Policy can effect the creation of jobs. If you do not believe that is true, then you are denying the underlying premise of supply side economics.
And if you do not hear a giant sucking sound, I take it you have not recently spoken with a customer service or technical support operator recently.
Your response: Policy can effect the creation of jobs. If you do not believe that is true, then you are denying the underlying premise of supply side economics.
Yeah, I can see that you didn't take any liberties with my statement (LOL). I will not deny that policy can - and to be sure, does - affect the creation of jobs. But, I will deny that in a free society it is the policies that are the underlying premise of supply side economics. No, it is the entrepreneurial nature of risk takers that bring their goods and services to market to meet a consumer demand (perceived or not) that creates the jobs.
As far as customer service:
I bought a Dell laptop two years ago for $1200 and spoke to an American voice when I ordered it. Six months later - when my motherboard fried because I spilled wine on it - I spoke to someone who was probably from India...there was a language barrier to overcome, that's for certain, and I was a little disappointed.
Today, I couldn't even purchase that same Dell laptop if I wanted to. Why? Well, it's because they do not make newer laptop computers with processors that slow any longer (MHz) and and with so little RAM. I also probably couldn't get one with just a DVD player that wasn't also a combo CD Writer either. And you know what, the price for one of these better computers is much lower now then when I forked over my twelve hundred bucks.
I'm sorry that the the consumer's search for better value and product has put an American out of his/her phone answering job. Perhaps with the right drive and determination they can do something even more meaningful. But I guess that's just too much to ask of someone. After all unemployment "benefits" don't last nearly long enough, huh?