Unions Press Clinton on Outsourcing

Washington Post: Hillary Gets Heat For Past Comments Relating To Hiring Of Overseas Workers

(Washingtonpost.com)  Clinton recently pleaded with her allies in the Indian American community to press Indian companies to invest more in the United States in return for the jobs they have gained through outsourcing - or risk a backlash.

"If the United States continues to outsource jobs to India in increasingly large numbers, people will begin to feel insecure and may very well seek more protection against what they view as unfair competition," Clinton told Indian technologists during a July speech in Santa Clara, Calif. "America is not just a marketplace to get a foothold in. It's a place to make lasting investments that will create jobs and economic growth for everyone."

Clinton's positioning on outsourcing dates to the 1990s, when her husband's administration aggressively pursued free trade agreements such as NAFTA that union workers today consider the start of a huge exodus of U.S. jobs to cheaper overseas competition.

During the rise of the Internet, the Clinton administration also distributed temporary-worker visas to hundreds of thousands of Indians who came to the United States for jobs at high-tech companies.

Both Clintons made repeated trips to India - visits that continued during Hillary Clinton's tenure in the Senate. Between them, Bill and Hillary Clinton have made eight visits to India since 2001, and many more to Indian American groups in the United States.

"Just look back," said Sanjay Puri, who heads the nation's largest Indian American fundraising committee. "The Clintons made a special effort. They went to India. They made a real attempt to reach out to Indian Americans at a time when no one else had done that."

As Clinton pursued a Senate seat in 1999, the Indian American community stepped up its giving. Indian businessman Sant Singh Chatwal raised $500,000 for her in his Upper East Side penthouse, including $210,000 from 14 entities connected to him. Chatwal is now a finance co-chairman for Clinton's presidential campaign, and Clinton aides said they have counted more than $2 million in contributions raised at Indian American events.

Some Indian American connections have benefited the Clintons personally, too. Vinod Gupta, the founder of a Nebraska data-mining firm, has donated more than $1 million to the Clintons' political causes while also paying the former president at least $3.3 million as a business consultant.

Gupta hosted Bill Clinton at the dedication and groundbreaking of the two-story Hillary Rodham Clinton Mass Communication Center he is building on the campus of a women's technical school in rural India. The institution is designed to train India's workforce to better compete in the global marketplace.

Among labor officials, a nagging question about Hillary Clinton's commitment to protecting U.S. jobs stems from a deal she helped broker for Tata Consulting, one of India's largest technology firms. In 2002, Clinton helped Tata land an agreement to open an office in New York State and to work with a Buffalo area university to create at least 100 jobs in the depressed community.

But today, Tata employs just 10 workers at the New York training center while sending much of its work to its predominantly Indian workforce, which includes many on temporary U.S. visas.

Tata is one of the largest users of the temporary-worker visas that have allowed U.S. technology companies to fill jobs with high-skilled, lower-paid Indian workers. It used nearly 8,000 such visas last year, according to a recent Senate report.

As a senator, Clinton has repeatedly supported that program and backs raising the cap for annual visas from the current 65,000 to 115,000.

Today, Clinton's office plays down the Tata deal that she once trumpeted. "Senator Clinton's priority has been to support local businesses and entrepreneurs in order to spur job creation and economic growth throughout New York State, and this is just one of the literally hundreds of cases where she did so," Reines said.

Staff researchers Alice Crites and Madonna Lebling contributed to this report.

[fizzal-2009]

Ill do this for you if you do that for me sounds like a bribe. The i won,t work for you unless I get more for me group should jump into the future.

[chicagopoet]

We can''t afford to let another Clinton take control of the White House. The last thing we need is more of the same policy that failed us the first time around. John Edwards is the answer.

[toldyouso21]

Does anyone else find it funny that the person going on and on about the "scum" who engage in homosexual activity and solicit bathroom *** and states that we''''re becoming another Sodom and Gomorrah, signs his posts as "cruiser"?!!
Posted by PrarieSam at 12:50 AM : Sep 09, 2007


Maybe they own a PT Cruiser or like to take cruises on ships. It was a nice word before it became synonymous for a type of behavior. Just like the word "gay" used to mean happy and a ****** is the English word for a cigarette and a ****** means a bundle of sticks. Sad but very telling that in this nonliterate generation, people forget the actual contemporary definition of words and think the slang term is the true and only meaning. LOL

[toldyouso21]

Does anyone else find it funny that the person going on and on about the "scum" who engage in homosexual activity and solicit bathroom *** and states that we''''re becoming another Sodom and Gomorrah, signs his posts as "cruiser"?!!
Posted by PrarieSam at 12:50 AM : Sep 09, 2007


Maybe they own a PT Cruiser or like to take cruises on ships. It was a nice word before it became synonymous for a type of behavior. Just like the word "gay" used to mean happy and a ****** is the English word for a cigarette and a ****** means a bundle of sticks. Sad but very telling that in this nonliterate generation, people forget the actual contemporary definition of words and think the slang term is the true and only meaning. LOL

[toldyouso21]

So Hilary is a big supporter of Outsourcing? She just lost the 4 votes in this house.

[radiob-2009]

A day after announcing his bid for the Republican nomination to the White House, Fred Thompson is under fire for accepting at least $13,800 in donations from a family involved in a health care scandal. John Gregory, founder of King Pharmaceuticals, settled with the Justice Department and 49 other states in 2005 for $124 million that claimed overcharges to Medicaid and other government health care programs. "Though the contributions could become fodder for his critics as he officially launches his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, the Thompson campaign defended the family%u2019s support and pledged to keep the cash," The Politico reported.


Breakdown of the contributions to all "poodles" can be found here.

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/select.asp?Ind=B12

[lars008-2009]

HSU A NO HSU AT HEARING%u2026 LOL

Democratic Donor a No Show at Hearing
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070906/D8RFKG500.html

Dems Dirty Donor Norman Hsu Fails to Show for Bail Reduction Hearing Leading to Speculation He''s On the Run
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295828,00.html

china buys usa elections???
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=chinese+campaign contributions democrat

Big Source of Clinton''s Cash Is an Unlikely Address
Family''s Donations Closely Track Those Of Top Fund-Raiser
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB118826947048110677.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news

Report: Hillary Clinton Big Money Donor Wanted for Grand Theft
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Hillary Clinton Big Money Donor Wanted for Grand Theft&btnG=Search
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,295031,00.html

Leading Clinton Donor Stays Below the Radar
http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB118835199704811801.html?mod=blog

''DIRTY CASH'' MAN FLEES
http://www.nypost.com/seven/03042007/news/nationalnews/pro_clinton_dirty_cash_man_flees_nationalnews_christine_field.htm

RNC pushing the China angle
http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0807/RNC_Pushing_the_China_angle.html

Democrats Turn From Big Donor Who%u2019s Fugitive
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/31/us/politics/31hsu.html?ei=5065&en=c3f5afa614172532&ex=1189224000&partner=MYWAY&pagewanted=print

[lars008-2009]

"Everybody in politics lies, but they [the Clintons] do it with such ease, it%u2019s troubling,%u201D Geffen said.
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003548043
Hillary Clinton''s Former Campaign Finance Director Indicted
http://www.wnbc.com/politics/4063107/detail.html
hillary lies
But a Hillary Tale About Her Childhood
http://hillaryspot.nationalreview.com/post/?q=MTE3OTBlZWUxMTI0NjVjZDhkNTExYTc3NWJiZTE4ODI=
Hillary''s "Feminist Problem"
The Nation: Feminists Rescind Their Support For Former First Lady
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/06/15/opinion/main2934136.shtml
Watergate reporter demolishes Hillary%u2019s career story
reveal a number of %u201Cdiscrepancies%u201D in her official story.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1719879.ece
Opponents hammer Clinton on Iraq%u2026 dance billary dance hahaha
http://www.cnn.com/POLITICS/blogs/politicalticker/2007/05/opponents-hammer-clinton-on-iraq.html

hahahaha people paying to listen to an admitted, proven, convicted, impeached, disbarred liar%u2026lol
For Clinton, New Wealth In Speeches
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/22/AR2007022202189.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/21/AR2007022100993_pf.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17263999/

[prariesam]

Does anyone else find it funny that the person going on and on about the "scum" who engage in homosexual activity and solicit bathroom *** and states that we''re becoming another Sodom and Gomorrah, signs his posts as "cruiser"?!!

[lorinkundert]

Hillary has more to answer for than this if this case goes against her.

"The California Court of Appeals, Second Appellate District, will hear arguments about whether Clinton, a New York senator and leading Democratic presidential candidate, should be a defendant in a lawsuit brought by Hollywood mogul Peter Paul.

Attorneys for each side will also debate the inclusion of a videotape as evidence -- a video in which Clinton can be heard apparently agreeing to plan a fundraiser, which was later determined to be illegal by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC). "

[lastdance2]

lars008

No-one follows that "http" garbage

These Topics - are for - Personal Comments _

Not - News articles - Not Speech''s -

You post only - Spam -
Just to bury - Serious Comments

Lastdance

[lars008-2009]

SYSTEMIC CORRUPTION IN THE DEMONIC-RAT PARTY

FBI arrests 11 NJ officials for bribery
All of them are Democrats.
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/09/fbi_arrests_11_nj_officials_fo.html
systemic corruption in the Democratic Party
Corruption sting crosses N.J.
12 charged in a widening investigation that began with contracts in an Atlantic County school district.
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20070907_Corruption_sting_crosses_N_J_.html

Hillary campaign honcho among 11 busted in N.J. sting
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/wn_report/2007/09/07/2007-09-07_hillary_campaign_honcho_among_11_busted_.html
11 Arrested in N.J. Corruption Inquiry
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/07/nyregion/06corruptCND.html?em&ex=1189310400&en=b504d6c2fbd19cba&ei=5087%0A

Castro''s tip: Clinton-Obama the winning ticket
http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN2825114320070829?feedType=RSS&feedName=politicsNews&rpc=22&sp=true

Kathleen Willey: Clintons stole my manuscript
House burglary over weekend targeted copy of book days after details leaked to press
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/staticarticles/article57498.html

[cruiser111-2009]

The position on President is not an elected one. It is an selected position. Selected by whom you ask? Selected by corporate elites who purchase the precious votes cast by members of the electoral college. Yes thats right the same scum soliciting gay *** in airport restrooms, the same scum who engages in homosexual activies with Congressional pages. The scum who frequently patronises brothels and hookers while at the same time pushing for wholesome moral and family values in our legislature. America has become a modern day Sodom and Gemorra. Rome followed this route and after a short 200 years collapsed unto itself. Never to rise from the ashes. The fire has been lit just watch as our country burns.

[radiob-2009]

List of the "corporate poodles" in the Itarod, the Whippet and the Greyhound sponsored by the "golden elephants and the golden donkeys".



Joe Biden

Hillary Rodham Clinton
Chris Dodd

John Edwards


Mike Gravel
Dennis Kucinich

Barack Obama

Bill Richardson

Sam Brownback


Rudy Giuliani

Mike Huckabee

Duncan Hunter

John McCain

Ron Paul

Mitt Romney

Tom Tancredo

Fred Thompson

[cruiser111-2009]

Am I the only person who noticed that all the candidates are repeating the same thing over and over again? "Globalization", "New World Economy",(Sounds surprisingly like New World Order doesn''t it?) "Global Economy"? They are all saying the same thing in different ways. Hillary wants to be the most powerful woman in the world. We are being distracted by partisan squabbling so that the Elitists can advance their policy of global economic dominance. Please people take notice that the candidates are in reality interviewing publicly to become the puppet for the huge corporations that actully run our country and the countries around ty world. New World Order. Please google NAFTA Superhighway and read what is in store and in fact is already being implemented. Haliburton is building huge detention facilities that the Govt claims will be used to house illegal immigrants. If you believe that then think about this. Why did Bush and other''s push so hard to grant amnisty for these illegals. And why have we only built 18 miles of border fence when money has been allocated for the construction of a fence spanning the entire mexican/american border? Google operation "Garden Plot" it is the Govt''s policy and plan to deal with American rebels who rise up against the Govt. when we as a people wake up and find out that our country has been sold out to the Elite. Has anyone heard of the North American Union? Our Pres recently met with the leaders of Canada and Mexico in furtherance of this goal.

[gkc99]

"Eliminate organized crime, do not buy anything made by union labor. Do not patronize any establishment that employs UNION thugs. The UNIONs are corrupt and must be fought at every place they exist.
Posted by RingADing3


This must be a China shill. Maybe he should sign as "LingADing". Or else a hireling of the neoconscum who own Bushit and Darth.

[gkc99]

Heartless Hillary invokes Slick Willie when it suits her, just like she was a part of his administration. So Hilly can just explain to the Teamsters why she let all the Mexican trucks into the USA. I don''t think a Dem can win without labor support. IF she''s just another NAFTA-ho, might''s well elect a Repugniscum! At least they might drop our taxes!

[ringading3]

I smell fear in the John Edwards camp. He knows the future. Watch for more dramatic statements from him as he sees himself slide to oblivion.

[ringading3]

Eliminate organized crime, do not buy anything made by union labor. Do not patronize any establishment that employs UNION thugs. The UNIONs are corrupt and must be fought at every place they exist.

[toldyouso21]

It is easy to be FOR outsourcing or apathetic to the havoc it wreaks, when it is not YOUR job or community torn apart by it. It is even easier when one possesses the type of job, that by its very nature (government) can''t be outsourced or insourced to foreigners. It makes it very easy to screeeew over everyone else, when such acts only add to the a politician''s pocket.

Show me a person for outsourcing and I will show you a person either in government or who has benefited monetarily from that arrangement. Show me a person for insourcing and the same---from bring in foreigners for computer jobs and eschewing the recent computer grads here to not hiring Americans because of the benefits, OSHA and retirement plans that have to be in place --(and replacing them with illegal immigrants) the game is the same: THE CREED IS GREED. But...the worm turns and since we are all connected and what affects some of us eventually affects all of us--promote these self flagellating methods while you can:

Milk it for all of its worth, because when the ******** hits the fan and we are 3rd world--it will be your 3rd world too. "Eat and Revel as much as you can--for tommorrow we all may die" Get the gist now--or get it later--but we ALL will be getting it.