Tom Donohue Meets With President Of China To Outsource American Jobs.

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U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Winner of National “Scrooge Of The Year” Award While Its CEO Tom Donohue Meets With President Of China To Outsource American Jobs.
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With Christmas right around the corner, we wanted to let all of you know that the focus of one of our campaigns, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has just been named winner of the “National Scrooge of the Year Award.” Each year, the national organization Jobs with Justice gives an ‘award’ to the greediest, most cold-hearted company or person to be its “Scrooge of the Year.” This year, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce won by a large margin.

As Jobs with Justice says, "This Scrooge likes you to think it is the voice of American business. But in reality, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- and its CEO Tom Donohue -- are pushing a narrow, radical agenda. The Chamber is the ultimate Scrooge. Not only will Tom Donohue fight hard to put a lump of coal in your stocking at taxpayer expense, but it will claim that the lump of coal represents the voice of American business and is good for you.”

"There was plenty of competition for the award this year," said Jobs with Justice Executive Director Sarita Gupta, "but the similarities between Scrooge and the Chamber of Commerce were hard to beat. The ghost of years past would show that the policies they've promoted including deregulation and maximizing profits at the expense of workers are directly connected to the destruction of America's middle class.”

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1. He is outsourcing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce??

OKAY!!!

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2. Ugh no. You one of his fans?

Tom Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce on outsourcing and offshoring
In this exclusive interview, Thomas J. Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce shares insight with VentureOutsource.com.

Read what Mr. Donohue says about the loss of U.S. jobs; America as a competitive power; global economics of contract manufacturing outsourcing and offshoring, foreign manufacturing productivity and product quality serving global markets, and more.

Transcripts from that discussion follow.

Donohue: By taking advantage of greater access in new markets, U.S. companies, particularly manufacturers, have been able to strengthen their bottom lines; reduce consumer prices, focus on more profitable operations, and create new and better jobs here at home.

The Chamber issued two landmark reports on the topics of outsourcing and U.S. competitiveness. Our 2004 report titled "Jobs, Trade, Sourcing, and the Future of the American Workforce," found little hard data to support fears about outsourcing and claims of an impending exodus of U.S. jobs overseas. Our 2006 follow-up report, "Global Engagement: How Americans Can Win and Prosper in the Worldwide Economy", found that overwhelmingly, Americans benefit from the nation's openness to trade; foreign investment, immigrants, and international visitors.

The 2004 report also found U.S. exports directly supported one in every five manufacturing jobs here at home. The U.S. manufacturing sector has been sourcing around the world for over 30 years, during which time our manufacturing output has more than doubled. Some manufacturing workers have lost jobs due to technological advances as well as changes driven by outsourcing and the just-in-time production process. We have supported strong retraining programs to help these workers and will continue to do so.

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4. Easy. I think that was sarcasm, a joke. I took it that way.

Outsourcing the US CofC. Sounds like the fitting result for that bunch.

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3. More of his bullshit

Dungeon Whoe: The bottom line: outsourcing has made the manufacturing process more efficient and productive, which has helped consumers and our overall economy. Outsourcing allows manufacturers to buy components from a vast array of suppliers, lowering costs for the manufacturer who is able to pass on the savings to consumers.

Outsourcing has also made us work smarter and made workers able to take advantage of one of the United States greatest assets - the spirit of innovation. The changes in the manufacturing sector have resulted in some of our best workers improving their workforce skills and in many cases, transitioning to careers in high-technology fields. With the help of the Federal Trade Adjustment Assistance programs, many of these workers have been retrained and are now working in high-tech industries.

For all of these reasons, the Chamber strongly believes manufacturing and service companies alike should have the freedom and flexibility to source and trade across our country-and around the world. We are not in the business of telling companies that they should outsource, but we are fighting to preserve their right to do so. Flexibility is one of the American economy's greatest strengths, and we are working hard before governments and regulators everywhere to preserve it.

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5. these jackasses should be tarriffed to the wall.

enough is enough.