John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Portsmouth, OH 07/09/08
TRANSCRIPT:
QUESTIONER: "[...] I'm the founder of a small, non-profit hospice in Wilmington, Ohio. [...] I'm sure you are aware that DHL is closing that airpark in Wilmington. We will lose 8,600 jobs. [starts to cry] Will you call for Senate hearings to investigate the DHL-UPS joint venture, which could be an antitrust issue? [...] We're just small people trying to live a life. And I want to be able to keep our nonprofits alive. Thank you."
JOHN MCCAIN: "I have been briefed, and I know about this situation. [...] This is a terrible blow. Um, if there's an anitrust implication that's associated with this, I certainly would seek a thorough investigation [...] We are in a period of transition to a global economy. That is of no consolation to anyone who is losing their job. [...] But we have to offer them an opportunity to get the education and re-training programs so they can re-enter the job market.
MCCAIN: "[...] I've got to look you in the eye and give you some straight talk; I don't know if I can stop it or not. Or if it will be stopped it. [...] In fact, some more straight talk: I doubt it. Ok? But I am for a thorough examination of this situation. [...]
MCCAIN: "In the meantime, there are manufacturing jobs that have been lost all over the state of Ohio, and it's been a terrible trauma and we have got to give people another opportunity. And you do that by going to the community colleges and saying: design education and training programs that are designed for the local job market and implement those programs. The private programs today do not work. They are total failures.
MCCAIN: "[...] But I also want to make a commitment [...] if someone has a high-paying job, particularly an older worker, and that worker has to take a low-paying job just to survive [...] that we would subsidize, with some of this job training money that's being wasted, that worker's salary [...] while they're undergoing their re-training and education programs.
MCCAIN: "[...] I believe in free trade; I believe that it's important to the economy."
LABEL: JM OH 7-9 (SD#25) GHBST-ClipD
He doesn't even know what the hell you are talking about. If you truely believe that he is going to look into that situation any time soon, you are sadly mistaken. The only thing on his mind is getting votes. I am curious about what he plans to "retrain" all of us to do when our jobs get sent out of the country.
One of his plans in his "Lexington Project" is to give subsidies to US companies for R&D. Sounds good right? What keeps those same companies from doing the R&D here and sending the manufacturing out of the country? Nothing.
Everyone should watch the show Koppel: The peoples republic of capitalism. Great program that shows all of the foreign (USA) companies that are investing in manufacturing in China.