You ever wonder who is paying for those ads during campaign season that bring up issues that you have never heard about before? When did Congress send jobs overseas and outsource medical care to China? How is Congress undermining cell phone security? Why am I suppose to tell my Congressman or Senator tp focus on inflation and not what helps Steve Bezos, Elon Musk , or other tech company billionaires make more money and pay less in taxes?
The problem is that billionaires can underwrite these ads for tens’ of millions of dollars as if that is chump change, write off the costs of the ads while influencing elections for people who will vote their interest instead of voting the interests of the people they should represent. The truth is that Congress doesn’t send jobs overseas, corporations close down plants here in the US and send the manufacturing overseas where labor is cheaper. Then they create a supply chain that is easily disrupted by a pandemic, and blame the governing administration or party if they don’t have the influence they want.
Which party made it easier to outsource jobs and industries overseas? In 2012 Nancy Pelosi wrote the following blog post….”Since taking control of the House in 2011, Republicans have voted:
For the GOP Job Outsourcers’ Bill of Rights that makes it easier for corporations to send American jobs overseas and weakens the rights of middle class workers – allowing employers to relocate their operations to punish employees for exercising their rights to organize, demand better benefits and safer working conditions, and ensure a full day’s pay for an honest day’s work. [Vote 711, 9/15/11, AFL-CIO]
Against the Democratic budget that rewards companies that choose to invest in or bring back jobs to America with a 20 percent tax credit, eliminates tax advantages for companies moving jobs overseas, as proposed by President Obama, and closes loopholes that allow businesses to avoid taxes by sheltering earnings in foreign tax havens. [Vote 150, 3/29/12]
Against considering the Bring Jobs Home Act – the President’s proposal to reward companies that choose to invest in or bring back jobs to America with a 20 percent tax credit, and to eliminate tax advantages for companies moving jobs overseas. [The Record, Vote 456, 7/10/12]
Against stopping businesses that outsource American jobs from receiving a 20 percent business tax deduction. [Times Republican, Vote 176, 4/19/12]
Against stopping companies that ship jobs overseas from taking advantage of the repeal of the medical device tax. [Vote 360, 6/7/12]
Against ending government contracts that reward corporations that ship American jobs overseas. [Release, Vote 19, 1/25/11]
Against considering the U.S. Call Center Worker and Consumer Protection Act to help revitalize a U.S. call center industry that has lost over 500,000 jobs just in the past six years. The measure includes incentives to reduce outsourcing by requiring call centers to notify the Secretary of Labor at least 120 days before relocating outside of the U.S., and giving preference in contracts to employers who keep their call centers at home. [Paramus Post, Vote 381, 6/19/12]
Against a measure that places a priority on keeping jobs in America, protecting the authority of the National Labor Relations Board to order an employer to maintain or restore jobs in the U.S. that would otherwise be outsourced to a foreign country. [Vote 710, 9/15/11]
Against a measure to discourage outsourcing by denying the underlying bill’s pro-corporation election rules for companies that ship American jobs overseas and leveling the playing field for workers in union elections. [Vote 868, 11/30/11]
Against an effort to require work performed under intelligence contracts be first provided to U.S. companies and workers, and not outsourced to foreign-owned companies. [Release, Vote 300, 5/31/12]
Against a measure to encourage that oil and gas leases be awarded to companies that avoid outsourcing American jobs and that use U.S.-made materials. [Release, Vote 409, 6/21/12]
Against a measure to ensure that mining companies that receive American permits for mineral exploration not outsource American jobs and make a good faith effort to purchase American mining equipment. [Release, Vote 467, 7/12/12]
Against a measure to help close overseas tax havens by giving the Treasury Department greater powers to investigate offshore tax abuses and crack down on offenders and banks that aid them, which could reduce the deficit by as much as nearly $1 billion. [Vote 344, 6/6/12]
2001-2010
From 2007-2010, Republicans voted eleven times to:Protect tax breaks for corporations that ship American jobs overseas.
Protect off-shore tax havens for corporations and the wealthiest Americans.
Protect tax loopholes for CEOs’ deferred compensation paid by off-shore companies, foreign tax haven corporations dodging U.S. taxes, and Americans who renounce their citizenship.
These tax breaks cost American taxpayers over $60 billion
Under President Bush, Republicans voted 8 times to expand tax breaks for outsourcing and protect offshore tax havens. The Republicans:Enacted legislation to provide $42 billion in tax breaks for offshore operations of U.S. corporations, encouraging the shipping of U.S. jobs overseas.
Voted to protect tax shelters for corporations relocating overseas to avoid paying taxes.
Voted to protect government contracts for these corporate expatriates.
Voted against help for workers whose jobs were outsourced and against even a study on outsourcing of U.S. jobs.
Republican Record on Shipping American Jobs Overseas
JULY 17, 2012
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So you see even the supply chain issues and the resulting inflation has it’s origins back to the 2000’s when Republicans controlled Congress the Senate and the Presidency. Yet today influencers sympathetic to the GOP and donors wanting to turn our democratic republic where the to access voting is restricted so that only theocratic authoritarian White Christian males count place ads on out TV in hopes that the electorate continues to vote against it’s interest before their take over is complete.
Just remember elections have consequences, Ignorance of down ballot races has consequences. Those Black folks who tell us that voting doesn’t matter has consequences. Those Conservative minority members who support White Nationalist candidates have consequences, The failure of people to be motivated by their own self-interests has consequences.
Not knowing who id lying to you about what has consequences.
A Reasonable Point of View 