Actually only a small group benefit from free trade. The large stockholders and CEO of society. Yes, we get lower products (in the long run) but so goes the wages.
But maybe it is time to stop this dicussion before Ron Gets mad again! Stede --- Sean Gilbertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > I hope you are right, > > I don't. If we as a country (the U.S.) deny the > globalization of service and product providers, > we're going to do very poorly in the long run. > > The low price of foreign labor (and possibly > products) is ephemeral and is only sustained by a > low standard of living. As this standard of living > increases, the wage gap will become smaller. > Perhaps more importantly, if anything gets in the > way of this increase of standard of living (e.g. > oppressive goverments), it will be dismissed or > destroyed. Concordantly, denying this on a federal > level will retard the ability for others to express > self determination. Indeed, I believe that not > feeling that you "owe" your job to your government > will increase your personal freedom, a situation > which stands ironically vis-a-vis to contemporary > "patriotism" as it sometimes is called in the United > States, which is essentially nothing more than > isolationism. > > Free trade is not a sin. It decreases the power of > governments over the citizens of their own -- and > other -- nations; it allows the free market to be, > in fact, free. > > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 07:54:52AM -0800, Stede > Troisi wrote: > > > > > If you want some historical perspective, check > out > > > the arguments Irwin > > > Feerst was making WRT electrical engineers in > the > > > early 1980s. The sky > > > didn't fall then, either. > > > > Ah, so you believe that in the long-run allowing > > companies to hire people in another country that > could > > do the job as good as you for 1/200th the price > isn't > > going to affect (at least) not too your > profession. > > > > I hope you are right, > > God Bless. > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. > > www.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sean Gilbertson > IT Systems/Software Developer > > > > > > To Post a message, send it to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com > Yahoo! Groups Links > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com To Post a message, send it to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe, send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad-free courtesy of objectmentor.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/extremeprogramming/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
