MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
Guardian, try to find this in the American mainstream media, Romney, of course, is 'unfamiliar' with 'the issue' as he profits from the Bain actions:
..The shock of losing a precious job in a town afflicted by high unemployment is always hard. ......But for Bonnie Borman – and 170 other men and women in Freeport, Illinois – there is a brutal twist to the torture. Borman, 52, and the other workers of a soon-to-be-shuttered car parts plant are personally training the Chinese workers who will replace them...."This company is competitive globally. They make a profit here. But Bain Capital decided to squeeze it a little further. That is not what capitalism is meant to be about," said Freeport mayor George Gaulrapp...
It's a surreal experience, they say. For months they have watched their plant being dismantled and shipped to China, piece by piece, as they show teams of Chinese workers how to do the jobs they have dedicated their lives to....Romney still owns millions of dollars of shares in the Bain funds that own Sensata.So as Sensata strips out costs by sacking American workers in favour of Chinese ones, the value of Romney's own investments could rise..."Governor Romney is not familiar with this issue and has not been involved in the management of Bain since 1999," said campaign spokeswoman Amanda Henneberg....