[1rudeboy]

Ok, a tariff on overseas software, which makes overseas software more expensive to everyone. How many companies or jobs are you willing to sacrifice to protect these several hundred at Sprint?

[harpseal]

Ok, a tariff on overseas software, which makes overseas software more expensive to everyone. How many companies or jobs are you willing to sacrifice to protect these several hundred at Sprint

I am willing to sacrifice every job in India or China to protect the Amnerican economy. How many American s are you willing to sacrifice to continue the subsidies to other nations? Why are not your first loyalties to the USA. If you are a Chinese or Indian national then the answer is you have some loyalty. If you are an American then these questions deserve anmswers.

[Nataku X]

You're approaching this backwards. It's not that the prices will rise if they hire Americans, it's that the prices won't fall if they replace Americans with Indians at a tiny fraction of the cost. They are looking to increase their profit margin for their stockholders. That's all.

Many grocery stores are implementing self-service checkout counters. Three out of four cashiers are laid off in those instances. Do the prices in the store fall? No.

Sprint isn't losing money on hiring Americans, they're gaining more money by hiring Indians. "People don't get rich by writing checks." Your dilemma is a false one.

Companies, of course, should have less taxes and fewer EPA regulations and the like, but they *will* hire 12-year-olds to work for 12 hours a day for pennies (and they did in the late 1800s!). Would you rather that we go back to those times?

Whether we want to admit it or not, the government does have a place in protecting the public from harm--whether it be by defeating Saddam, or by stopping H1-Bs, or putting tariffs or other incentives in place.