Democrats telling Carrier employees that democrats wished they had all lost their jobs will not broaden the Democrat base.
Let's break it down into dollars and cents.
Carrier is owned by United Technologies. United Technologies has a revenue of over 56 billion a year.
10% of that business goes to the United States government.That means the US does 5.6 billion in business with UTC a year.
Carrier has a revenue of 100 million a year. No mention of United Technologies Electronic Controls which is also in Indiana, has 700 jobs and is also moving to Mexico and is also owned by UTC.
Both plants are very profitable and pay their workers $23 an hour on average. But moving to Mexico, they could squeeze a tiny bit more money out of both those companies. So the Trump administration threatens the company, just a little, that maybe some of those 5.6 billion in government contracts might go someplace else.
Carrier revenue is less than 2% of the business UTC does with the federal government. Carrier, stay or go is still profitable. So Carrier stays.
UTC keeps it's 5.6 billion in government contracts. UTEC still moves it's 700 jobs to Mexico.
Trump looks like a hero. Everyone is happy. And all it took was a little big government blackmail. Will it be that easy in the future?
Doubtful.