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US tax returns to India causing stir
THE TIMES OF INDIA ^ | APRIL 16, 2003 | CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA

Posted on 04/16/2003 5:04:31 PM PDT by John Lenin

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To: george wythe
Hey, the insurance companies already do it. You just *think* the IRS has 'personal' data. What about your health insurance company? They have all sorts of personal data...it's being outsourced as you type...
41 posted on 04/16/2003 5:45:50 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: ptomsiaresool
$40,000 per in Florida equals about $65,000 out there. It's much cheaper to live down here, but then again that will change when enough liberals figure that out and move down here and ruin it.
42 posted on 04/16/2003 5:47:20 PM PDT by Beck_isright ("QUAGMIRE" - French word for "unable to find anyone to surrender to")
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To: george wythe
"This is disgusting, sharing my personal information with all sort of Third World countries."

I can see a tax revolt on the horizon if this gets wide play in the media.
43 posted on 04/16/2003 5:48:41 PM PDT by Beck_isright ("QUAGMIRE" - French word for "unable to find anyone to surrender to")
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To: george wythe
Supposedly we could try to repeal the law of supply and demand. Or ban the use of international data circuits. Or we could follow the socialists in Europe and demand that databases be licensed and periodically reviewed by the government.
44 posted on 04/16/2003 5:49:45 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: John Lenin
Can we outsource lawyering? That would put a dent in the Democrats' coffers!
45 posted on 04/16/2003 5:50:38 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Wheat is Murder! (Tilling slaughters worms.....))
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To: Brad Cloven
Already being done. There aren't many jobs that can't be outsourced.
46 posted on 04/16/2003 5:51:17 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Cultural Jihad
Or just demand personal tax information on American citizens remain within the boundaries of America. (Where theft and misuse of said information can be prosecuted) Simple.
47 posted on 04/16/2003 5:52:26 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes
Thanks for the heads up.

I'll check with my health insurance. If my insurance is sharing my data with other countries, I will lobby my company to switch to another insurance.

Too many questionable business practices are not being exposed.

We need to shed sunshine on all the people who affect our lives, not just our politicians.

Al Gore had no idea how empowering the Internet would become when he invented it, and I hope this is just the beginning.

Informed sheeple will become empowered sheeple.

48 posted on 04/16/2003 5:52:57 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
You nailed it on the head. I'm currently looking into the possibility of purchasing a local business, something like commercial refrigeration or HVAC. Jobs that they don't train for in China or India, and jobs that have to be done on site.

Pretty sad to have to think this way. We have been betrayed.
49 posted on 04/16/2003 5:53:49 PM PDT by Billy_bob_bob ("He who will not reason is a bigot;He who cannot is a fool;He who dares not is a slave." W. Drummond)
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To: Black Agnes
I heard that some of those legal call centers and "credit counseling agencies" are actually in Manila and New Delhi. I'd love to find out if that rumor is true, my attorney would go spastic over that.
50 posted on 04/16/2003 5:54:03 PM PDT by Beck_isright ("QUAGMIRE" - French word for "unable to find anyone to surrender to")
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To: Cultural Jihad
At this point, I will not advocate any government interference, unless laws are being broken.

Popular reaction will shame these companies into doing what is best for their customers and workers.

51 posted on 04/16/2003 5:55:18 PM PDT by george wythe
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To: Beck_isright
"just what the hell will we do for economic growth?????"

A: Create new things. In the long run, computers and low cost manufacturers will reproduce any process and any thing the creative mind can come up with. NEW IDEAS are where value lies. If you cannot think, you will be competing with an Indian programmer or a Chinese factory worker.

It is a pity our schools are largely useless.

52 posted on 04/16/2003 5:55:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Wheat is Murder! (Tilling slaughters worms.....))
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To: george wythe
You're kidding, right? 'Popular reaction'? LOL. If American accountants weren't so fat, lazy and greedy the poor corporations wouldn't have to do this you know.
53 posted on 04/16/2003 5:57:17 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Beck_isright
There are huge data pipelines running to the so-called Third World, and well-educated professionals there are providing needed services to Americans. All the rest is merely Chicken Little drama.
54 posted on 04/16/2003 5:57:59 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Brad Cloven
You don't think Indians and Chinese can or will be able to think? That sounds kinda racist. They can 'think' just fine. Once we 'prime' their economies with our money they'll do just fine. They won't make the mistake of exporting jobs or importing foreigners to work more cheaply as we've done. (Try to get a tech job in India, even at Indian wages) We'll be screwed however.
55 posted on 04/16/2003 5:58:58 PM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
Plumbing, carpentry and electrical unions control entry into those trades. By the time all the relatives of current union workers and the affirmative action types get the apprentice jobs, you are out of luck. Period. Sorry, pal.
56 posted on 04/16/2003 6:00:24 PM PDT by nygoose
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To: george wythe
'Popular reaction'? Dream on.
57 posted on 04/16/2003 6:01:29 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Black Agnes
Exactly. With efficient mass production, and the costs of transportation and local tech support, most consumer items it is cheaper to throw them away and buy new ones than it is to get them repaired.
58 posted on 04/16/2003 6:04:17 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: John Lenin
There is a good chance the Indians will lose the forms and the IRS will have to sue them.
59 posted on 04/16/2003 6:06:19 PM PDT by Paulus Invictus (ax accountant)
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To: Cultural Jihad
I'll do my part.

I do business with this accounting firm, and I'm also in a position to influence the selection of health insurance provider for my company.

If only 0.1% of Americans e-mail their accountants, they can stop this in its tracks.

60 posted on 04/16/2003 6:06:42 PM PDT by george wythe
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