Earlier in the year Carrier announced that they were going
to move 1,400 jobs from their home in Indiana to Mexico because it was
extremely cost effective. On Tuesday Carrier announced that they were going to
keep 1,000 jobs in Indiana, which is a huge victory for Donald Trump because he
promised that he will keep jobs in the United States. “The New York Times
reported that Trump was planning to reiterate his campaign plan to lower taxes
and reduce regulation on businesses while toning down his threats of tariffs on
imported products from companies who move jobs out of the United States”. This
is the second time Trump has claimed credit for a company’s decision to not
move jobs across the border. The first one involved Ford, which wanted to move
part of their production to Mexico. This has been extremely controversial
because apparently Ford never planned on moving to part of production to Mexico
in the first place. The plan was to shift production of a single model from
Kentucky, to an undetermined location. At the end of the day I don’t think it
matters who takes credit for this kind of stuff. If the jobs are staying in the
United States that’s all that matters.
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