Staples employs 90,000, so I guess he could take some credit for that, as he was a legitimate VC investor - long before Bain became a LBO operation. But I would imagine there were at least 90,000 layoffs as well. It is probably impossible to calculate, which shows what a boneheaded strategy this was for Mittens in the first place.
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Big deal. A bunch of tech saavy clerks and cashiers being paid minimum to hawk a bunch of stuff made in China.
I want to see true job creation, true CREATION of the manufacture of a PRODUCT — or with the intentions thereof. Not the “manufacture” of an “investment” which may or may not require Americans living in America to operate.
Why does a business owner owe ANYONE a job? That is NOT Capitalism of any sort. It is Socialism. That is how we get to Spain, where it is ILLEGAL to fire most people and they lead the EU in unemployment.