Undermining the middle-class has always been a goal of the communists. Why else would China train a million Java programmers? They are dumping cheap labor on our market with the intent of gutting our technological base. Sending our high-tech jobs, even entry level, is economic suicide.
We are already beginning to see entire business processes moved offshore as well. At what point do we say that's enough? Is is ok to gut our entire scientific community to save a few bucks in the short term. What would the social impact be of all white-collar jobs moving offshore?
We MUST protect the middle-class as they are the economic engine that drives this country and they also represent the majority. What are we going to produce in the future other than marketing literature. Software is one of our best and most profitable industries. The computer revolution is in it's infancy and we are to give it away like we did the VCR, CD, DVD, etc?
Undermining the middle-class has always been a goal of the communists. We MUST protect the middle-class as they are the economic engine Well, at last we finally get to the truth. What you're advocating is nothing less than a rejection of economic policies that have guided this country for around 150+ years. At the point of divergence from well grounded economic principles, the charge of conspiracy and appeal to emotion fail to convince me otherwise.
First the China issue: so, the Chinese gov't is training 1m Java programmers not because individual Chinese would like to enjoy a higher standard of living, but rather, as a covert attack on its largest trading partner? Hmm, I think I hear a black chopper out there.
As to why we MUST do anything that is not grounded in sound principles can be rejected out-of-hand by emperical evidence: not one candidate from any major party is even slightly entertaining the types of trade policies being advocated on this board. It's a sad reflection of how far FR has gone.