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Elwood P Dowd
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Wed Mar-22-06 10:59 AM Original message |
Holy Crap! Up to 56 million American jobs could be outsourced. |
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Eurobabe
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. Hands on jobs are NOT safe either |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:08 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. I wonder what that number would be? |
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MADem
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. You'll be amazed at what people will work for when there is no work |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #5 |
9. My father once worked for a dollar a day during the depression |
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MADem
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:36 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. Perhaps this is BushCo's "secret plan" to secure the borders!!! |
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skids
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:53 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. It's not a secret. |
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MADem
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Thu Mar-23-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. Oh, great joy in the morning!! "Onion plucker" jobs for EVERYONE! nt |
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rman
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Thu Mar-23-06 04:43 AM Response to Reply #5 |
57. That's the whole point: "flexibilization" of the labor market. |
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Warpy
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:14 AM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Face to face jobs are all that are safe |
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SmokingJacket
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:55 PM Response to Reply #7 |
32. Automation is getting rid of a lot of those jobs, too... |
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sandnsea
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
47. Immigrants - H1B Visas |
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Daphne08
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. They don't need the American Middle Class any longer. |
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Jim__
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. I have my doubts that India and China, once they've established a middle |
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Daphne08
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:44 AM Response to Reply #6 |
22. Once they've established a Middle Class? |
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Jim__
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:36 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Yes. They each have a middle class now, but its very small. |
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Daphne08
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Wed Mar-22-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. Then why does it SEEM that they are intent on destroying |
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Jim__
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Thu Mar-23-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #53 |
59. I can give you my opinion |
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Daphne08
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Thu Mar-23-06 10:54 AM Response to Reply #59 |
63. Protectionism sounds good at this point, although I know there |
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oscarmitre
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Wed Mar-22-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #2 |
44. I was in Hong Kong a couple of months ago |
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sandnsea
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:46 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. With SO MANY people |
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MadHound
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Globalization, as it is currently being operated, |
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acmejack
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:32 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. H1B visas have done a real job on us |
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FatDave
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:53 AM Response to Reply #14 |
25. Petition to Abolish the H1-B Visa |
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ItsTheMediaStupid
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:06 PM Response to Reply #14 |
45. Engineering and IT have been killed by HB1 visas and outsourcing |
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AndyA
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:16 AM Response to Original message |
8. Yer doin' a heck of a job, Bush! |
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FatDave
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. And all in 5 years (nt) |
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Frustratedlady
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. It was my understanding, that... |
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FatDave
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:39 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Bush made a speech not long ago... |
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arikara
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:33 PM Response to Reply #12 |
43. If they have their globalism they have the world as their playground |
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SoCalDem
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
11. Janitor's jobs are not safe either.. |
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FatDave
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:31 AM Response to Original message |
13. This article makes it sound like... |
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ItsTheMediaStupid
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:08 PM Response to Reply #13 |
46. Bingo. |
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newportdadde
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:33 AM Response to Original message |
15. The wages of face to face jobs will depress as well. |
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Norquist Nemesis
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
16. The only "safe" jobs are Fortune 500 Execs and Politicians. n/t |
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glitch
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
37. Only as safe as their bodyguards can keep them. Wouldn't want to be them |
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Ian David
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
18. They can even outsource the drive-thru window now |
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FatDave
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:48 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Lest you think he's joking... |
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sarcasmo
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:39 AM Response to Original message |
19. Remember our Dictator in chief says outsourcing is good for Amerika. |
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FatDave
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:41 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. With an implied "corporate" before America. (nt) |
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area51
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Wed Mar-22-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
24. Alan Blinder |
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readmoreoften
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Thu Mar-23-06 03:36 AM Response to Reply #24 |
55. Teaching certainly is no better. |
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Lethe
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
26. illegal immigrants have got the market cornered on the other jobs |
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Dr. Jones
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Ah, nutz. |
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davekriss
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. It does not matter to the global corporate elite... |
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Harald Ragnarsson
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
30. 14 million manufacturing jobs in the US? |
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rucky
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Wed Mar-22-06 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
31. It's nice to help developing countries and all... |
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Yavin4
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
33. We Don't Need Jobs |
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Elwood P Dowd
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
34. More bad news. Check out this article |
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EVDebs
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. The CEOs et al outsource their capital overseas to boot...and no jobs here |
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supernova
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
35. Unsustainable economy |
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EVDebs
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. They just bond everything to Wall Street's wishes. Both parties like this |
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raccoon
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Thu Mar-23-06 09:56 AM Response to Reply #35 |
60. That's what I've been thinking for years, Supernova. |
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EVDebs
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
36. With a dollar soon to be without value, the incentives to outsource |
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progressivebydesign
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
39. Teaching the kids to find a skill that cannot be outsourced... |
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Deja Q
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. Good. The quality of the work & the people is lower. The Price of loyalty. |
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Deja Q
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Wed Mar-22-06 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
42. Benjamin Franklin would tell us that those who want freedom and security |
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Nikki Stone 1
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:46 PM Response to Original message |
49. KICK AND RECOMMEND |
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Skidmore
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Wed Mar-22-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. I stopped by Wallyworld today for the first time in ages. |
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Zimmy44
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Wed Mar-22-06 04:07 PM Response to Original message |
52. My job is exportable |
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readmoreoften
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Thu Mar-23-06 03:37 AM Response to Reply #52 |
56. As a fellow NYer, I say "thanks hil" /nt |
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lonestarnot
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Wed Mar-22-06 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
54. It ain't pretty! and I care not whether ain't is in the dictionary or not |
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Sugar Smack
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Thu Mar-23-06 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
58. Jesus Christ. |
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Vinnie From Indy
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Thu Mar-23-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
61. Corporations have no allegiance to any country |
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Breeze54
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Thu Mar-23-06 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
62. What do you mean, "COULD BE??" n/t |
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