PrintMarch 10, 2009
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On March 4th, it was revealed by Rep. Aaron Schock (R. Illinois) that President Obama had "ambushed" the CEO of Caterpillar in order to secure his support for the Recovery and Reinvestment Act. A little background: in mid-February, the President held a rally at a Caterpillar manufacturing plant in his home state of Illinois, where he promised the workers that according to their boss - Jim Owens - the heavy equipment manufacturing company would rehire some of recently laid off employees if the Obama Recovery and Reinvestment Act was passed. Once the president left the plant, the CEO of Caterpillar told the media that he in fact would not be rehiring the employees that had just been laid off if the stimulus passed. He went on to say that he would most likely have to fire more people before he could start rehiring. After the rally Rep. Aaron Schock, a Republican whom the president brought to the event in hopes of eliciting support for the stimulus package,...(Read Full Article)
