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Tx4obama

(36,974 posts)
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 02:44 AM Oct 2012

OFA TV Ad: Since When




Text below from YouTube video description...

Voiceover: "These appliances could have been made here in America. But a company called Global Tech maximized profits by paying its workers next to nothing under sweatshop conditions in China. When Mitt Romney led Bain, they saw Global Tech as a good investment even knowing that the firm promoted its practice of exploiting low-wage labor to its investors.
Mitt Romney, tough on China? Since when?"



Related article, below


Obama Campaign Ad Continues To Hammer Mitt Romney On Bain Outsourcing

Stepping up its flow of advertising in swing states, the Obama campaign released a new television ad on Monday that once again ties Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to outsourcing at Bain Capital.

-snip-

The spot is running in the swing states of New Hampshire, Virginia, Florida, Ohio, Iowa, Nevada and Colorado, which is the site of the first presidential debate on Wednesday.

According to recent reports from the Boston Globe, Bain invested in Global Tech less than two weeks after the firm released documents that sold its operating model as relying on "inexpensive labor" and a "low tax rate."

Despite reservations from some high-profile Democrats months ago about attacking Romney's experience in Bain, it continues to be the main line of attack against the GOP contender.

-snip-

Full article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/01/obama-ad-mitt-romney-bain_n_1930601.html



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OFA TV Ad: Since When (Original Post) Tx4obama Oct 2012 OP
the Boston Globe did report on it recently Enrique Oct 2012 #1
K&R HopeHoops Oct 2012 #2

Enrique

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1. the Boston Globe did report on it recently
Tue Oct 2, 2012, 09:15 AM
Oct 2012

but they were following up on a story from July in Mother Jones.

David Corn again

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