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Originally posted by CVD@Oct 6 2004, 10:43 PM
Shipping jobs overseas contributes to the global economy. Shipping our middle class jobs to other countries doesnt destroy the middle class. If anything it displaces it until the other countries' economies are built up to the point where it is no longer economical to ship the jobs there. When they start demanding higher wages and healthcare.
Make sense? No? Take econ or something.
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There is always going to be someone willing ot do it cheaper. If you look at everything this way, you are totally going to destroy the middle class. It is not just going to set it aside. What about all the people in Africa who are dying because they have no food? They will give anything for a bit to eat. Why not send all of our jobs to them, pay them nothing besides giving them a bowl of ramen three times a day? Lets start slavery all over again...
It is going to take too long for the global ecomomy to catch up. What do you have to say about the people who have gotten layed off at their jobs after being there for 25 years? It is happening all over the place. My mom had to say goodbye to a co-worker that worked at RBC- Dain Raucher with her for 18 years. She was layed off a few months ago. When you, your dad, mom, or someone you care for gets layed off, try and tell me that you are fine with it. My dad has been out of work for a few (3.5) of years. It is very hard to find a decent job now. All of us have heard of all the kids coming out of college that cannot fined work. I work at Ace hardware and the owners daughter is back after 4 years of college as she cannot find a job. A girl who quit from my work in july has still not found a job. She has been looking hard for one since she left, I have even been helping her. Several generations, possibly even centuries will pass before the middle class will catch up globally. That is where our presidents should step in. Instead of not taxing companies who ship jobs away, we should tax them harder. We should also give companies who do not ship jobs away tax credits. It turn we can control our ecomomy. CVD, you know that the government is the largest influence on the economy. They should step up. The current president hasn't.
Why should we be responsible for for supporting the economy of the whole world by letting ours go to shit? Why are we always the ones to step up? Obviously nobody else cares, why should we?