with your time . . . like exercising.

sparks · **Joined:** Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:17 pm **Posts:** 3800

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

Who are you kidding Sparky, everyone knows that Clinton out sourced all US manufacturing jobs way back when he signed NAFTA.

Ross Perot even predicted it before it happened.

Quote:

Giant sucking sound

The "giant sucking sound" was United States Presidential candidate Ross Perot's colorful phrase for what he believed would be the negative effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he opposed.

[edit] History

The phrase, coined during the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, referred to the sound of U.S. jobs heading south for Mexico should the proposed free-trade agreement go into effect.

Perot ultimately lost the election, and the winner, Bill Clinton, supported NAFTA, which went into effect on January 1, 1994.
[edit] Derivations

The phrase has since come into general use to describe any situation involving loss of jobs, or fear of a loss of jobs, particularly by one nation to a rival. For example:

* A European Union representative spoke of worrying "about the giant sucking sound from Eastern Europe;"[1]
* An op-ed writer opined that "the Mexicans... are hearing 'the giant sucking sound' in stereo these daysâ€”from China in one ear and India in the other.[2]
* A columnist used the phrase "That Giant Sucking Sound" to introduce a comment about a 34% slump in employment in the U.S. airline industry. [3]
* Congressman Steve LaTourette (R-OH 14) invoked the catchphrase while criticizing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: "Well, today there's another sucking sound going on in Washington, D.C. And that's the tightening of sphincters on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as people are having to explain who put into the stimulus bill this provision of law."[4]

[edit] See also

* Globalization
* List of political catch phrases
* NAFTA's impact on US employment
* Nearshoring
* Offshoring
* Outsourcing

Why don't you do something more effective with your time . . . like exercising.

You're right,Arc. Clinton and the Republican led Congress created NAFTA. However, let's not forget that NAFTA was the North American free trade act. Bush is the President who signed the trade deals that expanded trade with China. Ross Perot did predict what is happening in the US right now.

newsflashkid · **Joined:** Tue Jun 29, 2010 12:20 pm **Posts:** 1011

One way to change the whole picture. Let's say we restrict any sale of foreign items. I can just see the American Manufactures streaming back home. Or at least limit the imports to a great degree. May sound silly, but everything else they have tried has failed. I know that oil situation could be excluded. The plans to restructure small business's is not going to work as Obama has planned. However, starting to rejuvenate small business is the only route to go at present. A new method will have to be developed. Every plan that has been brought forward has cost billions and what do we have in results today? Speaking from a business stand point. The last month has been the worst so far. I have never witnessed conditions so bad since the great depression. I know many people that are living off their credit cards, hoping tomorrow will bring a better day. 401K plans are disintegrating.

sparks · **Joined:** Tue Nov 14, 2006 4:17 pm **Posts:** 3800

newsflashkid wrote:

One way to change the whole picture. Let's say we restrict any sale of foreign items. I can just see the American Manufactures streaming back home. Or at least limit the imports to a great degree. May sound silly, but everything else they have tried has failed. I know that oil situation could be excluded. The plans to restructure small business's is not going to work as Obama has planned. However, starting to rejuvenate small business is the only route to go at present. A new method will have to be developed. Every plan that has been brought forward has cost billions and what do we have in results today? Speaking from a business stand point. The last month has been the worst so far. I have never witnessed conditions so bad since the great depression. I know many people that are living off their credit cards, hoping tomorrow will bring a better day. 401K plans are disintegrating.

You have a rather simplistic view of economics. Entire industries such as textiles,footwear have been shipped overseas and those jobs are never coming back. The "American" manufacturers you speak of worked hand in hand with companies like WalMart and GM to build factories as fast as they could in countries where workers are paid one tenth of what an American worker is paid. All across the country middle class Americans are angry because they see how free trade has sold them down the river by exporting millions of jobs. What people like you don't seem to understand is that the conservatives created the blueprint which is creating this economic chaos.The financial community has made a killing off destroying American manufacturing and they have bankrolled Fox News, turning it into one big political advertisement for the GOP. Millions of brainwashed Americans buy into the argument that if we shrink government and lower taxes, everything will be OK. It's all one big lie that is designed to do one thing,make the rich even richer as the middle class is destroyed,one foreclosure at a time.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 8:59 pm

sparky wrote:

What people like you don't seem to understand is that the conservatives created the blueprint which is creating this economic chaos.

Once again.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

Who are you kidding Sparky, everyone knows that Clinton out sourced all US manufacturing jobs way back when he signed NAFTA.

Ross Perot even predicted it before it happened.

Quote:

Giant sucking sound

The "giant sucking sound" was United States Presidential candidate Ross Perot's colorful phrase for what he believed would be the negative effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which he opposed.

[edit] History

The phrase, coined during the 1992 U.S. presidential campaign, referred to the sound of U.S. jobs heading south for Mexico should the proposed free-trade agreement go into effect.

Perot ultimately lost the election, and the winner, Bill Clinton, supported NAFTA, which went into effect on January 1, 1994.
[edit] Derivations

The phrase has since come into general use to describe any situation involving loss of jobs, or fear of a loss of jobs, particularly by one nation to a rival. For example:

* A European Union representative spoke of worrying "about the giant sucking sound from Eastern Europe;"[1]
* An op-ed writer opined that "the Mexicans... are hearing 'the giant sucking sound' in stereo these daysâ€”from China in one ear and India in the other.[2]
* A columnist used the phrase "That Giant Sucking Sound" to introduce a comment about a 34% slump in employment in the U.S. airline industry. [3]
* Congressman Steve LaTourette (R-OH 14) invoked the catchphrase while criticizing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: "Well, today there's another sucking sound going on in Washington, D.C. And that's the tightening of sphincters on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue as people are having to explain who put into the stimulus bill this provision of law."[4]

[edit] See also

* Globalization
* List of political catch phrases
* NAFTA's impact on US employment
* Nearshoring
* Offshoring
* Outsourcing

Why don't you do something more effective with your time . . . like exercising.

happy jack · **Joined:** Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:32 am **Posts:** 3789

sparks wrote:

The financial community has made a killing off destroying American manufacturing and they have bankrolled Fox News, turning it into one big political advertisement for the GOP.

Damn it! I knew Fox News was somehow behind this economy.
They probably flew the planes into the towers, too.
Bastards.

-={ARCLIGHT}=- · **Posted:** Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:40 pm

happy jack wrote:

sparks wrote:

The financial community has made a killing off destroying American manufacturing and they have bankrolled Fox News, turning it into one big political advertisement for the GOP.

Damn it! I knew Fox News was somehow behind this economy.
They probably flew the planes into the towers, too.
Bastards.

He's just pissed that the liberals no longer have a monopoly when it comes to delivering the news.

ONE station Fox News against how many others?

Off the top of my head ABC, NBS, CBS, PBS, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, ETC., ETC., ETC . . .

chuckmo48 · **Posted:** Fri Oct 22, 2010 9:20 am

-={ARCLIGHT}=- wrote:

Who are you kidding Sparky, everyone knows that Clinton out sourced all US manufacturing jobs way back when he signed NAFTA.

...and now the rest of the story:

When Was NAFTA Started?:
NAFTA was signed by President George H.W. Bush, Mexican President Salinas, and Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in 1992. It was ratified by the legislatures of the three countries in 1993. The House approved it by 234 to 200 on November 17 and the Senate by 60 to 38 on November 20. It was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 8, 1993 and entered force January 1, 1994.
How Was NAFTA Started?:
The impetus for NAFTA actually began with President Ronald Regan, who campaigned on a North American common market. In 1984, Congress passed the Trade and Tariff Act. This is important because it gave the President "fast-track" authority to negotiate free trade agreements, while only allowing Congress the ability to approve or disapprove, not change negotiating points.
http://useconomy.about.com/od/tradepolicy/p/NAFTA_History.htm

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

Quote:

Obama's Phony Campaign-Cash Attack
Daily Beast, by Mark McKinnon

The out-of-control big-money donors this fall arenâ€™t the U.S. Chamber of Commerce types, as the White House would have you believe. Mark McKinnon on the real culpritsâ€”union gifts to Democrats.

Team Obamaâ€™s message in the closing weeks of the campaign was completely eclipsed Friday by a union official who openly boasted in a story reported by The Wall Street Journal: â€œWe donâ€™t like to brag,â€ but â€œweâ€™re the big dogâ€ when it comes to campaign funding.

Big as in $87.5 million. Big as in the biggest spender of any outside groupâ€”all meant to protect the interests of unions, the new â€œprivileged class.â€ But wait a minute: Team O led us to believe that honor went to the vilified U.S. Chamber of Commerce and all of its alleged contributions from â€œforeign moneyâ€ sponsors.

A record $87.5 million has been spent by one union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, to elect Democrats. Paid not by voluntary contribution from its members, but by forced union dues from workersâ€”who are paid by taxpayers.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and- ... on-season/

Moby Grape · **Joined:** Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:19 pm **Posts:** 13802

Quote:

Obamaâ€™s Outsourcing Far Worse Than Romneyâ€™s
Breitbart's Big Government, by William Bigelow

Obamaâ€™s second largest fundraiser is John Rogers, the CEO of investment giant Ariel Capital Management. He has raised more than $1.5 million for Obamaâ€™s reelection campaign. Bully for him, except for one thing: Ariel Capital Management owns a $48.6 million stake in Accenture, which just happens to be, according to the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals, the nationâ€™s â€œbestâ€ outsourcer.

And thatâ€™s not all for Rogers; he stated that he wants to intensify the trend that started with moving call centers and factories overseas to outsourcing â€œday-to-day activitiesâ€ including pest control, landscaping, and secretarial functions. And Rogers isnâ€™t ashamed one bit:

â€œWeâ€™re making a very big bet right now on outsourcing. People have generally soured on the idea, and many companies are trading at discounts to their private-market values. But we donâ€™t think that view accurately reflects the powerful secular growth weâ€™re going to see as companies and individuals outsource more of their day-to-day activities.â€

Of course, Rogers isnâ€™t just anyone; he and Obama were buddies in Chicago, and Rogersâ€™ ex-wife Desiree left a $350,000 per year job at Allstate Insurance Company to serve as White House party planner.

If Obamaâ€™s second largest fundraiser is outsourcing jobs by the bushel, you just know his biggest fundraiser has got to be cravenly doing the same thing, right?

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government ... han-Romney

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