RE: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON, or is this the right direction?

This really needs to be in the CPF0000 list.

Bruce "Hoss" Collins
IBM Certified Specialist - eServer i5 iSeries System Administrator V5R3
Cisco Certified Network Associate
AAA Cooper Transportation
Dothan, AL 36303
(334)793-2284 x2434

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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:32 AM
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Subject: Re: [CPF0000] The globalization of COMMON,or is this the

right

direction?

<<for every dollar invested in India - whether technology, jobs,
infrastructure, etc - the returns TO the US are tenfold.>>

Trevor,

You know I love you man, but try telling this to that widow and her

kids

in California. Try telling this to a family in South Dakota that all

of a

sudden is figuring out how to supplement themselves on food stamps

because

Mom's call center job went overseas and Dad's working the farm AND

working

in a factory. I don't know if you've ever stared at an unemployment

check,

but I have. They are not a pretty sight.

I've read Thomas Friedman. I'm not sure that a degree in Mediterranean
Studies qualifies him as an economist. I've also read Milton Friedman.

I

had a double major in Business and Economics, and I can do the math

just

as well as anyone. In the long run, your arguments just don't wash. If

you

want to see the effects of outsourcing (of any kind), come to the

south

side of Chicago. You'll see first hand the effects of NAFTA, CAFTA,

and

any other combination of letters you can think of, including MBA.

You'll

see factories that have shut down because it's a few pennies per share
cheaper to open a factory in (Insert name here) rather than reinvest

the

profits in maintaining the building and its work force. You'll see an
entire generation of young people who will never have a meaningful job

in

their lives.

I'm sorry Trevor, but this little situation for COMMON is just shining

a

light on what is happening to our profession. The outsourcing started

with

the factories and is moving into the white collar jobs. I've got a

family

to feed, and I'm doing all I can to improve my "competitive

advantage". I

just want the playing field to be level.

I'm sure this gentleman is a nice person, but I'm going to have to

vote

no.
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Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978  Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
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