President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter early Sunday to offer strong criticism of American companies that outsource jobs, while saying that as long as he is president, there will be big penalties for them if they sell their outsources products back in the U.S.
"[E]xpensive mistake!" Trump wrote in the sixth tweet of his rapid-fire tweet storm. "THE UNITED STATES IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS."
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A central theme of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign had been bringing back jobs that had been outsourced to other countries over the years.That point was something he emphasized last week with a deal that was to retain some jobs at Carrier, a division of United Technologies that manufactures air conditioners in Indiana, rather than having those jobs exported to Mexico. That deal has come under some criticism, even by the likes of Sarah Palin, for rewarding an individual company for what amounted to economic blackmail.
Many conservatives and free-market thinkers alike are likely to have problems with Trump's proposed 35 percent tax. Palin labeled Trump's market tinkering "crony capitalism," and it appears that "cronyism" — the government's meddling in what is suppose to be a market largely free from government intervention — will continue.
Instead of threatening companies with a hefty tax, many conservative thinkers instead believe that Trump's administration should make the business environment more favorable and conducive for businesses — something the Obama administration never tried to do.
