Sure you can, those are called tariffs, they've been around since the middle ages or longer.
They will only take your job if the company will give it to them. If a company has incentive, then they will do it. That's pretty basic, isn't it? Cameron is right that the playing field is not level - American companies feel the forces of the minimum wage law AND the pull of the free trade agreements. Remember what Ross Perot said? That LOUD SUCKING NOISE is your job going to another country - precisely because there is no equilibrium between the US and the Free Trade countries. What are the remedies for this situation? 1) Enact tariffs on the imports to equalize the pressure on outside companies bringing those goods. Make it as expensive to produce there as it is here. Hence, if they don't have a minimum wage law, tax them as though they do. 2) Remove the minimum wage law. Companies won't find a reason to move to another country. Of course, there are other factors, but wages are the big thing right now. Of course, it does have other effects - rising prices are one of them. I'm surprised that you think we can't try to equalize pressure. It's been done for hundreds of years. Matthew Small -----Original Message----- From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 4:14 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: also circulating the email lists....re katrina > Matthew wrote: > Tariffs protect the US citizen from losing jobs to overseas workers. If we > could get those back (repeal the said trade agreements), minimum wages You can't protect your economy from world forces. Every economy that's tried to do that has crumbled. See USSR. Your only choice is to compete and be the best. What we're seeing is a global re-alignment of wealth triggered by a knowledge economy and worldwide fiber optic cable. There are a lot of poor, hungry, smart people in the world and they WILL take your job. When they do, that wealth that was going to be yours passes to India or China until some global equilibrium is reached. The only defense is to add value and be innovative. Be the best or be bested. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:175315 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
