“Democrats also pointed to the former Utah governor’s family-owned Huntsman Corp., which now has a majority of employees overseas. Of the company’s 12,000 employees, BusinessWeek recently reported, only 2,174 are in the United States while some 1,100 are in China.
“Desperately flailing to gain any type of traction in the race, Jon Huntsman is out today pushing ‘Made In America.’ But with him, it is ‘Made in China’ that has made him millions,” says Ty Matsdorf, a spokesman for the liberal group, American Bridge 21st Century. “This appears to be just one more desperate attempt to breathe some much needed life into a floundering campaign.”
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Published: Aug 31, 2011