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Originally posted by sgtclub
Service providers do not own their jobs nor any right to continue to provide the services they provide, other than as dictated by the market.
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Please god, let Bush work this point into his stump speech! Or, maybe, just insert it in the GOP platform.
How fast did he retreat from his advisor's public statement last month that, heck, outsourcing was GOOD?
Look, I am not completely convinced by Sitc's trade arguments either.
It does seem, however, that the shift in jobs from manufacturing to services in the U.S. and the fact that the cheaper developing countries now have the education and workforce to take many of the service jobs may change the classical equation somewhat. Even if it doesn't change the economic theory, it surely changes the political equation -- especially since the increased productivity in most U.S. industries means that they can do more with fewer workers.
Talking of the long run is all well and good -- and may be correct -but in the long run we're all dead. It is much easier to stick to doctrine when it doesn't hurt you or your family. In any event, if most Americans could be made to consider the long run -- we'd have fixed Social Security, etc. back in the early 1990s.
S_A_M
[edited -- typos]
