> Better to let the free market rule. Workers will shift and recruitment will > fall, younger workers > will drift away to other occupations. This is the efficient, market-driven, > allocation of resources > at work. This is what made the USA the richest country on the face of the > Earth. Graham.
You're talking about it like this has been done before-- this isn't one country where people are on a relatively equal playing field to start with-- this is GLOBALIZATION-- where very poor countries can work for far less money than those in rich countries to buy necessities to survive-- all with different laws(labor, environmental, etc.). Globalization makes richer countries poorer while making poorer countries richer. Personally, being in a richer country, I do not like the idea of globalization. If I was in a poor country, obviously, I'd be on the opposite side. What makes certain a certain class of people in the US like globalization, is their own personal greed-- they're already rich and 'investor class' and can simply invest less money in poor countries. At the same time, those in richer countries no longer have those jobs(or many others as so many are being taken away), which means they fall down in class/economic scale. Eventually, all we have left are the richer rich folk in the rich country and the poor country has benefited by being lifted a little. It's so simple-- I can't understand how people can't see this... The people screaming for pure capitalism on a global scale sound to me like people saying to trust in some magic. Sure, capitalism is great, but as with all things, capitalism should be controlled so it doesn't get out of hand. Balance. -- Derek _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
