GE Traces the Key to Sustainable Growth: 2010 Citizenship Report

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• D Robert Thayer said:

  August 19, 2011

  I believe GE stands to gain – or, better said, “RESTORE”, its domestic market share by returning the production of many of its product lines (i.e., those used to a great extent in the homes of our nation) to production facilities here in the U.S.
  By building new production facilities (if necessary) – employing American workers – and ADVERTISING this aspect of our change in operations…the buying public will be disposed to purchase these ‘home-made’ products at a premium price in lieu of purchasing foreign made equivalents, which in actuality would NOT be “equivlent” in terms of quality and endurance. Our products have, historically, been of superior quality and should be made to remain so.
  There is a growing distaste and resentment towards the ‘global’ environment governed by banking elitists. GE may be right to support those global operations which serve its interests and ‘bottom line’ best in those instances where domestic production would not lead to ‘domestic consumption’, but we should restore many of those operations I’ve described above. The large lamp department would be one of these. After all…IT was the part that saw GE through the depression of the 30′s…and may well contribute to stabilizing our economy against the economic decline the current administration and Federal Reserve is in the process of creating.

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• D. Robert Thayer said:

  August 27, 2011

  So… What does THIS say about my post, above?!!! (Found this in Facebook. Can only assume it’s genuine.)

  Snopes verifies this.

  —–or it is not what you know but who you know. huh…

  General Electric is planning to move its 115-year-old X-ray division from
  Waukesha , Wis. , to Beijing . In addition to moving the headquarters, the
  company will invest $2 billion in China and train more than 65 engineers
  and create six research centers. This is the same GE that made $5.1
  billion in the United States last year. but paid no taxes-the same company
  that employs more people overseas than it does in the united States .

  So let me get this straight. President Obama appointed GE Chairman Jeff
  Immelt to head his commission on job creation (job czar). Immelt is
  supposed to help create jobs. I guess the President forgot to tell him in
  which country he was supposed to be creating those jobs.

  If this doesn’t show you the total lack of leadership of this President, I
  don’t know what does.

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  • GE Citizenship said:

    August 29, 2011

    Thank you Robert for your comment. There have been some inaccurate reports about GE Healthcare’s X-Ray Division recently. At the end of July, the Company announced that it would move 4 executives to China to lead the development of specific products for use in China. GE is the second largest exporter in the United States and China is a growing market. Having a presence in growing markets is critical for GE and the United States as we look for ways to remain competitive and create jobs at home.

    A GE announcement also at the end of July is a great example. GE said it will build a manufacturing plant in Mississippi that will create 250 high tech jobs. The new 300,000 square foot plant will manufacture composite components for aircraft engines and systems that will be used all over the world.

    http://www.gereports.com/new-ge-aviation-facility-to-open-in-mississippi-250-new-jobs-continue-ges-u-s-manufacturing-momentum/

    Over the past 18 months, GE has committed to investing hundreds of millions of dollars to create more than 7,000 manufacturing jobs in the U.S.

    Learn more here: http://www.gereports.com/made-in-america-a-selection-of-ges-manufacturing-facilities-in-the-u-s/

    http://www.gereports.com/ges-advanced-manufacturing-operations-in-the-u-s-by-the-numbers/