[redfreedom]

I don’t know what’s worse, some foreigner’s voice for tech support, or automated computer voices doing telemarketing.

[AndyJackson]

Ring ... Hello? Hello? ... Oh, hi. I'm sorry, I had to readjust my headphones. Hi, I'm your new best friend Betty and I just wanted to let you know that because you traveled with us previously, you now qualify for a special one time 65% discount on a [house, cruise, vacation, time-share, home-improvement package....] - sound of phone slamming down and cursing about worthless don't call lists.

What they ought to worry about is nuclear incineration - I'd vote for it. I'll bet that their automated phone system is not EMP proof or neutron bomb proof - well on the other hand they say that the only thing that will survive nuclear annihilation are cock-roaches, so maybe I am being optimistic.

[Kellis91789]

Do salary surveys in each country and add a surtax to the business taxes that equalizes the cost with American workers. The article says the average cost of a Philipine worker is $19K and the equivalent worker in America is $93K, see how the business likes getting a tax bill for $74K per worker plus $15K for the evaded FICA taxes.

I don’t think anything less than the naked force of tax penalties — not tariffs, not border adjustment taxes, VATs, GRTs, or lower corporate tax rates — will convince American businesses that it just isn’t worth replacing American workers with foreign workers in some 3rd world hole.