[Protagoras]

There is a economics lesson there which would bring an instant flame war upon him if he uttered it as a freeper. He would be called a traitor for even suggesting that it might be OK to pay someone less than another if that person was from another country.

It seems that many freepers think Americans deserve more money than other people and anyone who trades with anyone else from another country should be prevented from doing so at gunpoint if necessary.

[sauropod]

"It seems that many freepers think Americans deserve more money than other people and anyone who trades with anyone else from another country should be prevented from doing so at gunpoint if necessary."

Not true. But it is kinda hard paying your bills when your job's been shipped to Bombay.

It's in the company's self-interest not to outsource. But that would require a longer term vision than the next quarter's profits.