During Barbara Boxer’s event at Cisco today, we couldn’t help but take note of her comment, “You know it is one thing if people say things, its another thing what they have actually done.” We couldn’t have said it better ourselves, Senator.
Barbara Boxer has spent millions of dollars attacking Carly Fiorina for making the same tough decisions many American companies have been forced to make because of Boxer’s job-killing policies. But the truth of the matter is that these attacks are funded in part by tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from CEOs like John Chambers and from companies like Cisco that have also laid off workers and sent jobs overseas. Clearly, Barbara Boxer knows she cannot convince voters to support her based on her disastrous, bitterly partisan record, so, in a stunning display of election-year hypocrisy, she has resorted to attacking Carly instead.
Barbara Boxer must either admit that her policies have killed jobs both in California and across America, or she must end this outrageous display of duplicity by returning the tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions she has received from Cisco and denounce Chambers’ endorsement. Either way, it’s time Barbara Boxer come clean with the people of California and end her hypocritical, baseless attacks and apologize to Carly for spending millions of dollars peddling them to California voters.
To watch “Hypocrisy,” please click (Friends Of Barbara Boxer Website, www.barbaraboxer.com, Accessed 10/25/10)
NARRATOR: “So why is she giving a speech at Cisco when they repeatedly outsourced jobs to countries like India?”
NARRATOR: “Cisco CEO John Chambers embraced the outsourcing strategy, and was called one of the Greedy Dozen outsourcers by Arianna Huffington.”
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Scouras, “John Chambers — Cisco Systems Inc.,” Electronic Buyers’ News, 12/23/96)
NARRATOR: “He’s Wall Street’s dream come true.”
- “Chambers Is Wall Street’s Dream Come True.” (Ismini Scouras, “John Chambers — Cisco Systems Inc.,” Electronic Buyers’ News, 12/23/96)
NARRATOR: “Chambers mandated that 20 percent of Cisco’s top talent be in India within five years.”
CHYRON: “Cisco “mandated that 20 percent of
- “Cisco Systems, A Maker Of Communications Equipment, Has Mandated That 20 Percent Of Its Top Talent Be In India Within Five Years…” (Anand Giridharadas, “India Outsourcing Moves To Front Office,” The New York Times, 4/3/07)
NARRATOR: “Laid off hundreds of employees as he quietly prepared to move jobs out of the country.”
CHYRON: “Cisco laid off hundreds. ‘Quietly preparing’ to move jobs out of the country.”
- In 2009, Cisco Laid Off Between 600 And 700 Employees At Its San Jose, CA Headquarters.
“Cisco Systems (CSCO) on Thursday continued trimming its workforce at its San Jose, CA, headquarters. Sources close to the company say between 600 and 700 employees at the networking giant received layoff notices. ‘This limited restructuring is part of our ongoing, targeted realignment of resources and was previously discussed on our fiscal second and third quarter 2009 earnings calls,’ a statement issued by Cisco reads.” (Michael V. Copeland, “Cisco Continues Layoffs,” Fortune, 7/16/09) - Chambers Downplayed The Significance Of The Company’s Decision To Lay Off Workers. “During the company’s Q3 earnings call, Cisco CEO John Chambers said job cuts were
likely to be closer to the high side of the 1,500 to 2,000 the company previously announced. Still, Chambers does not view even 2,000 lost jobs as a mass layoff. ‘My own view is that if you have to do a layoff, and we try everything possible to avoid them, it needs to be of critical mass to justify the loss of business momentum, impact on employees and disruption in key projects,’ Chambers said during the Q2 earnings call.’” (Michael V. Copeland, “Cisco Continues Layoffs,” Fortune, 7/16/09) - In 2009, Cisco Was Also “Quietly Preparing” To Move Jobs From U.S. Locations To Contractors Overseas. “When Cisco celebrated the fifth anniversary of its New England
Development Center in Boxborough, Mass., last fall – a ceremony attended by Massachusetts Congresswoman Niki Tsongas and a representative from Gov. Deval Patrick’s office – the company was quietly preparing to move several jobs from there and other locations to contractors in India and elsewhere, mostly in the company’s Network Management Technology Group (NMTG).” (Jim Duffy, “Cisco Quietly Downsizing Through Outsourcing,” Network World,
3/12/09)
NARRATOR: “Now, nearly half of Cisco employees aren’t in America, and Chambers goes home with millions.”
CHYRON: “Nearly half of Cisco’s employees aren’t in America.”
- Nearly Half Of Cisco Employees Are Located Outside The United States. “As of July 31, 2010, we employed approximately 70,700 employees, including approximately 18,250 in manufacturing and service, approximately 21,250 in engineering, approximately 24,600 in sales and marketing, and approximately 6,600 in general and administration. Approximately 38,350 employees are in locations within the United States. We consider the relationships with our employees to be positive. Competition
for technical personnel in the industry in which we compete is intense. We believe that our future success depends in part on our continued ability to hire, assimilate, and retain qualified personnel. To date, we believe that we have been successful in recruiting qualified employees, but there is no assurance that we will continue to be successful in the future.” (Cisco Systems, SEC Filing 10-K, Filed 9/21/10) - In 2010, Chambers Received A Total Compensation Package From Cisco That Was More Than $18.8 Million Dollars. (Forbes Website, www.forbes.com, Accessed 10/26/10)
NARRATOR: “It was so offensive to Barack Obama, he attacked Hillary Clinton for taking their money.”
CHYRON: “Obama attacked Hillary for taking Cisco money.”
- During The 2008 Campaign, Barack Obama Attacked Hillary Clinton For Receiving Thousands In Contributions From Employees Of Cisco Systems, “Which Laid Off American Workers To Hire Indian ‘Techies’.” “Presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s campaign manager yesterday expressed ‘regret’ about parts of a campaign document questioning rival Hillary Clinton’s ties to
India. The memo, provided to the Daily News by the Clinton campaign this week, carried the headline ‘Hillary Clinton’s Personal Financial and Political Ties’ and mockingly described her political affiliation as (D-Punjab). . . . ‘Hillary Clinton Accepted Almost $60,000 in Contributions From Employees of Cisco Systems, Which Laid Off American Workers To Hire Indian “Techies,”‘ the memo blared.” (Michael McAuliff and Celeste Katz, “Bam Sorry He Hit Hillary On India,” [ New York ] Daily News, 6/16/07)
NARRATOR: “Barbara Boxer is pandering to them, cashing in while criticizing them: typical lifelong politician.”
CHYRON: “Boxer: $73,450 from
Cisco. $15,000 from Cisco’s PAC. $58,450 from Cisco employees. Cisco is one of her top contributors.”
- During Her Career, Boxer Has Received $15,000 In Contributions From Cisco’s PAC And $58,450 In Contributions From Employees. (Center For Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 10/26/10)
- Cisco Is One Of Boxer’s Top Campaign Contributors. (Center For
Responsive Politics Website, www.opensecrets.org, Accessed 10/26/10)
NARRATOR: “Ma’am … that’s hypocrisy.”
CHRYON: “Ma’am … that’s hypocrisy.”