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government CAN regulate, legislate and tax imports and exports...
and labor could be reasonably defined as both...

the question is not whether, but IF this should be done... and to what extent.

We exported a lot of our manufacturing jobs.
We touted the "high income high-tech" sectors as replacements for the lost jobs. Now we have done the same with the technology sectors.

Globalism principles at work and I have NO clue as to how it will play out, other than degradation of our standard of living and a full tilt run towards service and retail sector jobs, hamburgers, tacos and window washing. Don't get me wrong... those can be good jobs... but hardly useful for supporting a family...

no solutions... just questions of course.

Technology is the first wave, soon to be following by all other high value positions. The catch fraise is BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, which means an entire business process not just the automated pieces.

This is the beginning of the end for the "working class" unless government intervenes.

government CAN regulate, legislate and tax imports and exports... and labor could be reasonably defined as both...

How do you propose the government impose taxes on outsourced work? Lines of code?

This can be done via the net, almost completely furtively.

IBM's Indian workers are not taxed; they work for an Indian subisidary. Any outsourcer with a presence there could set up a similar subsidiary for any company.