The latest video from the Obama campaign whips through a series of attacks on Mitt Romney. One of the attacks is that he outsourced government jobs to India. That’s true, but here’s some context on why Romney opposed a bill that would have banned government agencies from working with companies that had outsourced jobs:
“The legislation I vetoed was not designed to do anything for Massachusetts employers,” Romney told the Boston Globe in defense of his veto. “It might help ‘call center’ states, but it didn’t necessarily protect a single job here.”
“But,” he added, “it had the potential of costing our citizens a lot more money.”
It wasn’t just Romney who viewed the legislation as a bad way to tackle outsourcing. “Another section that would discourage the state from doing business with companies that outsource work to foreign countries should be vetoed,” the Globe, not known for its conservative beliefs, argued. “The state contracting process is a poor tool to address globalization.”
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