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posted by on Wednesday April 26 2017, @06:55PM   Printer-friendly
from the pants-on-fire dept.

Common Dreams reports:

In yet another reminder of how corporate-friendly the Trump administration has been—despite campaign pledges to defend American workers and "buy American, hire American" rhetoric—a new study out [April 25] reveals that the president continues to reward U.S. companies who ship jobs overseas.

According to the analysis (pdf), conducted by Good Jobs Nation along with Public Citizen's Global Trade Watch, "the flow of federal contract awards to major offshorers has continued unabated since Trump's inauguration."

The outsourcing of American jobs to other countries is a major issue for American voters, and helped propel President Donald Trump's victory in a number of economically distressed rust-belt states.

Despite this, as many as "56 percent of the top U.S. firms awarded the largest taxpayer-funded contracts in fiscal year (FY) 2016 engage in offshoring", the report notes. Further, 41 of the top 100 federal contractors--which in 2016 received a combined $176 billion in taxpayer dollars--have shipped jobs overseas and "many continue to do so today".

[...] "Even though he's signed over 60 executive orders during his first 100 days, he has yet to use the power of the pen to stop corporations that receive taxpayer dollars from shipping American jobs overseas", said Joseph Geevarghese, director of Good Jobs Nation.


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  • (Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday April 26 2017, @09:39PM (4 children)

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @09:39PM (#500374) Journal

    Student loan bubble bursts.

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    Washington DC delenda est.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @09:54PM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @09:54PM (#500383)

    The education industry hasn't imploded yet? Students are young and naive as ever.

    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:00PM (2 children)

      by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:00PM (#500388) Journal

      Ah they will sue the university if the compiler dears to output a ERROR which will break their safe space? ;-)

      But then employers don't need anyone. They can just google all of it! :p

      Let's hope the naivety is limited to non-STEM subjects.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:08PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:08PM (#500394)

        Python coders love their safe spaces.

        • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:12PM

          by kaszz (4211) on Wednesday April 26 2017, @10:12PM (#500396) Journal

          Is it that indentation nazigrammar that gives them a hardon? ;-)