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P.T. Barnum works for IDC???
It's the only possible answer because these folks are looking for suckers to buy this horse hockey.

How many industries have we simply sat by and watched disappear from our shores? How much longer are the suckers going to keep believing this is a good thing for America?

As much as I hate to say it, the tech industry is nothing more than the latest victim in a very long list of industries that have "outsourced" American jobs. Given that none of these jobs has ever returned, nor has it created new jobs as the man behind the curtain suggests, I see nothing to indicate thech outsourcing will be any different.

While many would favor some sort of legislation to restrict this practice I would like to see another option tried first. Simply require in READABLE lettering on the label where the product was made and let the consumer make a knowldegable decision on the products they buy.

While it might be difficult to do because components come from all over the world, a simple statement on the lable stating how much of a percentage of the product is made by American workers would be fantastic.

Say a company has 10,000 employees and 1,000 of them are off shore hires. The lable should read, 10% non-US workers.

Naw, it would never work. The companies would hate it, people would be informed, and it may even force companies to reconsider their actions. We can't have that now can we???
Posted by: No_Ax_to_Grind   Posted on: 11/20/03 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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sure...  dg mh | 11/20/03
Finally!  master of illusion | 11/20/03
Enough already!  Zen37 | 11/20/03
THE correlation...  dg mh | 11/20/03
RE: Enough already!  ajapierce | 11/20/03
wonder who paid for this report  lmaxwell | 11/20/03
sorry  lmaxwell | 11/20/03
Please put the Sugar Bowl Away!  BitTwiddler | 11/20/03
Don't beliefe a word  ambraun@... | 11/20/03
Greedy Corps Inc.  OhMyGosh | 11/20/03
P.T. Barnum works for IDC???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/03
RE: P.T. Barnum works for IDC???  ajapierce | 11/20/03
A small towns tale  jamcil | 11/20/03
tax  JosePinchero | 11/20/03
RE: Tax  ajapierce | 11/20/03
but  lmaxwell | 11/21/03
And we hordes of unemployed IT workers are supposed to be reassured?  jvahabzadeh | 11/20/03
AndI forgot to mention......  jvahabzadeh | 11/20/03
It's not all Doom and Gloom, look on the bright side  voska | 11/20/03
I hope you are right  Patrick Jones | 11/20/03
I hope I'm right too  voska | 11/20/03
Think again  OhMyGosh | 11/20/03
Valid Points  voska | 11/20/03
Response to "It's not all Doom and Gloom..."  TUSV | 11/27/03
enjoy the ride  canary_in_coalmine | 11/20/03
Message has been deleted.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/20/03
Say again in English please...  master of illusion | 11/20/03
Enjoy the ride...to the unemployment line?  TUSV | 11/27/03
There is no reason to fear  michael-t | 11/20/03
Not all countries issues work visas to US foreigners  TUSV | 11/27/03
whew!  blahblahblah | 11/20/03
No need to worry IBM just laid off 200 more be happy  jamcil | 11/20/03
Wait a minute you just ran a story that IBM is laying of more yet dont worr  jamcil | 11/20/03
Start living in the real world.  richardpor | 11/20/03
You call that justification?  master of illusion | 11/21/03
Living in the real (read: globalized) world  TUSV | 11/27/03
H1-b Info  bill.a.wilson@... | 11/21/03
Outsourcing Fears Properly Placed!  TUSV | 11/27/03
The problem with this report is...  oopicmaster | 12/09/03
This is the single issue which will decide my vote for president this year.  gavinheck | 01/16/04

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