[dfwgator]

Let's take software. A company technically purchases software from another company. They don't employ the workers that make the software, any more than a company that uses Windows employs Microsoft workers. So what is to stop a company from simply "purchasing" a custom software application from an Indian company? Isn't that in essence what they are already doing? My point is, companies can find easy workarounds for any legislation that gets thrown at them.

[sam_paine]

My point is, companies can find easy workarounds for any legislation that gets thrown at them.

You're so right, and I cannot believe so many on this board are throwing around socialist phraseology like "the rights of the working class" and "government regulation to enforce prosperity!!"

What we need is a way to encourage companies to return to private financing instead of prostituing themselves to short term investors who have no knowlege or interest whatsoever of the companies they invest in.