From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 09:38:00AM -0700, Michael Harney wrote: > > > No, it's not nonsense, it's the only way that we can keep jobs in the > > US, make it more expencive to off-shore work than to contract locally. > > I never said they couldn't off-shore work, I just said there should be > > fines associated with that to make it less cost effective. > > .... > > > Did I say forbid it? No, in fact I stated to the contrary: "not > > forbidding, just restricting". And what kind of restriction did I > > say was needed? Corperate resopnsability laws. Not taxes, not red > > tape, just corperate responsability laws to protect the rights of the > > outsource workers. > > I'm not sure what you are proposing here. First you say there should be > fines to "make it less cost effective" then you say "not taxes, not red > tape". Your confusion is over the fact that I was talking about two different things. The first was about off-shoring (sending work to other countries), the second was outsourcing. Outsourcing can be done within the country, and that is what I was talking about in the second part. The rest of your post is far too long for me to read right now, so I may address it tomorrow. Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
