John McCain Revealed

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John McCain Sends Our Jobs Overseas.

McCain says “there’s been great progress economically” over the past eight years.
(“Money & Politics,” Bloomberg, 4/17/08)

McCain voted for the Bush trade agenda, displacing millions of U.S. jobs, and has supported tax breaks that reward companies for sending jobs overseas.
(S. 1637, Vote 83, 5/5/04; S. 1307, Vote 170, 6/30/05; McCain press release, 4/11/08)

McCain even proposed weakening Buy American laws that require the Defense Department to buy American-made equipment, saying, “I fi rmly object to Buy American provisions.”
(S. 1050, Vote 191, 5/21/03; S. 2400, Vote 135, 6/22/04; Congressional Record, 7/14/05; Congressional Record, 10/7/05)

Barack Obama would create 5 MILLION NEW JOBS here at home.

Obama would invest in manufacturing, infrastructure and clean energy to create millions ofnew jobs—including 5 million green jobs that cannot be shipped overseas. Obama would stoprewarding companies that send jobs overseas. Instead, he’d cut taxes for middle-class families,small businesses and start-up companies to help spur job growth.
(www.barackobama.com; Obamaremarks at Building Trades National Legislative Conference, 4/15/08; Tax Policy Center, 9/12/08)

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