Obama’s jobs creator cut 34K jobs in U.S.

Page Two decided to check the facts rather than rely on emails that sometimes makes claims which are not true but are sent rather to inflame people. If you’ve ever noticed that the president has two TelePrompTers, one on each side of him, it’s because it helps him when he’s speaking out of both sides of his mouth. He looks at one and speaks out the other side of his mouth, like when discussing creating jobs in America. Let’s check a major fact.

“The man Obama chose to help create new jobs in America is Jeff Immelt, CEO of General Electric. In a recent announcement, GE said it is moving the company’s headquarters in charge of x-ray technology to China. The largest manufacturer of imaging machines in the world is closing its U.S. headquarters after 115 years. Until now, GE’s x-ray business was headquartered in Waukesha, Wisconsin.” And does “plan to invest about $2 billion across China” (Conserativebyte.com).

“Immelt has also been criticized for employing 36,000 more people abroad than in the U.S. and cutting 34,000 American jobs after becoming CEO, according to The Huffington Post.”

It might be worth mentioning that Immelt is one of Obama’s closest friends and financial supporters, and that GE did not pay a cent in taxes last year after earning $14.2 billion in profits. Bet you wish you could pull off a deal like that. Forest Gump said it right, “stupid is as stupid does.” More later from Page Two.

WARREN D. GRANT

Albany