From: Randy S (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Sat Aug 09 2003 - 14:32:42 MDT
Lee Corbin <lcorbin@tsoft.com> said:
> Right here, even the US is not really hurt by sending jobs
> oversees where they can be done more cheaply and efficiently
> because the American consumer is then so much better off.
>
I do not see any evidence of that. In fact, common sense tells me that the
opposite would happen--we would be worse off.
> The only bad thing that can happen is for the lazy Americans
> ---who *refuse* to take jobs at lower pay or at *whatever*
> the market will offer---will be abetted by all the stupid
> and awful unemployment "insurance" socialist schemes to
> weaken the U.S. No one should ever receive *any* incentive
> to remain unemployed, if what you want is the good of a
> particular nation, or, if what you want is the good of the
> whole world.
"Working" per se should not be our goal. Instead, getting the maximum wage
per hour worked should be the goal. Imagine if I went applied for a job at
bakery, and the employer offers me $10/hr, and I counter with an offer of
$5/hr, saying that since I buy bread, I will benefit from the lower prices!
-- -------------- -Randy
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