Posted on 07/17/2017 11:49:07 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
instead of outsourcing, we should be Insourcing.
I agree that America needs a much more aggressive global trade policy.
But I am not sure this is it.
That said, Trump really needs to do something about bringing back American jobs.
Our trade situation is terrible. With several countries.
Both democrats, as well as Republicans, are sold out.
Trump you made this a big issue during the campaign. A lot of people supported you because of this issue.
Now do something.
Makes a lot of sense. Many of my friends work from home for companies not located in CA. Doesn’t matter where you are really anymore. All one needs is a good internet connection, a decent computer and cell phone and you’re off to the races. No?
FBI etal just blew billions on the relocation plans to either Prince Georges(MD) or Fairfax County(VA) with the states bidding and adding to the waste of taxpayer dollars.
Guess we can call this a PDT ‘victory’ as two Democrat strongholds were denied this building.
Now, step 1 of RELOCATING the FED could begin in earnest, draining the swamp in ways no one thought possible.
Start with FBI being relocated somewhere in Mid America, a Red State not really necessary as when WE pay to relocate the permanent govt employees they will just ‘turn’ the state Blue.
Of course tell the employees WE did not guarantee your job would be in WashingtonDC for your lifetime, we are moving to Kansas and your job is there if you are willing to move (on your own) to Kansas.
The present highway infrastructure in place in the WashingtonDC area would be dang near perfect if ALL the Government employees were elsewhere.
UN should be next - move it to Somalia or Syria, where the UN could do the job it was chartered to do.
Should be plenty of room in Somalia or Syria as all the able bodied men are ‘relocating’...
Saw a ‘great’ cartoon in Patriot Post today,
Person in unemployment office with a robot as clerk.
Indeed
That’s very true, but one of the problems is that there are many parts of the country that have terrible internet connectivity, which nowadays is like not having the railroad run through your town. You’re just left out of the economic action unless you have good internet services.
I think they need something similar to the old rural electrification project to build it up fast for these places.
The most basic problem is that any job that can be done remotely can be done from Asia - and that is exactly what is happening. One of the reasons there are stories of tradesmen making good money is because some coolie in Bombay can’t unclog your toilet from there - and would only come here to do it if he is in a certain caste.
Trump is the only elected person in our Federal government doing anything.
Sadly, we all pay an extra communication tax to do just this.
Sadly, we all pay an extra communication tax to do just this.
What does Obamacare have to do with this?
I supported Trump for two major issues.
First off, I supported Trump because he (alone, basically) of all candidates, said we need to support American jobs.
Second off, I supported Trump because he (alone again, basically) said we need to protect our borders. With a wall.
Those are the two reasons.
Neither one, has really advanced, one bit.
Sure there is not currently a lot of illegal immigration, but that will change the DAY Trump leaves office.
The day.
He needs to build the wall, and he needs to build up American industry once again.
We need to grow, once again.
We cannot simply cede the future to China.
That is very, very bad policy.
For the past 10 years I’ve worked from home in Minnesota for employers based in New York, Chicago and Maine. This is not a new thing.
You’re not going to be able to work remotely at dial up modem speed. We need to run fiber EVERYWHERE.
Outside of populated areas where the cost can be recovered from the users, that is a very expensive proposition. I don't think that the extreme rural user could pay the price if it weren't subsidized by someone else.
I was hired by a high tech startup in Tallahassee. There were zero tech workers in Tallahassee. All the high tech people came from other areas, including California.* You can start a company anywhere, say Newfoundland or rural Buttbrother, Alaska. You just have to pay more for tech and you may need to accept remote workers. But the article is talking about (cough) “diversity” and “evening out political diversity.” (I think that means diluting the votes of people who are not sufficiently diverse enough to see how right liberalism is.)
* The California people were posers and annoying as heck. They came with a preconceived view that everybody not from LA or San Francisco were snot-nosed, low-bowed cretins. They only worked long enough to finally get rehired somewhere in California. One of them apparently thought he looked cool in a $1000 leather jacket. He told me how much it cost. The temperature in the plant never got below 78, way too hot for leather and outside during spring, summer and fall it was over 90 with high humidity. People used to watch him go passed. He must have thought it was because he looked so cool. Nope. Just the opposite.
The right wing off shored factories and wealth creation out of rural America to China. Now they do not want to subsidized fiber for the "displaced".
Marx was right. Free Trade will destroy a country and force socialism onto it's remaining population.
> You’re not going to be able to work remotely at dial up modem speed.
I did just that back in the days when a broadband connection required a T1 and cost $1500/month.
Hell, I was effectively doing that back in the days when I could work on my home computer and bring the FLOPPY DISKS with the finished product to work.
A heavy client solution is one thing that can minimize the impact of slow network speed, and even irregularly-connected, often-disconnected environments can be reasonable challenges that can be overcome.
As a general rule, don’t recommend technology solutions when you don’t know the technology.
With many call centers and back office operations already located around the country, the essential managerial talent and tools are available. The larger question is whether rank and file employees are available in sufficient numbers with the necessary job skills and readiness to work.
The downside of going remote, is that once you have the infrastructure in place to allow remote workers from Ohio, you can just as easily fill the jobs with remote workers from outside the US, too.
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