Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
<me>
>> I would have to do some research, but I have to wonder if a lot of local
>> businesses aren't experiencing this problem already.
>What I actually envisioned when I wrote the first mail is not the slow
>climb to
>improve all the local living and working circumstances but more of an instant
>cleft appearing when companies are held to the standard in their home
>country.
>More like something that happened when West and East Germany merged.
<nod>
Being the Americacentric US citizen that I am I have only the vaguest
idea what happened to Germany, or when (it was 1990 wasn't it? I was in
sixth grade. Can I use youth as an excuse?) but what you're describing
would be a distinct possibility and a real problem with my scenerio. Nor
do I have any idea how one could fix it.
I'd still be interested to see a policy like this go into force, though;
and I would hope that the long-term benifits to the country would
outweigh the short(er) term devistation of the local market. That's the
problem with wide-sweeping changes like this one though, you never
know....
I'm surprised that Darryl or John or one of the other ultra-capitalists
around here haven't jumped me for the mere suggestion, though. Maybe
they're just auto-deleting my posts these days. <grin>
Kat Feete
Speaking of moving to New Zealand, why does one have to be buried in
paperwork just to get there for even a year? If anyone asks me for *one
more copy* of my passport photo, I think I'm going to scream.
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