More jobs leaving MN. We are going the wrong way, folks!: http://t.co/FYLWRagHoT
— Steve Drazkowski (@SteveDraz) July 18, 2013
Tweeps are pushing back on that:
.@SteveDraz The article makes no mention of jobs from Minnesota being moved. Why are you lying?
— LivingLiberally (@LiberallyLiving) July 18, 2013
@SteveDraz why do you constantly lie?
— J W (@TCJCW) July 18, 2013
They have a point. The Global Post reported in U.S.-based 3M Co. to invest $400 mn in Mexico:
U.S. industrial giant 3M Co. plans to invest $400 million over the next three years in three research centers in Mexico, Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto said."This investment, made today in this research and development center, comes as part of an investment project shared with us by 3M for the next two-and-a-half years, three (years), of $400 million to open two more manufacturing centers," the president said during the inauguration Tuesday of a research center in San Luis Potosi state.
There is indeed nothing in the article that says jobs are being shifted from Minnesota to Mexico. A recent report about U.S. Senators visiting 3M to discuss reforming the federal tax code noted:
3M, the diversified maker of reflective road markings, office goods such as Scotch tape and Post-it notes, dental filling material and thousands of other products, gets about two-thirds of its revenue from outside the U.S.
Was ALEC member Draz subtweeting against globalization? Against NAFTA and other trade agreements? Against reading comprehension?
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