In reply to OrionWorks's message of Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:54:34 -0500: Hi, [snip] >Japan may soon be forced to let more foreigners in to both settle and help >supplement their dwindling workforce. I'm sure there's plenty of willing labor >that can be had possibly from such places like the Philippians, Korea, (North >Korea comes to mind), and China as well (more Chinese males than females are >born there due to a tendency of families to abort unwanted females). But only >if many of these countries could just get over a long history of hatred for >each other. Perhaps the economics of the situation will make the memories of >long-standing atrocities & hatred it justifiably generated unprofitable to >maintain. I can only hope. [snip] They appear to have opted for a different solution. Instead of importing cheap labor the manufacturing jobs are being exported to cheap labor countries, e.g. through investment in China. Regards,
Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition provides the motivation, Cooperation provides the means.
