What a hypocrite ad Obama made about ROmney sending jobs to China

[Lovebears65]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAxlTpfZHzM]New Obama Ads Say Romney Shipped U.S. Jobs To China - YouTube[/ame]

Since HIS JOB Czar has done the same thing . Plus he is not drilling here and is going to be Brazil and other south American country our tax dollars so they can drill there and we will be their best customers. HYPOCRISY at its finest

 

[Conservative]

Cue the mass ignore from the libtards.

 

[Seawytch]

No need to ignore. The "Obama shipped jobs overseas too" meme is bullshit.

Indeed, many foreign companies benefited from American tax credits and Energy Department grants, and those programs created some jobs in foreign countries. A study by the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that anywhere from 30 percent to 70 percent of wind power spending goes overseas. Another federal study put the number at about 40 percent. That's because many components for wind turbines are not manufactured in the United States.

In fact, it is extremely difficult to know exactly where everything is made. Some foreign companies have American subsidiaries. Some American firms import many parts. The Romney campaign cited the 65 percent figure from investigative reporter Russ Choma, but right after Choma gave that number he wrote, "I can't say how many of the turbines built by American manufacturers were overseas, and how many of the turbines built by foreign manufacturers were built here."

For solar power, the dependence on foreign components could well be greater than for wind. The Earth Policy Institute reports that the U.S. produces only about 4 percent of the total world output of photovoltaic cells. According to a government study, many American manufacturers import most of their components for final assembly in the U.S.

Overall, when the federal government supports the use of wind and solar power, it is virtually certain that some if not most of the materials will come from overseas. That is more true for solar than it is for wind.

However, it is one thing for federal stimulus dollars to be spent overseas; it is another to label this as outsourcing. In many cases, the reason the products come from foreign makers is that no one makes them here.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...-says-stimulus-money-solar-and-energy-was-ou/

 

[spectrumc01]

Lovebear, I like your avatar but you need to add...Your boss, millionaires, billionaires. Be like FOX news fair and balanced.

 

[EriktheRed]

No need to ignore. The "Obama shipped jobs overseas too" meme is bullshit.

Indeed, many foreign companies benefited from American tax credits and Energy Department grants, and those programs created some jobs in foreign countries. A study by the U.S. Department of Energy estimates that anywhere from 30 percent to 70 percent of wind power spending goes overseas. Another federal study put the number at about 40 percent. That's because many components for wind turbines are not manufactured in the United States.

In fact, it is extremely difficult to know exactly where everything is made. Some foreign companies have American subsidiaries. Some American firms import many parts. The Romney campaign cited the 65 percent figure from investigative reporter Russ Choma, but right after Choma gave that number he wrote, "I can't say how many of the turbines built by American manufacturers were overseas, and how many of the turbines built by foreign manufacturers were built here."

For solar power, the dependence on foreign components could well be greater than for wind. The Earth Policy Institute reports that the U.S. produces only about 4 percent of the total world output of photovoltaic cells. According to a government study, many American manufacturers import most of their components for final assembly in the U.S.

Overall, when the federal government supports the use of wind and solar power, it is virtually certain that some if not most of the materials will come from overseas. That is more true for solar than it is for wind.

However, it is one thing for federal stimulus dollars to be spent overseas; it is another to label this as outsourcing. In many cases, the reason the products come from foreign makers is that no one makes them here.

PolitiFact | Romney says stimulus money for solar and energy was "outsourced" to overseas companies

The last part is what needs to be repeated and emphasized:

In many cases, the reason the products come from foreign makers is that no one makes them here.