[dfwgator]

It's called a "paragraph." Look into it.

[Born Conservative]

Discussed by Roger Hedgecock today.

[Dr. Frank fan]

What a strange point of view. Doesn't he understand that the conventional wisdom is that each and every last Manufacturing Job (=the best kind of job in the world) must stay here forever and ever?

I know I want my children and my children's children gluing soles onto Nikes, instead of continually having those jobs "lost" to China or someplace. Don't you??

Same goes for the jobs we're "losing" to India (e.g. 24-hour telephone customer service); those are such WONDERFUL jobs. Haven't we all dreamed of being able to answer phones from irate computer users in a 24-hour call center? Spending our entire working day with a headset on our head, explaining that there isn't really an "Any" key, etc?

We must bend over backwards and spare no effort to ensure that these dream-jobs stay here indefinitely as a legacy to pass on to our descendants as their American birthright!! And Bush should PERSONALLY see to it that this happens, otherwise he gets all my blame (because everyone knows that the U.S. President is SINGLEHANDEDLY in charge of each and every new job that is "created" or "lost"), and I'm going to vote for Kerry even though I think he'd be worse on a silly little thing like national security. This "losing jobs" thing is THAT important!!!

/sarcasm

[Newtoidaho]

I'd like to see some outsourcing of NYT columnist jobs. Dowd, Krugman, etc. The Chinese could promote communism, which the NYT obviously desires for the US, so much cheaper.

[Pentagram]

If free trade is so good - why don't China and India practice it? Why are their economies growing much faster than ours?

But then, we're not suppose to ask that, are we? Free trade is the answer, no matter what the question is! (/sarcasm)

[StriperSniper]

I thought it would be Milton Friedman. :(

[Copernicus]

Someday I hope we can find a way to shift this debate to include important concepts such as the difference between JOBS and WORK (or "work product")

Not everyone can or should have a "job". But most people find "work" whether it is considered "productive" or "unproductive".

One of my favorite examples is Vincent Van Gogh. He was relatively impoverished throughout his life, but produced "work product" which has high contemporary value from which neither he nor his estate ever profited.

Best regards,

[dennisw]

F off and die Freidman. I've heard more intelligence coming from drunks in a bar. YOu have been stupid about the Middle East for a decade and you're stupid on this.

[lewislynn]

Even an Indian cartoon company isn't just taking American jobs, it's also making them.

But how many Indian's are getting layed off to make them...that's what's getting lost in the (phony) rhetoric.