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It's India calling for US white collar exodus
Economic Times of India ^
| July 30, 2003
| DEBJIT CHAKRABORTY
Posted on 07/30/2003 2:20:00 AM PDT by sarcasm
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To: Jeff Head
I stand corrected as per India.
Our trade policies need to reflect an increasing carrot (meaning less and less tarriff and restrictions) to countries that come closer and closer to a true free market where those moral values and those liberties are represented.
Just my opinion.
Just mine, too. I have gone from a staunch free trader to a virulent opponent of same.
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07/30/2003 7:33:58 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(PROUDLY POSTING WITHOUT READING THE ARTICLE SINCE 1999!)
To: Reaganwuzthebest
The service economy shall truly turn into an economy of servants.
To: mlmr
I think the standard answer is lower prices. What lower prices? I'm paying the same amount of money for cheap labor products like clothing, electronics, and food that I paid when they were made or processed in the states. The only difference is the foreign companies can afford to temporarily lower prices to undercut their American competitors, then raise them again once those competitors are out of business.
That's not fair trade.
To: sarcasm
I don't get the griping. You just have to be prepared for a career change that takes advantage of the New Economy. I've already begun "re-careering" for the inevitable. So far I've got it narrowed down to Millionaire Star Athlete or Millionaire Hollywood Actor.
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posted on
07/30/2003 7:38:06 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: harpseal
Our adversaries, particularly the Chinese, have indicated that it is an economic warfare.
Ultimately, if we do not awaken to that fact and where they intend for it to lead, and then act accordingly now...it will lead to physical warfare. It may be unavoidable already...but unless we reverse the trends now, we are going to be placed into a very bad situation in a few years and it will require a lot of blood, harsh reality, austerity and abject sacrifice to reverse it then, and it will be a very dicey, and iffy proposition.
To: Wolfie
LOL!
...or useless eater.
To: Sunnyvale CA Eng.
Not to worry. I am opening a 7-11 and a cheap motel on the road to Bombay. I will need an engineer partner to keep the AC running and to double as a punkah wallah when it's not.
On the other hand, we could open a consulting firm to teach Americans how to deal with Indians: Praise them to the skies constantly, Never send them a memo (they will reply with 3,000 absolutely unintelligible pages), never blame them for anything bad that happens, never ask a question that presupposes a "Yes or No" type answer, never expect closure in any negotiation, or fulfillment of contractual obligations... good solid intercultural stuff like that.
To: Lazamataz
I have gone from a staunch free trader to a virulent opponent of same. I pray tens of millions of more do the same Laz, that they have the forsight and, IMHO, the openess and commitment to fundamental moral principle to do so. I am afraid our way of life and our liberty, or that of our children and grandchildren, will depend on it.
To: Wolfie
I'm hoping to be the Hawaiin Tropic oil boy (I prefer man, but whatever the girls want to call me). As for cheap labor replacing me, I'm willing to work CHEAP for this job.
To: Kenny Bunk
...and make sure you budget an adequate amount of bribe mnoney for their customs people and almost anyone else in the delivery chain.
To: Jeff Head
The service economy shall truly turn into an economy of servants. Someone said on another thread that even certain McDonalds jobs like taking orders are now being serviced out to Taiwanese. The order is taken and submitted by computer.
So what's going to be left... can they offshore toilet cleaning jobs?
To: Reaganwuzthebest
...the elite politicians, the elite entertainers...and a bunch of us useless eaters.
Ahh...but we're still armed...so LOOK OUT!
To: Reaganwuzthebest
Not a problem. Indoor plumbing is one of those quality of life things we'll have to do without in the new, globally-competitive, Third-Worldized U.S.
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posted on
07/30/2003 7:54:30 AM PDT
by
Wolfie
To: Wolfie
I don't get the griping. You just have to be prepared for a career change that takes advantage of the New Economy. I've already begun "re-careering" for the inevitable. So far I've got it narrowed down to Millionaire Star Athlete or Millionaire Hollywood Actor.
What about hitting the lottery? Becoming a hip-hop rap star? Don't just limit your career choices to two ya know. (/sarcasm)
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:01:52 AM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
("Laws are the spider webs through which the big bugs fly past and the little ones get caught.")
To: Jeff Head
Ahh...but we're still armed...so LOOK OUT! And that Second Amendment will have to go eventually won't it? After all, in Brazil they don't have the same gun rights as Americans, and for good reason.
To: sarcasm
OK, so if you're an optimist, you would say that 90% of the jobs are staying here. But this is the issue, that's great if you can keep your current job. The problem is that IT is an industry where traditionally people have to constantly move around, either to gain new marketable skills, or to just have a job period. This environment makes it much tougher to do that. I think the only way to survive is to get published, or to become an SME that is regularly sought out for giving presentations at user groups or conferences. Before it was a nice thing to have, now it is a matter of survival.
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07/30/2003 8:09:21 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Reaganwuzthebest
Funny how all this stuff rolls around to the same fundamental principles isn't it?
The adversaries of our way of life, system of government and liberty have always known they would have to weaken us morally and ultimately take the guns.
Our founders understood this too.
"A general dissolution of the principles and manners will more surely overthrow the liberties of America than the whole force of the common enemy.... While the people are virtuous they cannot be subdued; but once they lose their virtue, they will be ready to surrender their liberties to the first external or internal invader.... If virtue and knowledge are diffused among the people, they will never be enslaved. This will be their great security." - Samuel Adams
To: Alouette
If it is any comfort, inevitably the Indians and Chinese will be squeezed out by the Africans.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:12:01 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Wolfie
Indoor plumbing is one of those quality of life things we'll have to do without in the new, globally-competitive, Third-Worldized U.S. Yeah back to the outhouses. Hey, what's the problem with that anyway, nothing like a little fresh air when it's 20 below I'm sure the free traders will bellow. We're all living under tyranny and repression in that bathroom anyway, we just don't know it.
To: Reaganwuzthebest
We're all living under tyranny and repression in that bathroom anyway, we just don't know it.Damn Lo-Flo toilets.
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07/30/2003 8:15:13 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
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