You won't be banned for that, nor edited. So long as the changes are rules-abiding (no changing them into personal attacks and such).
what's the shocker, we knew this was coming with the protectionist measures that Obama proposed. hard not to see it NOT happening.
Educated voters saw this on the horizon. Few Oregonians in the Portland area saw his on the horizon. Idiots.
Great thread. Not surprised at all to see the responses that I saw, but most of them don't even live in Oregon.
support america! screw that man, if america can provide the best service for the best price, then they can compete on the global markets. the truth is that they are losing that war, which is why outsourcing is so prominent nowadays.
If only we could institute child labor or abolish minimum wage I am also against tariff and pro-free trade . . .
Its not all about that. I am a reseller of offshored services. Not all offshorers are unskilled labor jobs such as picking berries or sewing shoes...and that is not what many are aiming at, they are aiming at offshored technology to India, Central America and Asia. Programming, call centers, accounting and healthcare. The problem is there is a brain drain in America, they are producing an uneducated workforce yet want to stay up to speed with the rest of the world. China is going to absolutely kill us in the steel industry over the next decade..they're practically buying Africa as we speak.
Intersting. I always thought the US was "in the lead" when it came to technology in the world. But it's not my area so I'll take your word on it. I edited my post above . . . we agree on this issue as I am pro free trade. US sounds like we are in trouble. We don't have the human resources to compete with the cheap labor around the world and we we don't have the brightest either to dominate in technology.
The thing the US does have is the entreprenurial spirit and the desire to succeed and get ahead. I've been to several countries for prospecting and the thing about the work force there is that they are content to be average..to not get ahead. America needs to get all about the money and success...however with a redistribution of wealth, its getting less attractive to do that and workers will be more content to "merely survive". This is why I am concerned about the move towards a more socialist government and penalizing small business owners. it takes the motivation to succeed and leadership factors away, the areas that America DOES have left and what separates it from the rest of the world.
Well, my instinct was always to say the USA could dictate the terms of any trade agreement, and have it be for the purpose of freedom. I now know I was wrong to think this. I'm now counting down the days until we can't post freely on a message board about these things. Next up is the internet and your IP addy.
Road to Serfdom, baby! I'm thinking of an exit strategy for the USA. Not now, but over the next decade or so if this pathway continues.
Been to India? Would you want to live there? There is sure as hell no redistribution of wealth there. A fascinating country, but the difference between the haves and the have-nots is really extreme. barfo
