foreigncorrespondent
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Tue Nov-15-05 02:20 AM
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This one has to be the post of the year.  |
| -I think outsourcing is a red herring. |
bezdomny |
Nov-15-05 01:49 AM |
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Northwest Airlines to outsource thousands of flight attendant jobs |
Bluebear |
Nov-15-05 01:53 AM |
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It's terrible, I know, |
bezdomny |
Nov-15-05 01:57 AM |
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Treaties |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-05 02:00 AM |
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In this instance, they could insist the foreign nationals... |
Bluebear |
Nov-15-05 02:06 AM |
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and this is a great example of where it is a matter of policy, not |
expatriot |
Nov-15-05 02:00 AM |
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They are squeezing the US worker at both ends |
dogday |
Nov-16-05 08:39 AM |
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The problem is not outsourcing as you pointed out |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-05 01:55 AM |
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It is complicated. But all those industrial jobs - they all produced |
applegrove |
Nov-15-05 01:56 AM |
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There is nothing inevitable |
julianer |
Nov-15-05 02:38 AM |
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No but do you seriously think we have a future if people continue to |
applegrove |
Nov-15-05 06:08 AM |
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You've got the wrong end of the stick |
julianer |
Nov-15-05 03:27 PM |
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That is why we have to make regulations across the board. Trade does |
applegrove |
Nov-16-05 12:26 AM |
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Firstly, regulation doesn't work |
julianer |
Nov-16-05 02:23 AM |
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Regulations are simply laws. That is all they are. Are you saying "rule |
applegrove |
Nov-16-05 02:29 AM |
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What I am saying is not so difficult to understand |
julianer |
Nov-16-05 08:36 AM |
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You say they do not work. They work if they are enforced. If campaign |
applegrove |
Nov-16-05 04:57 PM |
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Yes, we are powerless |
julianer |
Nov-17-05 05:37 AM |
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I'll tell you the corporations have taken over. |
rman |
Nov-17-05 11:06 AM |
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Those Third World countries would be much better off in trading blocs |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-16-05 10:21 AM |
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I agree with much of what you say. |
applegrove |
Nov-16-05 04:58 PM |
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Thanks for this. It's very interesting. |
bezdomny |
Nov-15-05 03:09 AM |
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I completely agree with you |
aquart |
Nov-15-05 02:14 AM |
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ROFLMAO |
foreigncorrespondent |
Nov-15-05 02:20 AM |
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Well, I put it up front for a reason. |
bezdomny |
Nov-15-05 03:18 AM |
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I won't flay you alive because I "know a lot more about politics..." |
Sapphocrat |
Nov-15-05 02:15 AM |
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He \she will once the salary goes down to 50 cents |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-05 02:23 AM |
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S/he lives in Shanghai according to the profile |
Bluebear |
Nov-15-05 02:24 AM |
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Did not check it |
nadinbrzezinski |
Nov-15-05 02:25 AM |
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She. |
bezdomny |
Nov-15-05 03:36 AM |
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You're taking that quote out of context. |
bezdomny |
Nov-15-05 03:30 AM |
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You're right... |
Sapphocrat |
Nov-15-05 06:57 PM |
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I agree with almost everything you've said. |
bezdomny |
Nov-16-05 02:41 AM |
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What Sapphocrat said. |
area51 |
Nov-15-05 06:10 AM |
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Due to outsourcing industry, this nation is screwed if there |
Skidmore |
Nov-15-05 06:21 AM |
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What they have gotten rid of is "civil goods". Not the nanotechnology, |
applegrove |
Nov-15-05 06:34 AM |
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The government could prohibit corporations |
rman |
Nov-15-05 07:24 AM |
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Seeing as how 95% of the middle class will live outside the USA |
applegrove |
Nov-15-05 09:12 AM |
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Is that an argument in support of allowing corporations to exploit |
rman |
Nov-16-05 07:18 AM |
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no - I am saying that if we do not trade and open up our markets to |
applegrove |
Nov-16-05 10:42 PM |
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It's not about not trading - it's about not exploiting people. |
rman |
Nov-17-05 10:01 AM |
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You assume everyone in a trading relationship is being exploited. |
applegrove |
Nov-17-05 05:53 PM |
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I assume nothing - i am informed. |
rman |
Nov-18-05 05:11 AM |
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Now how did Japan industrialize? They had access to the USA market |
applegrove |
Nov-18-05 01:20 PM |
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The other bogus argument they use is that they're doing it for the good of |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-16-05 10:26 AM |
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Why do all less developed nation's economists and thinkers back |
applegrove |
Nov-16-05 10:44 PM |
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They want advantages for their exports, but unfortunately, that tends to |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-17-05 01:32 AM |
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It is the protected industries of the West that should come down. |
applegrove |
Nov-17-05 05:14 AM |
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I wouldn't count Africa out in the long term |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-17-05 09:25 AM |
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Everybody except the elites get cut out of the discussion |
Armstead |
Nov-17-05 10:11 AM |
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They don't |
rman |
Nov-17-05 10:25 AM |
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I'm not for strict IMF following. And I think that yes - countries need to |
applegrove |
Nov-17-05 05:43 PM |
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Which is why big corporation like to do business in those nations |
rman |
Nov-18-05 05:30 AM |
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The Clintons & other third wayers are big fans of De Soto. Microbanking |
applegrove |
Nov-18-05 01:25 PM |
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very broadly -- 2 things. |
xchrom |
Nov-15-05 07:29 AM |
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Outsourcing is as bad for the American worker as illegals are |
Loonman |
Nov-15-05 09:17 AM |
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Are illegals bad for the American worker or are the... |
NNN0LHI |
Nov-16-05 08:41 AM |
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Both |
Loonman |
Nov-16-05 08:47 AM |
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YOU ARE RIGHT!!!! |
dcfirefighter |
Nov-16-05 09:20 AM |
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I think the situation isn't as narrow or cozy as you make it out to be. |
HypnoToad |
Nov-17-05 06:27 PM |
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We could close the loophole |
CornField |
Nov-16-05 09:30 AM |
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We could use a carrot and a stick approach |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Nov-16-05 10:31 AM |
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It's not just factory jobs |
mnmoderatedem |
Nov-16-05 09:37 AM |
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I'd like to add that most jobs are lost because |
entanglement |
Nov-16-05 06:18 PM |
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I do have a suggestion about stores like Wal-Mart. |
Cleita |
Nov-16-05 10:52 PM |
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No, outsourcing is VERY real... |
JCMach1 |
Nov-16-05 11:00 PM |
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Such Fatalism is the result of corporate brainwashing |
Armstead |
Nov-17-05 09:56 AM |
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Yes, the government can do something about it! |
Jim__ |
Nov-17-05 10:03 AM |
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There Are Things That Can Be Done |
ProfessorGAC |
Nov-17-05 11:18 AM |
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Here's a thought, or many: |
HypnoToad |
Nov-17-05 06:10 PM |
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