James Pethokoukis, you worry too much. Relax and enjoy the Trump Presidency.
Apparently Mr. Pethokoukis would argue that “good economics” dictates that we send ALL our jobs overseas?
1,100 jobs saved.
A plant that would have closed will undergo over $16 million in renovations.
Supply chain jobs saved—other small companies, restaurants,material suppliers, truckers,service providers of all types.
All because Donald Trump heard a young man’s statement on TV, and then Trump picked up the phone and called Greg Hayes of UTI.
James Pethokoukis = Globalist
The only good job to this clown is a job leaving the United States.
Trump said the single Carrier plant had to deal with 53 new federal regulations, and that was the main reason they decided to relocate. Trump also said that surprised him, and that his administration will gut these job killing regulations along with reducing the business tax rate to “near” 15%.
Donald, you magnificent bastard!
Jimmy P is a regular on Larry Kudlow’s weekly radio show and was against Trump the entire election. I’m not surprised he’s unhappy about this deal and expect him to continue pouting.
To be fair James, your an idiot.
Trump is going to attempt to bring the whole US into better condition.
I guess kind of like me. I’m too fat. I was ordered by the doctor to go on a sensible diet, because my current one was dragging me down.
If this doesn’t work, then the incentivization will have been in vain.
It may or may not be a good thing. We are exploring new territory here and trump is trying to figure out how to give companies proper incentives and threats. I am all for going down this path because this willingness to rethink jobs and trade is the only thing that kept clinton out of the white house.
It'll be better than: business after business, year after year, making decisions based entirely on the demands of an Obama White House.
economics is indeed the dismal science
(although the first part of that formula is a lot more accurate than the second)
at least Mr. Trump is seeing to it that WORKERS’ JOBS are considered in these decisions...... Under Obama etal, workers’ jobs have NOT been a priority at all...except to export them as fast as possible to foreign countries
workers’ jobs are NOT going to be “minor externalities irrelevent to the decision” anymore. GO TRUMP!
Keeping manufacturing jobs in the USA is somehow a bad thing.
Right.
Private sector? We’re way beyond free enterprise. Now, we must have populist economics! It’s the wave of the future and way better than letting businesses run themselves.
Facts don’t matter.
Headlines matter.
Trump won.
Next?
James, two companies:
1. Solyndra
2. Fisker Automotive
Now, shut up.
Read the article. Did I miss the author’s economic argument? All I see is hyperbole, anti-Trump rhetoric, and hand wringing.
This guy is a classic Free Traitor™.
“... Imagine business after business, year after year,
making decisions based partly on pleasing the Trump White House ...”
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Imagine the Trump White House, year after year, making decisions based partly on pleasing business after business.
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There, fixed it for you.
“Cajoled”?
Did Trump write a book, “The Art Of The Cajole”?
If Obama even had an inkling to save jobs, he would have pulled another “Solandra”, and GIVEN Carrier $500,000,000.
Trump saved hundreds of jobs, for working Americans.