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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 07:23 PM
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Job-Killing McCain voted to Waive and Weaken Buy American Laws
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McCain Voted to Waive and Weaken Buy American Laws. McCain voted to allow the secretary of defense to waive Buy American laws for defense systems, placing our defense manufacturing industry and jobs in jeopardy. He also voted to exempt defense goods from six European countries from Buy American requirements that traditionally have required most military equipment and defense systems to be manufactured in the United States. (S. 2400, Vote 135, 6/22/04; S. 1050, Vote 191, 5/21/03)

McCain Voted to Keep Tax Breaks for Companies That Reimport Foreign Manufactured Goods. McCain voted against a bill to tax multinational companies on income from foreign factories when goods are shipped back to the United States and to require companies to notify employees and give a reason before they move their jobs overseas. Essentially, he voted to reward companies that ship jobs overseas with a tax haven. (S. 1637, Vote 83, 5/5/04)

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uponit7771 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:13 PM
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1. This should be a 24\7 commericial in Indiana and Ohio
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CATagious Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:24 PM
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2. I wish they would do something to curb outsourcing...
I'm a contractor at IBM (it's no longer your daddy's IBM... there's no chance of us ever getting hired on). We are currently training some Indians on 3 of our accounts and, after the accounts go to India, the majority of us will probably get the axe. It's a good thing that I decided to go back to school part-time a couple of years ago and will graduate with a degree in accounting in May. Just have to figure out how to survive that long.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:35 PM
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3. I'm sorry for your impending job loss
that sucks.
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Usrename Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Aug-09-08 08:47 PM
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4. This is a good place to hit McCain.
He's dumb enough to say something REALLY stoopid if he is ever confronted about it.
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Coexist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 08:50 AM
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5. yes it is.
read the entire booklet at the link = it is a great source.
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Overseas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-10-08 12:17 PM
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6. Great ad potential -- not even supporting Buy American for defense items!
And subsidizing companies that manufacture overseas.
That's the Republican Way -- subsidize companies that ship our jobs overseas, cut welfare, keep medical care privatized and then have the truly desperate people beg for charity from the likes of John and Cindy McCain with their seven homes and unlimited credit.
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