THE RAW DEAL: John Kerry's Lack Of Credibility On Outsourcing

George W. Bush ^ | August 20, 2004

[RWR8189]

"John Kerry's attacks on outsourcing have no credibility considering Kerry's advisers have admitted his plan won't stop outsourcing and Kerry himself blamed his 'Benedict Arnold CEOs' refrain on 'overzealous speechwriters.' The reality is Kerry has voted 98 times for job-killing tax increases and at least 40 of his business supporters are outsourcing while Kerry misleadingly claims to be against it."

- Steve Schmidt, Bush-Cheney '04 Spokesman

Kerry's Tax Plan Is Disingenuous

Kerry Campaign Officials Know Kerry's Plan Will Not Stop Outsourcing. "Campaign officials acknowledged that the new plan would not stop the broader trend of outsourcing jobs to low-wage countries. But they said it would at least remove what they called a bias in the tax system that encourages such practices." (Edmund L. Andrews and Jodi Wilgoren, "Kerry To Propose Eliminating A Tax Break On U.S. Companies' Overseas Profits," The New York Times, 3/26/04)

Kerry's Own Advisers Won't Predict If His Plan Will "Reduce The Flow Of Jobs Outsourced." "Mr. Kerry's advisers wouldn't predict whether his plan actually would reduce the flow of jobs outsourced from the U.S., partly because they don't want the proposal to be portrayed as the work of a protectionist." (Bob Davis and John Harwood, "Kerry Targets Job Outsourcing With Corporate-Tax Overhaul," The Wall Street Journal, 3/26/04)

Kerry's Shifting Position On Outsourcing

Kerry Now Claims "Benedict Arnold" Line Does Not Refer To Companies Outsourcing Jobs, Saying "I Support That." Kerry: "But the Benedict Arnold line applied, you know, I called a couple of times to overzealous speechwriters and said 'look that's not what I'm saying.' Benedict Arnold does not refer to somebody who in the normal course of business is going to go overseas and take jobs overseas. That happens. I support that. I understand that." (Jerry Seib, John Harwood and Jacob Schlesinger, "Excerpts From An Interview With John Kerry, The Wall Street Journal, 5/3/04)

Kerry Previously Railed Against "Benedict Arnold" CEOs Shipping Jobs Overseas. Kerry: "My economic policy is not to export American jobs, but to reward companies for creating and keeping good jobs in America. Unlike the Bush Administration, I want to repeal every tax break and loophole that rewards any Benedict Arnold CEO or corporation for shipping American jobs overseas." (Sen. John Kerry, Statement From John Kerry In Response To President Bush's New Economic Report, 2/10/04)

Kerry's Record Of Voting For Higher Taxes

Kerry Voted 98 Times For Tax Increases Totaling More Than $2.3 Trillion.

Kerry Voted At Least 126 Times Against Tax Cuts Totaling More Than $5.3 Trillion.

Kerry's Business Supporters Are Outsourcers

Forty Business Leaders Have Endorsed Kerry Who Work For Businesses On Lou Dobbs' "Exporting America" List:

Zubaid Ahmad, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan Securities
Crandall Bowles, Chairman and CEO, Springs Industries
Eli Broad, Chairman, AIG Retirement Services, Former Chairman, President and CEO, SunAmerica
John H. Bryan, Former Chairman and CEO, Sara Lee
August A. Busch IV, President, Anheuser-Busch
Vinton G. Cerf, Senior Vice President of Technology Strategy, MCI
Mark Chandler, Vice President and General Counsel, Cisco Systems
Richard Fisher, Chairman Emeritus, Morgan Stanley
John Gage, Chief Researcher, Sun Microsystems
Charles M. Geschke, Founder and Chairman, Adobe Systems, Inc.
Charles K. Gifford, Chairman, Bank of America Corporation
Robert Haas, Chairman of the Board, Levi Strauss
Dr. Sidney Harman, Executive Chairman, Harman International
Alan Hassenfeld, Chairman, Hasbro
William H. Hayden, Senior Managing Director, Bear Stearns & Co.
Leo Hindery, Jr., President, AT&T Broadband
Robert Hormats, Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs International
Thomas S. Johnson, Chairman and CEO, GreenPoint Financial Corp.
Bruce Klatsky, Chairman and CEO, Phillips-Van Husen
Michael S. Klein, CEO of Global Banking, Citigroup
Chris Larsen, CEO, E-Loan
Gerald M. Levin, Retired Chairman and CEO, Time Warner
Raymond J. McGuire, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley
Heidi Miller, EVP, JPMorganChase
John Morgridge, Chairman, Cisco Systems
Phil Murphy, Senior Director and Former Head, Goldman Sachs Investment Management Division
Charles Phillips, President, Oracle Corporation
Jeffrey Raikes, Group VP, Microsoft
Daniel Rosensweig, COO, Yahoo!
Robert E. Rubin, Member, Office of the Chairman, Citigroup
Henry B. Schacht, Director and Senior Advisor, Lucent Technologies, Former Chairman and CEO, Cummins Engine
Dan Scheinman, Senior Vice President, Cisco Systems
Jonathan Shapiro, President, Lillian Vernon
Eric Schmidt, CEO, Google
Lou Susman, Vice Chairman, Citigroup
Stephen Volk, Vice Chairman, Citigroup
Theodore Waitt, Chairman, Gateway, Inc.
Jason H. Wright, Senior Vice President, Merrill Lynch & Co.
Benjamin M. Rosen, Chairman Emeritus, Compaq Computer Corp. (merged with HP)

(“Lou Dobbs Tonight,” CNN.com, Available At http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/, Accessed 8/4/04)

[keithtoo]

Dont forget, the Dem's are all for outsourcing of prescription drug orders to Canada!!!

[Willie Green]

And what are Gregory Mankiw's plans to stop offshore outsourcing?

McJobs mistake / Sorry, but burger flipping isn't manufacturing

[Sam the Sham]

Kerry still wins on the issue because someone who at least perceives a problem is better than the WSJ editorial page cheap labor types around Bush.

[flashbunny]

Kerry also went on a trade mission to china in the 90's. The trade mission was paid for by boston capital & technology, a company that helps US corporations set up operations in china.

Click on the picture for details of the story...

[flashbunny]

he won't be able to win on the issue if the story linked in my sig line gets out. A freeper who runs gogov.com has already contacted the RNC with what he's uncovered...hopefully it will start showing up after the convention.

[freddiedavis]

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[Jeff Gordon]

American jobs are OUTSOURCED by John F. Kerry and his wife Teresa
Heinz-Kerry!

We need to ask:
Why not manufacture in America and ship finished products
overseas?
How many American workers are in these Heinz overseas factories?

HEINZ WATTIE'S AUSTRALASIA - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. - Republic of Singapore
HEINZ WATTIE'S LIMITED - Auckland, New Zealand
HEINZ JAPAN LTD - Tokyo, Japan
HEINZ-UFE LTD. - Guangzhou, People's Republic of China
HEINZ COSCO - Qingdao, People's Republic of China
HEINZ KOREA LTD. - Inchon, South Korea
HEINZ WIN CHANCE LTD. - Bangkok, Thailand
HEINZ INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED - Mumbai, India
PT HEINZ ABC INDONESIA - Jakarta, Indonesia
PT HEINZ SUPRAMA - Surabaya, Indonesia
HEINZ UFC PHILIPPINES - Manila, the Philippines
HEINZ HONG KONG LIMITED - Wanchai, Hong Kong
H. J. HEINZ (Botswana) (Proprietary) LTD. - Gaborone, Botswana
KGALAGADI SOAP INDUSTRIES (Pty) LTD. - Gaborone, Botswana
REFINED OIL PRODUCTS (Pty) LTD. - Gaborone, Botswana
OLIVINE INDUSTRIES (Private) LIMITED - Harare, Zimbabwe
CHEGUTU CANNERS (Pvt) LTD. - Chegutu, Zimbabwe
HEINZ SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTD. - Johannesburg, South Africa
HEINZ WELLINGTON'S (PTY) LTD. - Wellington, South Africa
HEINZ EUROPE - Hayes, Middlesex, England
H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Hayes Park, Hayes, Middlesex,
> > England
H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Rovereto, Italy
H. J. HEINZ COMPANY LIMITED - Telford, England
JOHN WEST FOODS LIMITED - Liverpool, England
H. J. HEINZ FROZEN & CHILLED FOODS LIMITED - Hayes, Middlesex,
> > > England
H. J. HEINZ COMPANY (IRELAND) LIMITED - Dublin, Ireland
H.J. HEINZ COMPANY OF CANADA LTD - North York, Ontario, Canada
OMSTEAD FOODS LIMITED - Wheatley, Ontario, Canada
ALIMENTOS HEINZ C.A. - Caracas, Venezuela
DISTRIBUIDORA BANQUETE, S.A. - San Josi, Costa Rica
HEINZ ITALIA S.r.l. - Milan, Italy
FATTORIA SCALDASOLE, S.p.a. - Monguzzo, Italy
COPAIS FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANY, S.A. - Athens, Greece
HEINZ POLSKA Sp. Z.O.O. - Warsaw, Poland
PUDLISZKI S.A. - Pudliszki, Poland
WODZISLAW, S.A. - Wodzislaw, Poland
ETS. PAULET S.A. - Douarnenez, France
H. J. HEINZ FROZEN S.A.R.L. - Paris, France
HEINZ IBERICA S.A. - Madrid, Spain
IDAL (Industrias de Alimentacc, Lda.) - Lisbon, Portugal
MIEDZYCHOD S.A. - Miedzychod, Poland
HEINZ C.I.S. - Moscow, Russia
HEINZ GEORGIEVSK - Georgievsk, Russia
CAIRO FOOD INDUSTRIES SAE - Cairo, Egypt
HEINZ REMEDIA LIMITED - Tel Aviv, Israel
STAR-KIST FOOD DB'OR LIMITED - Haifa, Israel
H. J. HEINZ GMBH - Dm2 m3%ldorf, Germany
SONNEN BASSERMANN - Seesen, Germany
KONINKLIJKE DE RUIJTER BV - The Netherlands
HAK BV - The Netherlands
FOODMARK - The Netherlands
HONIG MERKARTIKELEN BV - The Netherlands
DRUKKERIJ DE GROENBOER - The Netherlands
H. J. HEINZ B.V . - Elst, The Netherlands
H. J. HEINZ BELGIUM S.A. - Brussels, Belgium
SERV-A-PORTION - Turnhout, Belgium
Arimpex Industrie Alimentari S.R.L. - Rovereto, Italy
Comexo S.A. - Chateaurenard, France
HEINZ EUROPE - UK and IRELAND - Factories: Chorley, Fakenham, Grimsby,
Kendal, Kitt Green, Leaminton, Luton, Okehampton, Telford,
> > Westwick

[Boundless]

> ... Kerry's advisers have admitted his plan won't stop outsourcing ...

This is hardly a new problem. It has merely been
accelerated of late via just-in-time shipping and
high-speed internet service.

The original out-sourcing problem for the US was
(and still is) the merchant marine. The out-sourcing
trend began in earnest in 1950. See this article:
U.S. merchant fleet sails toward oblivion

"Ship owners say the federal government is largely to
blame. For decades, Congress has slashed or eliminated
the industry's subsidies and protections while imposing
the costliest regulations, taxes and safety standards in
the world."

Subsidies aren't needed, but regs and taxes are at the
core of today's out-sourcing in other industries. And
there's no chance Kerry will do anything but exacerbate
the root problem.

[Boundless]

Try that link again...
U.S. merchant fleet sails toward oblivion