"Based on my work in Washington, this is exactly what I've come to expect from a group organized and funded by the D.C. division of the AFL-CIO," he said.

i.e., "The other side done stole all the good xenophobia, so all I have is lame revenuer references."

The group also says the various "giveaways" and incentives that VW received from state and local governments do not require enforceable local hire provisions in their contracts.

Feature, not bug.  This is how corporate plantations operate - at a loss to the taxpayers who fund them.

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Calling to the underworld. Come out of the cupboard, you boys and girls.

Volkswagon probably wants to make sure that the plant has a roof that doesn't fall in, walls that are straight, and plumbing and electricity that work. That means they need workers who know something about something other than college football and women's basketball. If they want to make decent cars, they'd better fly in non-Tennesseans as well.

"I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it, and what's it seems scary and weird. It'll happen to you." —Abraham Simpson

"From the beginning of this great Tennessee investment, my hope was that our regional contractors and workers would be given first consideration at the Volkswagen plant," [Wamp] said.

Hope may be a really nifty meme in a political campaign, but it doesn't make for very good contracts.