RE: FWD [forteana] Health Care: USA, Iraq & Canada

From: Randy S (cryofan@mylinuxisp.com)
Date: Tue Aug 12 2003 - 13:07:18 MDT

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    Rafal Smigrodzki <rafal@smigrodzki.org> said:

    > Mitch wrote:
    >
    > My guess is there will be new laws, limiting the off-shoring
    > > of jobs, limiting the importation of H1-B's and L2's.
    > >
    > > Opinions?
    >
    > ### Oh, so you don't want me here? You don't want to have a doctor willing
    > to work for less and be just as good as the locals (by standardized tests)?
    >
    > I can tell you one thing - America needs me more than you think.
    >
    > If America heeds you call to squish competition, one day you will be a
    > broken old man, in a government-run nursing home, in an economy shattered by
    > trade wars, with your "maximum wages" all eaten up by inflation, and the
    > local unionized doc will be our of your financial reach. There will be no
    > H-1B nurses willing to come in and wipe your feces.

    I am quite we have discussed this before, Rafal. You have of course used an
    ancient debating tactic here: seize upon one good argument, and try to apply
    to different areas.

    I myself and I am sure many other socalled "dirty rotten commie pinko
    protectionists" has said that some medical specialties are just too important
    to restrict.

    As I have said before, I favor the unfettered import of all doctors we
    possibly can get. Of course, the doctors have organized far more than the
    programmers, et al, and have raised the standard for foreign doctors (making
    them get a higher score on a test than American doctors), so as to restrict
    the supply.

    A few genuine *scientists* are another case of a common good. Of course,
    globalist dogma says if A is good, then B-Z is also good. So now we are
    lowering our standard of living because of a flood of legal and illegal
    foreign labor.
    And now we have our own govt facilitating job outsourcing.

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    -Randy
    


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