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Meanwhile, more than half of the jobs that Carrier had intended to move to Mexico are still going to be lost, and the tariff that Trump had threatened to impose transformed this week into a tax cut—an incentive, basically, to keep the jobs in Indiana. Also, the union whose workers’ jobs are under threat was not allowed to participate in negotiations between the company and Trump.
they weren’t keeping our 1,283 bargaining unit members, they were going to keep 730.” He added: “That was somewhat of a setback, because Trump was saying they were keeping 1,000 jobs"
United Technologies received more than $6 billion in defense contracts last year and made a profit of $7.6 billion.
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Donald Trump Sold His Investment In Carrier’s Parent Company, Transition Team Says | The Huffington Post
Barring additional information, it is impossible to verify the Trump transition team’s claim until the president-elect’s next financial disclosure in May 2017, which will show asset sales made in 2016.
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So Trump gave a tax incentive to a company he is possibly invested in.
No conflict of interest here, he hopes.
Trump said he sold his investment off in January, but refuses to provide any documents that would prove that divestment.
Interesting FIRST case. It won't be the last. This is only the beginning.
Meanwhile, more than half of the jobs that Carrier had intended to move to Mexico are still going to be lost, and the tariff that Trump had threatened to impose transformed this week into a tax cut—an incentive, basically, to keep the jobs in Indiana. Also, the union whose workers’ jobs are under threat was not allowed to participate in negotiations between the company and Trump.
they weren’t keeping our 1,283 bargaining unit members, they were going to keep 730.” He added: “That was somewhat of a setback, because Trump was saying they were keeping 1,000 jobs"
United Technologies received more than $6 billion in defense contracts last year and made a profit of $7.6 billion.
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Donald Trump Sold His Investment In Carrier’s Parent Company, Transition Team Says | The Huffington Post
Barring additional information, it is impossible to verify the Trump transition team’s claim until the president-elect’s next financial disclosure in May 2017, which will show asset sales made in 2016.
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So Trump gave a tax incentive to a company he is possibly invested in.
No conflict of interest here, he hopes.
Trump said he sold his investment off in January, but refuses to provide any documents that would prove that divestment.
Interesting FIRST case. It won't be the last. This is only the beginning.