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Originally Posted by Swaggs
I see it as bad for a couple of reasons.
Loses credibility in manufacturing areas by investing in overseas sweatshops. Yeah, we all pretty much knew what he was doing with Bain -- but here he is on film talking about it and the conditions the workers labored in. Has he toured and/or invested in overseas factories with child labor? Someone is probably going to ask him at some point in the near future.
Looks pretty insincere with all of his tough talk against China. "They are our geopolitical foe. They are socialist. Oh, BTW...I would rather invest in their companies."
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Child labor/working conditions is still a fringe issue here, nobody's going to give up or pay more for their iphones or clothes any time soon, so I don't see a lot of outrage on this. There are people who are very careful about everything they purchase/consume, but that's a pretty small group. It's tough to criticize Romney, these companies, and these business practices, if you're a general American consumer that takes advantage of them.