section on outsourcing. and we need to talk about towns like freeport, illinois, because we re living in a global economy. they always say that, but they don t talk about how they re going to manage for americans in a global economy. this town s putting that issue on the national agenda and i m so proud to be with these people tonight. george, what kind of what s how is this town going to transition through when i just had a worker up here worried about her kids, worried about feeding the family? i mean, this is a time when the community s really got to come together. well it s companies like tristar metals that believe in work et ethics, believe in the workers, they re going to keep them here. they re not going to outsource their jobs to china, unlike this company here in sensata. there s a payroll that comes into freeport to the sensata workers, spend their money at schools, churches, unitedway, all the the veevents.
have to support people in the congress, in the senate who are going to support the president s vision of not allowing tax breaks for outsourcing jobs and giving tax breaks to employers who want to keep jobs and make things here in america. that s what we have to do. joanne, what s your plan? what are you going to do? i m probably going to end up having to move because there is nothing here. currently our unemployment office is closing. we just had another business close, kmart, so there s going to be nothing left here. you know, mitt romney has run around saying that barack obama doesn t understand the economy. yet there is another story in this town where the tire plant was saved because of what he did with china. fred, what about that? that s right. because of president obama putting tariffs on foreign tires coming into the country, we was able to save the plant here in freeport. so i want america to capture this.
these american workers behind me have done the job. they played by the rules. they ve worked hard. in fact, they worked so hard sensata brought in record profits last year. now, make no mistake, this is all about one thing. it s all about greed. this is horrible for these workers. it s horrible for this country. it s horrible for the future of america if this continues. what we re seeing here in freeport, illinois, is a microcosm of what a president mitt romney economy would look like for this country. mitt romney, he believes in this. he believes in outsourcing. he has no loyalty to american workers. romney has a stake in this plant across the street. the candidate has $8 million invested in a group that owns 51% of the sensata plant. mitt romney claims, oh, he understands the economy. but he shows little or no
when a few folks are doing very well at the top and everybody else is getting squeezed the economy grows slower and that is the central issue in this election that we ve got to make sure we address. so where are we? where are we? we re coming down the stretch in this election. it will define where the country goes. i do not think a man who claims that he cares about the middle class can say he understands the economy if he profits from shipping jobs overseas. and advocates for it. if mitt romney looks at his portfolio, he s going to see how he s butchering the lifestyle of american workers. what about them? don t they count? i have a message for everybody who is watching the ed show tonight across america. if you have friends or relatives who plan to vote republican in this election, i want you to tell them about freeport, illinois, because freeport, illinois, is just a microcosm of what s happening across america. ask them if this is the america that they really want. ask them if
democrats are trying to pass the bring jobs home act in congress. it would give tax incentives to companies bringing jobs back to the united states and end its tax breaks for those who are outsourcers. the bill was passed in the senate. it was passed in the senate, but the bill got, of course, another republican filibuster. now, how patriotic is it? the bill is exhibit a. in president obama s vision for america. the president understands why we can t surrender the middle class. when you think about the economy, i m absolutely convinced when you look at the historical record that when middle class families do well, when there are ladders of opportunity for poor families to get into the middle class right. the entire economy does well. when a few folks are doing very well at the top and everybody else is getting squeezed the economy grows slower and that is the central issue in this election that we ve got to make sure we address. so where are we?