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RiverStone

(7,228 posts)
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:29 AM Oct 2012

How would you rec Obama weave Mitt + Bain involvement in Sensata (horrific wk cond) at Mon's debate?

I know the debate is foreign policy, but outsourcing + supporting horrific sweat shops (aka Romney & Bain) is a fair subject for Monday's debate yes?

Of course, great to mention 170 workers at their Ill plant will be jobless when it's all shipped to China this December.

On edit: added link which explains conditions at Sensata

http://www.alternet.org/election-2012/inside-bains-chinese-sensata-factories-where-workers-put-12-hour-days-99-135-hour

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How would you rec Obama weave Mitt + Bain involvement in Sensata (horrific wk cond) at Mon's debate? (Original Post) RiverStone Oct 2012 OP
Did I hear correctly China built the new factory for Sensata?? tokenlib Oct 2012 #1
One of the topics for tomorrow night's debate is ''China''. Tx4obama Oct 2012 #2
I'm not sure it will, unless they unearthed something new LTR Oct 2012 #3
per his ownership you are right. However, per the method... salin Oct 2012 #4

tokenlib

(4,186 posts)
1. Did I hear correctly China built the new factory for Sensata??
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 01:31 AM
Oct 2012

I think all Romney's comments about "being tough on China" have greased the skids for this topic ..

LTR

(13,227 posts)
3. I'm not sure it will, unless they unearthed something new
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:12 AM
Oct 2012

One line from Romney last Tuesday slipped under the radar. It was his Bain response to a question that wasn't really asked. Romney claims that his Bain holdings have been in a trust for eight years, and he has no authority there anymore. Now, if Team Obama found out anything recently to counter that, yeah, it could be used.

But let's face it, Obama's foreign policy has gotten very high marks. Romney has showed himself to be a doofus in that regard.

salin

(48,955 posts)
4. per his ownership you are right. However, per the method...
Mon Oct 22, 2012, 05:18 AM
Oct 2012

'when Governor Romney speaks of getting tough on China, just what policies would he promote to prevent businesses from moving US operations to China? Or to prevent bringing those future Chinese factory workers to the US to be trained by the US workers who are losing their jobs?".... Don't even have to say the companies name. Just let it dangle and watch Romney go rude ballistic again.

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