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Originally posted by wig@May 20 2004, 06:17 AM
PD,
I was not surprised when I read your comments this morning. Pretty much what I expected.
You don't care to elaborate on your meandering insinuations, so I'm not going to help you understand two words.
The simple fact is that all you want to do is look at one side. Yes, the glass is both half full and half empty, and you know what it means and what side you are on.
If you want to be a bleeding heart and focus on only half the argument, then that's fine. If you think that some casualties of global trade / outsourcing outweigh the benefits, that's fine too but tell us why. Don't just keep reciting sob stories. We are all aware they exist.
Maybe you can call all your examples and tell them they can sit around on a computer posting about their plight on porn message boards. Seems to work for you and I don't see your job being outsourced to China!
Why do I get the feeling that your girlfriend is the bread winner in the family?
Well, feel free to wear my ass out with more drivel. I am off to the airport and won't be around for a few days.
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Huh? You are entitled to make any assumptions you wish about our household income ... you would have been wrong three of the four years we've been together, but it is your right to keep them.
Is it illogical to assume that some people who post here think that the answer to globalization is for American workers to lower their expectations? Based on my reading of this board and the attitudes of many of the regular posters, I don't think so.
Look ... I am not foolish enough to think anyone can or should stop the furthering of the globalization process. There is a reason I chose the wording "channel" the flow instead of "dam" the flow. I don't think enacting tarrifs is the answer ... but I'm not opposed to creating some tax disincentives (as well as eliminating the outright incentives) to stem the flow while we figure out how to manage the process to minimize the effect of the process on "the average Joe."
If you don't do that - if you run the risk of angering enough average Joes - you will see someone come along that makes Gephart look mild.