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> Out of curiosity, and without wanting to get into the whole is it good/is it bad/is it fair thing: > > What is it that the people who complain about off-shoring (which is quite different to out-sourcing BTW) want done about it. For one, I want heavy penalties levied against companies that off-shore work. Call it an intelectual property terrif if you like. Second, I want the government to establish work programs with that money so that people put out of work by off-shoring are able to have some kind of job available to them. > Isn't America built on Free Enterprise? Are you going to tell these companies that they CAN'T take out a contract with an Indian company to provide help desk support services. Where do you draw the line? Can Wal-Mart buy toys from China? Can a tech-company outsource help desk to an American company? Can it outsource to an American company with worldwide offices? > A country based on total free enterprise isn't neccessarily a good thing. Moreover, even in the past, our nation had tarrifs so that cheap foriegn imports wouldn't put American businessmen out of business. For one, we can extend the concept of tarrifs so that they protect not only business men, but workers as well. > I think it would be great if we could stop the brain-drain which threatens the development of future technological advances, but I'm not sure how it can be done. > I think that would require corperate responsability laws restricting (not forbidding, just restricting) all outsourcing (outsourcing of anykind weakens the strength of unionizing... to avoid corperate abuse, regulations protecting workers in those outsource companies should be enatced), placing tarrifs on off-shore work, and basically, make it more cost effective for companies to hire or outsource within the country rather than off-shore. The only other option I see is turning the economy into socialist one, or else the worker/consumer base may collapse entirely, killing our ecconomy completely. We have only seen the begining of off-shoring of Amerian jobs. It will only get worse if something is not done. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
