[Poohbah]

That is taking American tax dollars to give it to companies to employ foreign workers to compete against US citizens.

Right after those US citizens voted for all manner of higher taxes on businesses, family leave benefits (at the company's expense), worker's compensation packages that are increasingly unrealistic, insane product liability lawsuits...

And the companies are supposed to say, "Thank you sir, may I have another!" in harpseal's world.

Hey, do away with OPIC. But don't expect any changes in the outsourcing picture.

[harpseal]

You earlier in this thread were defending OPIC as a god program. Now care to atke up the challenge and provide clear and convincing factuial evidence that protective tariffs have harmed the economy of the USA. Preferably a case where a protective tariff has harmed the USA when the overall effect of that protective tariff was the revenue raised offset other taxes. Because I am not arguing for higher overall taxes merely a shift of teh revenue sourceing to tariffs instead of income taxes. As I ahve repeatedly said my choice would be from Corporate income taxes.

[harpseal]

By the way why do you mischaracterize my position as suppotrng excessive regulation when I have for years opposed that as you well know from Free Republic.

If OPIC is so unnecessary why do so many companies that are sending departments offshore continue doing it. By the way otsourcing does not imply dsendingjobs offshore it merely implies purchasing service for one;s comapny without performing it oneself. A company that hires a janitorial service is outsourcing. If said janitorial service employs illegal aliens it may or may not subject the company to potential legal liability if the laws against illegal immigration were sctually enforced. it would depend on what they knew or should have known.