White-Collar Exodus

ABC News ^ | July 29, 2003 | Betsy Stark

[RockyMtnMan]

Good point, I don't think the fed has analyzed the consequences of a "virtual economy" and what it means to their future revenue opportunities. Once they determine it is in fact reducing government revenues they will act with incredible speed and efficiency to correct the "problem".

[Doohickey]

Dunno. Let's "invite" him to Gitmo to find out.

[Lazamataz]

maybe they should look inwardly and see what it is about their skills-set they have to market and sell without someone having to think one up for them.

My point has been that if almost all the jobs are exported, exactly what market will there be to fill? The answer that I have been keeping to myself, but waiting for someone else to offer, is there will be none. If almost all the jobs are exported, no amount of retraining, self-assessment, or adjustment to one's approach will help.

[Willie Green]

Oh that's right it comes from his Perot's supporters on FR. Willie and RLK to do the poltical mudslinging, while leaving Perot out of the loop.

Yeah, yeah, yeah...
and Wilbur & Orville Wright are also strangely silent on Boeing's outsourcing to China.
I'm not sure why you consider yourself to be a conservative, Dane.
Your "mastery" of relevant commentary reminds me of Major Owens.

[Doohickey]

No, but I'll spare you any further discomfort. Sorry to inconvenience.

[Agamemnon]

You seem to think America can be a nation of CEO's.

Weaker minds generally fail to understand the fact that when you work for yourself, you are the CEO.

The path to success you follow just gives you the brownest of lips and none of that precious job security you crave.

Might want to start thinking of job that pays you the kind of money you want to make without feeling like you have to have a boss above you that you can kiss up to just so and he can protect your job.

A pathetic career path to be sure. Maybe you could be an author of a best seller entitiled, "How brown was my nose!"

[Dane]

AUGH! You are freakin' LUMBER DUMB. Perot no longer controls or has any significant influence over EDS! You would probably be asking John Browning to be railing against the guns he designed because some were used in crimes

When did John Browning ever rail against guns being used in crimes, like Perot's creation(EDS, which Perot profited handsomely from)railing what his creation is doing now(outsourcing) and then used the money he got to make a Presidential campaign.

Whew talk about Perot hypocrisy.

JMO, but John Browning would be saying that although his creation(a firearm) can do harm, his creation does far more good, protecting innocent property and life.

While Ross Perot stands silent about his creation's(EDS) outsourcing jobs.

[raybbr]

I hope you know was just funnin' you!!!

[Lazamataz]

Weaker minds generally fail to understand the fact that when you work for yourself, you are the CEO. The path to success you follow just gives you the brownest of lips and none of that precious job security you crave. Might want to start thinking of job that pays you the kind of money you want to make without feeling like you have to have a boss above you that you can kiss up to just so and he can protect your job. A pathetic career path to be sure. Maybe you could be an author of a best seller entitiled, "How brown was my nose!"

Your repeated mental imagery of 'ass kissing' in the corporate world shows me you didn't have what it took in your career path. I have been an employee for various small and large firms 17 years and I haven't needed to kiss ass once. I've let my work speak for itself.

SO sorry about your luck.

[Agamemnon]

the ability to impose tariffs....

And you might be either the esteemed Mr. Smoot, Mr. Hawley, or possibly the late great president Hoover himself re-incarnated perhaps?

[RnMomof7]

The problem is that we were assured that the whitecollar jobs would pick up the laid-off bluecollar jobs. And for the most part, they did. Now they aren't even pretending that there is a net at the bottom of this fall. We'll just be S.O.J. (S**t Our of a Job).

Laz the average blue collar worker was 50 years old or not bright enough to become an engineer or brain surgeon. In truth no one really cared what happened to them as long as they could get their goods cheaper.

Well Laz every thing has a price , the problem is everyone else thought the other guy would pay not them

[Doohickey]

No, and I'm not usually that thin-skinned.

[Lazamataz]

When did John Browning ever rail against guns being used in crimes, like Perot's creation(EDS, which Perot profited handsomely from)railing what his creation is doing now(outsourcing) and then used the money he got to make a Presidential campaign.

Your sentences are devolving into increasingly tortured English. It is now to the point that you are completely incoherent. I am unable to parse and extract meaning from your comments.

Kids will get into the liquor cabinet, to be sure.

[Trickyguy]

I'll explain basic economics to you, since you
apparently don't have a clue. Taxes, the deficit, long-term monetary
inflation, and regulations are so bad in the US that
high-paying jobs are being driven off-shore. It's as simple
as that. If people want these jobs to come back, there
has to be massive--and I mean MASSIVE--cuts in taxes.
Like 80 percent for everyone. Job destroying regulations
have to be cut, inflation has to stopped, and the
deficit gotten rid of. If not, the exporting of
jobs will continue.

[Dane]

I'm not sure why you consider yourself to be a conservative, Dane. Your "mastery" of relevant commentary reminds me of Major Owens

Well I can say empahtically that I am not an economic "Berlin waller" conservative that you seem to be, Willie, with your obvious insult of comparing me to a modern liberal democrat, Major Owens, nonwithstanding.

[AndyJackson]

Weaker minds generally fail to understand the fact that when you work for yourself, you are the CEO.

One of the things that had made American industry strong was specialization. Doing what a CEO does does not necessarily add a lot of value since CEOs generally invent nothing and make nothing themselves. Yes providing guidance and organization of efforts for a large number of people is a value-adding activity - but not when everyone is doing it for himself. Furthermore our economy will work best when our best engineers are spending their time on engineering leaving other business aspects to other people with other talents.

[Doohickey]

When can we expect Bush to express his outrage over the plight of the Texas Rangers?

[AndyJackson]

Weaker minds generally fail to understand the fact that when you work for yourself, you are the CEO.

One of the things that had made American industry strong was specialization. Doing what a CEO does does not necessarily add a lot of value since CEOs generally invent nothing and make nothing themselves. Yes providing guidance and organization of efforts for a large number of people is a value-adding activity - but not when everyone is doing it for himself. Furthermore our economy will work best when our best engineers are spending their time on engineering leaving other business aspects to other people with other talents.

[Lazamataz]

And you might be either the esteemed Mr. Smoot, Mr. Hawley, or possibly the late great president Hoover himself re-incarnated perhaps?

No, but he might be a reincarnation of:

• George Washington -- who refused to wear a coat cut of British cloth to his inauguration and signed the Tariff Act of 1789.
• Or Alexander Hamilton who wrote in his 1791 report as Treasury Secretary, "Every nation ought to endeavor to possess within itself all the essentials of national supply."
• Or Abraham Lincoln, who said, "Give me a tariff and I will give you the greatest nation on earth."
• Or Teddy Roosevelt who wrote, "I thank God I am not a free trader."

Maybe he's one of those.

[Agamemnon]

It didn't happen overnight, did it?

Didn't sting any less when it did though. How did we ever survive? Your point is slow it down? Who was that character in Greek mythology who in his conceit thought he could tame the sea?