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We will remember Carrier as the very first example of Trump's many disasters.
Carrier was going to close to move to Mexico. In Mexico, salaries are a third of what they are here. In Canada, the government pays for all health care. This is why business will fight ending NAFTA, but that's another story.
So after negotiations with Gov. Pence, now vice President and President elect Trump, now president, Carrier decided to stay where it is.
Trump crowed about saving 1,100 jobs and that was it.
Or was it?
It turns out that 730 jobs were saved. More than 30% fewer than what Trump claimed.
Millions of dollars were pledged to Carrier to stay. And the CEO has said they will use that money to automate the company. Since nationally, 88% of all lost jobs since 2001 were automated, what if 88% of Carrier jobs are automated? Then the 1,100 dropped to 730 and possibly to around a hundred.
Remember, while manufacturing jobs have gone down, manufacturing actually went up. And how many millions did the taxpayers pay for an automated factory?
When you look at Trump's many bankruptcies and his billions in debt, perhaps his reputation by the right wing as a great businessman is overstated.
He wasn't even president yet and he made this failed deal. And now he's signing executive orders right and left. How many of them will end up being even bigger disasters?
Rush into things without a plan, thought, study, an understanding and without evaluating the drawbacks and what we get is Donald Trump.
This is only the beginning.
Carrier was going to close to move to Mexico. In Mexico, salaries are a third of what they are here. In Canada, the government pays for all health care. This is why business will fight ending NAFTA, but that's another story.
So after negotiations with Gov. Pence, now vice President and President elect Trump, now president, Carrier decided to stay where it is.
Trump crowed about saving 1,100 jobs and that was it.
Or was it?
It turns out that 730 jobs were saved. More than 30% fewer than what Trump claimed.
Millions of dollars were pledged to Carrier to stay. And the CEO has said they will use that money to automate the company. Since nationally, 88% of all lost jobs since 2001 were automated, what if 88% of Carrier jobs are automated? Then the 1,100 dropped to 730 and possibly to around a hundred.
Remember, while manufacturing jobs have gone down, manufacturing actually went up. And how many millions did the taxpayers pay for an automated factory?
When you look at Trump's many bankruptcies and his billions in debt, perhaps his reputation by the right wing as a great businessman is overstated.
He wasn't even president yet and he made this failed deal. And now he's signing executive orders right and left. How many of them will end up being even bigger disasters?
Rush into things without a plan, thought, study, an understanding and without evaluating the drawbacks and what we get is Donald Trump.
This is only the beginning.
