From: Kevin Freels (megaquark@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 14:30:46 MDT
It is time for a reality check in America as far as jobs are concerned. The days of Being a "skilled" laborer are soon to be over. The fact is that many so-called "skilled" labor jobs don't require many skills at all. This is why they have been moved to countries that have a largely uneducated population.
In the future, people in this country are going to be faced with a choice. To become educated, or to starve. Hopefully, the majority of people choose the former.
The argument that cheap labor overseas is going to kill our economy is just garbage. People can move into the country, or jobs can move out. It doesn;t matter. Eventually, economic expansion will improve the lives of everyone.
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From: Spudboy100@aol.com
To: extropians@extropy.org
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: Was Re: PHYSICS: force fields (RANT)
Rafal said:
<<### This is incorrect - almost all Americans benefit from the globalization
of the labor market by being able to buy services and products at a lower
price. Additionally, the foreign employees of American companies benefit
from American capital and knowledge, which enables them to purchase globally
produced goods.
Freedom is good for you.
Rafal>>
If one has a high-paying job one can, indeed benefit from globalization. On the other hand, if hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs go overseas, and those being paid are paid at a tenth the wage-level that the American IT workers were paid at; there is no way that they, as the "new" workers can ever afford goods and services offered by American companies.
In essence, the "new country" employees are not part of the American economic cycle. Its not, as if, the Parent company which off-shores these jobs, invests in many new jobs in the US. Why should they, if goods and services are so inexpensive overseas? This also leads to the de-stablization of American society because skilled jobs are no longer to be had, because of the corporation's cost savings. This can't be a good thing and is already and election issue and a "class warfare" issue as well.
Mitch
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