sensata is exhibit a. in mitt romney's vision for america, it goes to the heart of what's wrong with mitt romney's plan. economic greed. bane kmin capital is a 51% owne sensata. mitt romney owns $8 million worth of those shares. mitt romney is lining his pockets with millions while swrob jobs are shipped overseas because there are people willing to work for less than $1 an hour. hold it right there. id like to know if these people work for $1 an hour, mr. romney, would you suggest keeping the plant here in free port, illinois? as ted kennedy said on the floor in 2007, when does the greed stop, mr. romney? when does it stop? what do you want from these workers? how much more do you want to give to the wealthiest americans? well, you know what? romney, he won't even look at these people in freeport, illinois, in the eye. he won't do it. his every town counts bus tour refused to stop here in freeport, even though romney was just a few miles away. i guess we shouldn't expect, you know, more from a guy who thin

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they own 51% of sensata.ney himself still has an $8 million stake in bain company through his so-called blind trust except we can all see it. so is there something mitt romney can do to help get this -- save jobs and keep this here in the u.s.? >> what strikes me, this is a highly-skilled work force many worked for years on that job. they're watching their jobs go. now, we bail out the automotive industry. as we bailed them out this company makes parts for honda and toyota, chrysler, g.m. so we're building them out and they're able to sell out what we build. they have a role to play as well as bain. bain is operating with greed. but operating on the government policy that permits a shipment of jobs to china without workers in america having a fair chance. >> cenk: reverend jackson what would you have the government do specifically? >> number one if they intervene, given their investment, they can see how bad this is. it seems to be unfair we win the military building this war and losing the trade war. i ask t

mitt romney has $8 million invested in this and sensata is 51% owned by bain capital.aid a blind trust is just a ruse. he said that, and i didn't say it

mitt romney has $8 million invested in this and sensata is 51% owned by bain capital.aid a blind trust is just a ruse. he said that, and i didn't say it, and he said it in the ted kennedy debate. so now he ought to step and do the right thing. and we ought to make sure every

police have arrested three people for blocking the removal of equipment from the sensata plant to protest a plan by mitt romney's former company bain capital to close the factory and ship their jobs to china. >> i am here because people that have their livelihoods, have raised their families, they have worked at their jobs and put in long hours and hard hours, they are losing them to communist china. romney, who benefits from bain capital, he does not seem to think there is any correlation at all. i just believe in their cause prix de >> as millions of americans by the new iphone5, we look at why thousands of chinese workers at a key plant walked off the job last week. all that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we are broadcasting from the capital of new mexico in santa fe. polls continue to show a narrowing presidential race after a widely by president obama over the past month. or reuters daily tracking poll says obama and republican challenger mitt romney are tied among likely voters at 45% each. but when the find

half of freeport works at sensata. once it closes, it will be devastating. everybody is walking around slumped over, not knowing what they are going to do. >> you were somewhat akin to liking mitt romney, were you not? >> yes, i was. >> tell us about that. >> i was like everybody else. he's going to do it. he's going to create american jobs. he says that's what he's going to do. that's what his whole campaign was about. i'm going to create american jobs. when i found out that he owned bain capital and bain capital owned sensata i was furious. >> what do you think when you see him talk about american jobs on the campaign trail and talk about our economy yet this is happening? >> to be honest with you, he's a bold-faced liar. he's going out there saying i'm going to create american jobs when, no, he's not. he's profiting off of jobs going overseas. >> what was it like to have the chinese workers come learn to do the jobs that your workers were doing? >> it was hard. having to train somebody to take your job and you don't have any control over it, that was prob

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the sensata ceo has made his decision.ho can affect this is the largest shareholder in bain, who's mitt romney. he had the nerve to stand up in janesville, wisconsin, less than an hour drive behind us and stand behind a podium and say jobs are a top priority and talk about getting tough on china and his company that he's the only ceo they've ever had is moving it there, is moving my job to china and 169 other people. you know, they're destroying our american dream purely for greed. and it's just absolutely outrageous and the hypocrisy of this man and the people that are elected is just mind boggling. >> i want to zoom out a little bit on this discussion. because what's happened to you has happened to companies -- has happened to workers all across the country. >> exactly. >> put it in context what the obama administration is on this. we'll have that right after we take a break. [ to the tune of "lullaby and good night" ] ♪ af-lac ♪ aflac [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusine

the sensata disgrace. bainville, next. [ male announcer ] this is rudy. morning starts with arthritis pain. and two pills. afternoon's overhaul starts with more pain. more pills. triple checking hydraulics. the evening brings more pain. so, back to more pills. almost done, when... hang on. stan's doctor recommended aleve. it can keep pain away all day with fewer pills than tylenol. this is rudy. who switched to aleve. and two pills for a day free of pain. ♪ [ female announcer ] and try aleve for relief from tough headaches. >>> the thing for me, personally, that was even more humiliating, though, was that the week before they came, they took the american flag down that flew outside the plant and the week after they left, they put it back up. like we're supposed to be ashamed that we're americans. >> welcome back to "the ed show." i want america to consume this story. this is who mitt romney is. those were workers from sensata technologies, a car sensor manufacturing company in freeport, illinois, describing the painful process of losing their jobs to chin

romney's company, bain capital, controls sensata. bain's shutting down the plant and shipping the equipment and jobs overseas. workers have, been fighting the plant closure. workers sent us this video. sensata were told they could stay home if they felt threatened. they walked off the job in a show of solidarity. they call their town bainport. how appropriate? there are a lot of bainports all over the country. in fact, there are lots of towns and lots of workers who have been hit hard by romney's company and for what his vision for america is when it comes to the economy. mitt romney is an expert at closing companies and making a dollar. in fact, i would say he is a pioneer. let's take a look at the record. the "wall street journal" reviewed 77 of the businesses bain capital acquired while romney was in charge. 22% of them either went bankrupt, reorganized, or shut down. but while those companies were dying, bain investors were living it up, making a dollar. bain made 50% to 80% of its profits in holdings each year. romney profited w

the sensata ceo has made his decision. so we believe the only person in the world who can stop these jobs from being moved is mitt @romney, because of his relationship with the bain board, his financial investment in bain capital. >> a new exposÉ by investigative journalist greg palast, in a "mitt romney's bailout bonanza: how he made millions from the rescue of detroit." >> part of a massive bailout, it u.s. taxpayers paid $12 billion to save u.s. auto parts corporation. 3 billion years and their partners to in a profit of over $4 billion. one big winner, a profit of over 4000% for the silent partner, ann and mitt romney. of that and more coming up. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we're on the road in minneapolis. the alleged mastermind of the september 11 attacks khalid sheikh mohammed told a courtroom on@nesday the united states has killed more people in the name of national security than he is accused of killing on 9/11. he drat addressed the court during a hearing

the issue is bigger than just sensata. night's debate any president through mitt romney right into the middle of it? >> when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china, and is currently investing in countries -- in companies that are building surveillance equipment for china to spy on its own folks. governor you are the last person who is going to get tough on china. >> jennifer: it's not just that romney has personal investments, but his tax plan and his parties actions actually encourage companies to do so. earlier this year congress considered the bring jobs home act, which would give companies incentives to hire workers here rather than overseas here is pat quinn pushing for that bill in july. >> it says that we're not going to use the tax code in the united states of america to allow these companies to outsource jobs ship them overseas, and then they get to take tax deductions tax breaks on their plant, their equipment, thei

here sensata is anything but the bad guy. this is just the way of the world. china is an economic rival to the united states, it does export, it does manufacture we are, and yes, it takes american jobs. however unfair, that may seem back in the states. it's determined by the market, this worker says. jobs go wherever labor is cheaper. it makes sense. workers say they enjoy good conditions here, regular eight-hour shifts. how much money do you earn in one month? >> it's a secret. >> reporter: it's a secret?! >> it's a secret. >> reporter: you can see where the money goes, though. this is a tlaifing city of 5 million people. shoppers hit trendy new malls wearing the latest fashion. american business has been good for these people. back in freeport, the future is not so rosy. look around. there's no guessing who they blame. mitt romney left bain capital seven years before it bought sensata, but this has become an impairme embarrassment all the same. outside the american factory, we meet some american workers on rotation in choou

nearly 200 employees that the sensata plant in illinois are about to be laid off.even had to train their replacements, the chinese replacements. bain capital, the private equity firm, once headed by mitt romney, is behind all this outsourcing. outsourcing an attack point in last night's debate. >> when he talks about getting tough on china, keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcing to china. >> ted rowlands is live in free port, illinois, where the workers have set up bainport, they're protesting bain capital for the layoffs expected next month. i know the workers watched that debate last night very, very closely. >> reporter: absolutely this is the -- what they call bainport, right across the street from the sensata factory. people have been sleeping out here in tents over the past month for the last 35 days. right now most people are inside the big tent here because it has been raining all day. this is where they watch the debate last night. a gathering a handful of people gathered in here and watched the doe bait.

sensata can turn a bigger profit with cheaper labor in china. it's the romney economy. but romney acts like he feels the pain of the american worker. >> the place where we've seen manufacturing go has been china. china is now the largest manufacturer in the world. used to be the united states of america. a lot of good people have lost jobs. people think it's more attractive, in some cases, to go offshore than to stay here. we have made it less attractive for enterprises to stay here than to go offshore from time to time. >> less attractive! those workers in china are going to make 99 cents an hour as opposed to $17 an hour in freeport, illinois. i can't wait to take the show there ton friday night and let the workers tell the story about how mitt romney is going to be tough on china. president obama wants to close the tax loopholes so it's not as attractive for romney's own company to ship jobs overseas. >> keep in mind that governor romney invested in companies that were pioneers of outsourcinto china. that's -- governor, you're the last person who's going to get tough

if sensata saves money by closing the freeport plant, that could add money to mr.y's trust accounts now or after the election. so, folks, what's going on in freeport, illinois, gives us, i believe, a snapshot of what mitt romney's economy will look like. this is the model he created. this is the model that he believes in. this is his america. and this is the model that made him wealthy. good for him, bad for the workers. romney can try to distance himself all he wants. he can talk tough on the road about china and out on the campaign trail, but talk is cheap. and his refusal to act, his refusal to even listen to these sensata workers shows his complete and i mean utter disregard for the families being affected by this move. make no mistake, this is not just about freeport, illinois. this is about the future of american jobs and if mitt romney is elected president of the united states, put your seat belt on, there will be more of this. let's bring in the president of the united steelworkers, leo gerard. and i want to point right off the top tonight that this is a no

in fact, he owns $8 million worth of bain capital, and those funds hold 50%, 51% of sensata shares.at mitt romney has absolutely nothing to do with this investment is actually false. $8 million of his bain capital invested funds hold 51% of sensata. please continue. >> i agree with you to a certain degree. however, to suggest that he had some decision making role in having those 170 jobs leave to china is a business dit ingenuous. when you look at general motors, hyundai, ford, there are a lot of american companies out there that have chinese interests. the question becomes, quite frankly, what will you do on day one? i think governor romney has said, rightfully so, if he's elected president, that he will, in fact, say that china is a currency manipulator. you know, there's no daylight in between what he said and what he's doing. >> john? >> anybody who knows anybody in business knows that declaring china a currency manipulator on day one is about the stupidest international economic policy you can think of that will cost not just a couple hundred jobs, but thousands of jobs in all

who was the ceo of bain that owns sensata and has invested in it.hould create some right here. tell your boys at bain to keep the jobs right here. >> a presidential candidate who puts profit over people. that's what i call a national disgrace. at shell, we believe the world needs a broader mix of energies. that's why we're supplying natural gas to generate cleaner electricity... that has around 50% fewer co2 emissions than coal. and it's also why, with our partner in brazil, shell is producing ethanol - a biofuel made from renewable sugarcane. >>a minute, mom! let's broaden the world's energy mix. let's go. snoop tonight's debate, obama versus romney. but there will actually be a third guest on that stage tonight. someone governor romney has eluded. george w. bush will be on that stage in spirit whether governor romney likes it or not. of romney's 24 foreign policy advisers, 17 are from the bush administration. recommending a failed war in iraq, defense spending that brought the country deeper in debt and the ones who failed to get osama bin laden.

there's a plant that's being shipped overseas sensata, which is connected to the automobile industry. and there's a tire plant that's been saved because of president obama's stance being tough on china with the lawsuit. i think that that story speaks volumes of what is happening across america. just who is talking tough. senator, great to have you with us. >> i saw that show. it was a microcosm of what we're talking about. >> senator sherrod brown, thank you. there's much more coming up, stay with us. >>> there's no more serious issue in a presidential campaign than trust. trust matters. >> the president and the vice president are heating up in ohio. tonight the latest on the republican voter suppression with state senator nina turner. >>> in wisconsin, tommy thompson airs one of the most disgraceful ads you'll ever see. we'll bring you the latest attack on tammie baldwin. >> and bradley whitford is hitting the stump for the. . he joins me live on "the ed show." hi, i'm amy for downy unstopables in-wash scent boosters, here with my favorite new intern, jimmy. mmm! fresh! and it's been

for example, right now, bain owns sensata technologies is getting ready to ship 170 jobs to china.kers in freeport, illinois have been asking mitt romney to say something. it will be interesting to see if either moderator or candidate brings up those loss. the obama campaign out with a new television ad juxtaposing his and mitt romney's stance on the wars in iraq and afghanistan. here is a bit of that spot linking the u.s. foreign policy with domestic progress. >> obama's brought 30,000 soldiers back from afghanistan and has a responsible plan to end the war. romney calls it bobble's biggest mistake. it is time to stop fighting over there and start rebuilding here. >> we're also bound to hear more on the attacks in libya and our consulate in benghazi and how the administration has been handling communications in the aftermath. romney also is going to bring up iran. i'm sure both will bring up iran. mitt romney refused to say whether or not he would have one on one talks with the country. he says he wants to tighten sanctions but he hasn't specified how he would do that. the reports