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By
Josh Israel -
October 18, 2019
Republicans in Congress voted against a bill that would disincentive companies' shipping jobs overseas and lying about it.
The House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday to require public companies to disclose how many people they employ in the United States and abroad, a transparency measure aimed at showing who outsources jobs to foreign countries. The vote was 226-184, but 183 of the 185 Republican members of Congress present voted against the measure.
The Outsourcing Accountability Act, proposed by Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA), simply changes existing disclosure laws for publicly traded companies to require them to publish annually the number of employees they have in each state and country. Axne noted that many of her constituents have been told they are being "laid off due to 'technological advances,' only to then be asked to train their replacement overseas."
"By holding companies accountable for outsourcing, this bill will help disincentivize the practice and give employees, consumers, and investors the information they need to make informed decisions about supporting companies that support American jobs," she explained.
But most Republicans opposed the bill, objecting to it as a mandate on companies aimed at making them look bad.
https://shareblue.com/house-republicans-vote-companies-jobs-overseas-outsourcing-accountability-act-cindy-axne-gop-congress/
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)Igel
(35,320 posts)I'll buy something from overseas instead of buying it locally.
When I travelled to Arizona frequently I'd make a run down to Nogales, and use the pharmacies there, usually with pharmaceuticals produced by south-of-the-border companies (maybe Mexican, maybe not, but usually made south of the US/Mexico border).
I know I do this. I just ordered some stuff from Amazon but not through amazon.com (the North-American version). An off-shore amazon. On the other hand, I only do it with things produced just overseas. Like Houellebecq's recent novel in French.
My parents, in Arizona, knew people who routinely would go to Mexico to see doctors or such. Instead of hiring and buying American, they hired Mexican and sourced their meds from Mexico.
They really, really understood how it was so much cheaper to pay Mexican workers or suppliers. They also completely failed to understand, when it was somebody else like a company, how it was so much cheaper to pay Mexican workers or suppliers. And whenever they were confronted with the dissonance in their views, they'd react badly. They were special, they'd say, because they weren't rich, so there had to be one lower standard for them and another higher standard for others.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Well, you can probably guess.
not_the_one
(2,227 posts)YOUR Senator/Representative (insert name), <party designation> voted AGAINST you being told the names of companies moving their jobs overseas...
The measure PASSED 226(D) to 184(R). ALL Democrats voted for the bill.
183 of the 185 Republicans who voted, voted AGAINST the measure.
Apparently AMERICAN JOBS are NOT a high priority for the Republican party.
SWBTATTReg
(22,133 posts)hypocrites, all of them.