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FLASHBACK: McCain Adviser Carly Fiorina: ‘There Is No Job That Is America’s God-Given Right Anymore’


Today, John McCain is in Ottawa, Canada, speaking to the Ottawa economic club to affirm his support for free trade and reassure them that his economic plan would be good for Canada.

But McCain neglected to mention that he opposes a key way to encourage investment (and, therefore, jobs) in the United States: eliminating the tax incentives for companies to keep profits overseas instead of reinvesting them in the United States.

By leaving profits overseas, U.S. companies can indefinitely postpone (i.e. totally avoid) paying U.S. corporate taxes.

As Martin Sullivan of Tax Notes writes, “The U.S. tax system does provide an incentive to locate production offshore.â€

Fiorina's statement that "there is no job that is America's God-given right anymore" triggered particularly strong reaction. The pair spoke in Washington representing the Computer Systems Policy Project, a group of eight chief executives from the nation's top information technology firms.

Yes the Globalists are on the march. What should be a resounding wake up call is that all these decisions were made without a voice or vote from "WE THE PEOPLE". However, when these people with the "secret hand shake" want to ram something down our throats....guess what they always use: Their version and interpretation of the Constitution …e.g., the 14th Amendment.

Glenn Beck has had some great lessons on how to judge someone by the company they keep. Well Glenn, we get it on Obama and his Czars. Now lets move on to: John McCain, Linda Chavez, George Bush, Carl Rove, Newt Gingrich, Lindsay Graham, the late William Buckley, Grover Norquist, Sarah Palin, Rubio, Christ, Jeb Bush, Fred Thompson, Carly Fiorina..just to name a few.

With what I am seeing, Republicans may take back the house, but America,...like Europe...will still be filled to the brim with third world invaders and America will only be in memory and history books with a re-written version of the truth.

With that being said...my contempt for John McCain is equivalent to that of my contempt for Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi. And that is saying a lot. I certainly am sorry that Jan Brewer saw a reason to dirty her campaign with this treasonous leech.

"No Job is America's God Given Right Anymore", Says GOP Senate Candidate Carly Fiorina

By Liberty1955 | Posted October 10, 2010 | Watertown, New York3
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GOP Senate Candidate, Carly Fiorina presented herself as a realist regarding the effects of globalization.

She has been a strong proponent, along with other technology executives, of the expansion of the H-1B visa program and outsourcing while CEO of Hewlett-Packard.

In January 2004, at a meeting to "head off rising protectionist sentiment in Congress," Fiorina said: "There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore.

We have to compete for jobs as a nation."

In the second photo Fiorina asks, "Where are the jobs?" of her opponent Barbara Boxer. Well, Carly, where are the jobs you outsourced so HP could make more money? It's sad, the GOP is asking where the jobs are when they support programs and outsourcing. Seems a little disingenuous to me. Where are the jobs, GOP?


While Fiorina argued that the only way to "protect U.S. high-tech jobs over the long haul was to become more competitive [in the United States]," her comments prompted "strong reactions" from some technology workers who argued that lower wages outside the United States encouraged the offshoring of American jobs.


Fiorina responded against protectionism in an editorial in the Wall Street Journal, writing that while "America is the most innovative country," it would not remain so if the country were to "run away from the reality of the global economy."

Fiorina laid off tens of thousands of employees during her time as CEO of Hewlett- Packard. Do you want to elect this ideology to the U.S. Senate? It's your future..it's your job.

At HP, Fiorina developed the reputation of a manager who knocked heads together—or who chopped them off.

And there were massive layoffs during her tenure. In 2003, the company announced it would dismiss almost 18,000 people. (That year, the firm posted a $903 million loss on $56.6 billion in revenue.)

When the outsourcing of jobs turned into a national political issue, Fiorina became the poster-girl for an industry campaign aimed at blocking any legislation that would restrict a company's ability to can American employees in favor of workers overseas.

She and executives from seven other tech companies issued a report that argued that any such measures would hurt the U.S. economy.

The best way to increase American competitiveness, they declared, was to improve schools and, yes, reduce taxes.

At a Washington press conference, Fiorina said, "There is no job that is America's God-given right anymore. We have to compete for jobs."

The remark did not go over well with critics of outsourcing, who have ever since used it as an indicator of corporate insensitivity.

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