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In my opinion .. 1. The border needs to be sealed, not for xenophobic or economic reasons, but rather for security reasons. 2. Immigration needs to be relatively open, but immigrants need to follow the immigration rules, and should not be eligible for public assistance for N years, where N is something larger than 10. The employment laws should be enforced rigorously, and the employer penalties should be draconian. 3. It is nonsensical to regulate outsourcing and offshoring, but the tax laws and unemployment insurance systems should not subsidize it. Companies should not be able to write off charges related to offshoring, and companies should be required to reimburse the unemployment insurance system for costs related to offshoring jobs. 4. This is a classic situation where the macro- and micro-economic analyses lead to different solutions. There are winners and losers all around, and good people suffer through no fault of their own. The biggest issue I have with offshoring is that it violates the unspoken, unofficial employment agreement -- that if the company is succeeding and I am doing my job, my job is secure. The secondary issue I have with it is that it usually comes from management laziness -- rather than do the work to fix the issues, I take the quick fix and offshore. And finally, back to the issue that started this thread ... the candidate may be the greatest guy in the world, but I don't see how a non-Indian Common member can support someone who is actively trying to get him or her laid off and his/her job sent to India. The rights/wrongs and economics are one thing, but rational self interest dictates that increasing the influence of an offshore outsourcer is not a wise move. On 6/8/06, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Of course, my own preference is that a rising tide raises all boats, including ours. This does not have to be a zero-sum game, with us being losers. This, to me, is all about leadership and not about building walls.
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