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To: AM2000
Bush has responded to the clamor about outsourcing by challenging American white-collar workers who have lost their jobs to "be more innovative".

Here's a thought, Prez, why don't you challenge the indians to "be more innovative" and develop their own industries so we can keep our jobs here? If, by developing their own industries they can legitimately take business away from American corporations, so be it. But, they should have to work for it, not have it handed to them.

This trend of "globalization" is just another form of wealth redistribution by corporate America as we are lead toward One World Government.

Future interstellar travelers to Earth will be greeted by the following sign: Welcome to Planet Earth. We're sorry that no one is here to greet you. We have gone to Mars in search of work. Enjoy your visit and tell all of your friends about Planet Earth. Have a good day.
11 posted on 03/06/2004 10:51:49 PM PST by DustyMoment (Repeal CFR NOW!!)
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To: DustyMoment
But, they should have to work for it, not have it handed to them.

Do you actually think Corporate America is going to hand over anything to anyone? They're sending jobs to India because the people in India work for less, the cost benefits of which offset any possible loss in productivity. The Indians are, in other words, working for what they're getting. They're playing by the rules our government has agreed to play by. The real crux of the matter, IMHO, is that the rules agreed to by our government look after the interests of our corporations but not our people. For example, if it's so darn easy to move capital and jobs to India and China and Ireland, shouldn't it be as easy for labor to move too? Whether we'd like to or not, we should certainly have the option to do so. But while barriers for capital and jobs have been broken down through trade treaties, barriers to labor remain. The capital can move away but we're not allowed to go after it. In other words, our own elected representatives have handicapped us in this globalized workplace since they've allowed our jobs to go overseas and overseas workers to come here and take our jobs, but they haven't pushed foreign governments to allow us to chase the jobs or even the capital. Heck, at the very least, I'd like the opportunity to invest in Indian markets with the same independence of an Indian investor. But I'm not allowed to.

14 posted on 03/06/2004 11:23:30 PM PST by AM2000
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