well said. good links
--- "Kevil, L H." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey you guys, > > I enjoy your posts about golf clubs because you know > what you are talking about. That is not the case > when you talk about "exporting jobs" and inveigh > against free trade. This is the kind of cr*p you > hear from scurrilous politicians trying to dupe us > into voting for them. > > World capital is not flowing to countries with low > wage rates, but is disproportionately coming here - > because of our skilled labor and management, because > of people like you. We benefit from free trade - in > fact all participants usually benefit. Here is a > good though long article on 'comparative advantage,' > which explains the notion and why it is > counter-intuitive: > > http://internationalecon.com/v1.0/ch40/40c000.html > > Here's another perspective dealing with > manufacturing: > > http://www.heritage.org/Research/TradeandForeignAid/BG1561.cfm > > And another one dealing with the myth that the trade > deficit is somehow a bad thing for us: > > http://www.heritage.org/Press/Commentary/ed022503a.cfm > > My three cents. Get your cannons ready...I've got > the garbage-can lid over my backside. > > L. Hunter Kevil > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 2:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Was LDC; is, real life > > > In a message dated 7/29/03 11:31:08 AM Eastern > Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > But as offshore workers graduate from basic jobs to > more sophisticated > technology work, critics here wonder if there will > be high-paying, high-tech > jobs left in the United States. > > > > > This is the major problem. We are not talking about > American jobs as basket weavers moving over seas! As > third world basket weavers get some money, a shack > with running water and indoor plumbing and something > more than a bicycle for transportation their jobs > get exported to another poorer country and they get > into destroying the American high tech industries! > > Just heard today on the radio that India is > attracting Silicon Valley jobs! And I thought that > all that could be produced there were cheap hammers, > screwdrivers and one time use wrenches along with > shirts that shrink in the first wash and colors that > run faster than Bin Laden. > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
