[TopQuark]

Wow, what choice of words, Willy. You must be Green with anger.

I live in New Jersey, one of the states mentioned. It appears you want me, a citizen of the state, to subsidize overpaid workers here just because they are Americans. They are not subsidizing me, why should I subsidize them?

[RogueIsland]

It appears you want me, a citizen of the state, to subsidize overpaid workers here just because they are Americans

You already subsidize them when they collect unemployment after their jobs have been offshored.

[grb]

It appears you want me, a citizen of the state, to subsidize overpaid workers here just because they are Americans

Just how would you be subsidizing someone?

[Willie Green]

They are not subsidizing me, why should I subsidize them?

As long as they're employed taxpayers, who's to say that they aren't subsidizing you???

Of course, if you prefer that they have lower paying jobs with smaller tax payments (or worse, no jobs and go on unemployment and welfare), then that's your shortsighted myopia, not mine.

[CIBvet]

Some Americans are so selfish and arrogant, and care so little about the future of our nation, that they won't 'get it' until it's their job that gets shipped overseas, or until it's their son-in-law's job moved to Meheco, or until it's their 55yr old mother who finds herself out in the street because Dad's job has been moved to China, and they can't meet the mortgage payments, even working double-doubles at 7-11.

Who cares, as long as you've got yours, right?

Mr Top Quack feels secure that he'll be able to hold onto his position in the ...

...I'VE GOT MINE CLUB ( so screw the rest of those 'little people')

[William Terrell]

The only way you could see yourself as subsidizing overpaid (technical) workers is the increased prices you would have to pay for your toys made by American workers. And you are right; you would have to pay a higher price.

Work like engineering and software design/programing is difficult and takes a high level of training and experience to do competently. Americans who can do that work have industriously invested time, money and shullsweat to earn their prices.

Their work is now being shipped to other countries because of the simple fact that the cultures thereof do not have the ethic and motivation that American has, or they would not need American jobs given to them by opportunists.

I get the impression that you, for the thrill of being able to own new toys, are willing to see the infrastructure of America's technical talent base destroyed. To be able to buy cheap things, and therefore more of them! And you speak of this base, shallow personal desire as a foundation for government regulated business policies.

Most folks I know, while they may secretly be captured by the same vision, have the societal consciousness to be ashamed and remain silent.