Stimulus Recipient Fills Jobs For Americans With Foreign Workers
The Obama Administration Admitted That 11 Of The 18 Firms Working At A Stimulus Funded Plant Are Based In Asia
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Dow Kokam Received A $161 Million Stimulus Award To Build An Electric Vehicle Battery Manufacturing Facility In Midland, MI. (“Grants - Award Summary: Dow Kokam MI, LLC,” Recovery.gov, Accessed 6/27/12)
In December 2011, Dow Kokam Admitted That More Than 180 Korean Nationals Were Setting Up And Testing Equipment At The Stimulus-Funded Battery Plant. “More than 180 Korean nationals are in Midland helping set up and test equipment at the Dow Kokam battery plant, but company officials say the workers are not here for the long haul. ‘These workers, who are Korean nationals, are not employees or contractors of Dow Kokam and will only be at the facility until the warranty runs on the equipment are complete.’ Dow Kokam spokeswoman Kristina Schnepf said in a release.” (Kathryn Lynch-Morin, “Company Official Says Korean Workers At Dow Kokam For Installation Only, Not For Long Term,” Michigan Live, 12/13/11)
- Union Officials Complained That With 29 Percent Unemployment Among Construction Workers, The Installation Of Equipment Could Have Been Done By Americans. “Still, area union officials say the work could be done by local trades men and women. ‘To blatantly say these are high tech installation jobs, and cannot be performed by Michigan Tradesmen is a bending of the truth,’ said William Borch, upstate business agent for Ironworkers Local 25. ‘The rate of unemployment for Michigan construction workers is near 29 percent and Midland’s neighboring Isabella County has the highest unemployment rate in the state. It is hard to believe that we allow this travesty.’” (Kathryn Lynch-Morin, “Company Official Says Korean Workers At Dow Kokam For Installation Only, Not For Long Term,” Michigan Live, 12/13/11)
ABC News Covers The Billions Of Stimulus Dollars Obama Sent To China
Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY): “This is one of these stories in Washington that when you tell people five miles outside the beltway and everywhere else in America they just cannot believe it.”
A Department Of Energy Study Found “That 60 Percent Of The 40 Largest Wind Farms Then Financed By The Stimulus Relied On Foreign Manufacturers For Their Central Components, Including Turbines.” “According to some critics, a galling example of the Obama administration fostering overseas work came as part the 2009 stimulus program. They point to millions of dollars meant to develop a domestic clean-energy industry that instead landed in the hands of foreign businesses. An April 2010 study by the Energy Department found that 60 percent of the 40 largest wind farms then financed by the stimulus relied on foreign manufacturers for their central components, including turbines.” (Tom Hamburger, Carol D. Leonnig and Zachary A. Goldfarb, “Obama’s Record On Outsourcing Draws Criticism From The Left,” The Washington Post, 7/9/12)
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Flashback: Obama On The Benefits Of Outsourcing
During a 2009 town hall meeting, Obama said it wouldn’t be good for our economy and international competitiveness for jobs to come back to the United States.
