[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Gentlemen:

You are on the right track. You reject abstract theories and have little regard for abundance and low prices. You concern yourselves mainly with the fate of the producer. You wish to free him from foreign competition, that is, to reserve the domestic market for domestic industry.

We come to offer you a wonderful opportunity for your — what shall we call it? Your theory? No, nothing is more deceptive than theory. Your doctrine? Your system? Your principle? But you dislike doctrines, you have a horror of systems, as for principles, you deny that there are any in political economy; therefore we shall call it your practice — your practice without theory and without principle.

[sten]

really? you think quoting a French liberal somehow gives you credence or undermines my point?

I have made these decisions myself. I have hired people to work 60 hrs/wk for an average of $500/month, overseas. domestically, I have hired the contract agencies instead of the American kid, for far less then the employee. I have friends that have bought homes and managed their own L-3s by running the group home.

this is not fanciful. this is fact. in 2000 when billy-bob passed the H1-b visa bill, there were 5m americans in the US. as of last year when last saw the stat, the number was down to 1.5m Americans. the number of visas held are in the millions and the number of jobs off-shored are also most likely in the millions. I was speaking with a guy last week who manages a plant in shezshing (sp?) china. they manufacture smart phones. how many at that location? he said they have 300,000 working in that city. that’s just one company

I can only tell you how it is now. this is not conjecture. explain why anyone would ever hire a person for more the bare wages when there is an endless supply of workers able to be trained