I love the idea of free trade, as long as it is truly free. But the rules on both sides need to be roughly equivalent to be fair.
Tariffs need to be similar on both sides. Trade barriers need to be similar on both sides. Our trade laws should _always_ either be in our favor, or at least equal, with reciprocity as a standard trade tool. For example, since on American can own land in Mexico, the same should be true in reverse. Since no American can hold a majority stake in a Japanese company, the same should be true in reverse. Since American trucks need to have insurance and working brakes, the same should be true for Mexican trucks operating in the US (thanks anyway, NAFTA) Fortunately, actual coding is only a small part of software development, and therefore we are not yet close to becoming a commodity. We are a craft and an art, not a science or an industry. But it will come someday. And by that time, we will all have other, more interesting items on our plates, or we will be in trouble. Personally, I am glad the industry has grown and changed. I don't have to build hardware from parts catalogs anymore, I don't have to write my own device drivers and I don't have to hand code my own cms. On Dec 5, 2007 3:00 PM, Ben Doom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reaping what we sow? How's that fair? I mean, we go around saying that > competition is good, and monopolies are bad, and the open market is > the best way, and then these upstart companies with their cheap cost of > living, low wages, and relatively well-educated populations dare compete > with us. > > Fair, my left foot. > > --Ben "not sarcastic at all" Doom > > Vivec wrote: > > Considering who were the powers behind the entire thrust for > > Globalisation and dismantling the walls and protections which most > > countries maintained, I don't feel that any of this is unfair at all. > > > > When viewed in the wider context of what is happening regarding trade > > and trade agreements between those countries which were responsible > > for the Globalisation Thrust > > and the developing world it's very fair. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247703 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
