Due to the structure of the US tax system if you fall below a certain level of income you change from a tax payer into a tax consumer. Since most of the current jobs being produced in the US are below that level it is a trend that can not continue.
And who/what do you think the voting public will vote to do, raise their taxes or raise the taxes of those that have shippend good paying jobs overseas?
Lastly, what products, other than DVD's and TV's have gotten cheaper due to offshoring? Most of the benifits are going to those who run the companies, not those that work and them or invest in them.
China and India have a much more protectionis trade policy than the United States. Research their tradepolicy before you state that I am just an American with a cushy job and an attitude problem.
The average Indian, brought up on myths of all shades and kinds -- religious, political, or cinematic -- seems incapable of confronting reality.
Whenever India and China are compared, with conclusions unpalatable to the former, people get angry. India, they say, is a democracy while China is not. In their skewed reasoning, this means India is destined to be a slow performer.
This was precisely the logic that was hurled at me with particular ferocity by "patriotic" Indians at home and abroad at a Net debate on my recent column criticising the government's "India Shining" claims.
In that article I quoted statistics to show India was lagging far behind China in three key development areas: roads, water supply, and electricity.
I wasn't criticising any government. I was only stating a fact that, in spite of starting out on its development race more or less about the same time, India was nowhere near China in the ground it has been able to cover.
And the "patriots" immediately pounced on me with the same democracy versus dictatorship argument that they have always advanced under attack.
But why? What has democracy got to do with it? Are people's basic needs any different or any less in a democracy than in a dictatorship? Must people, by definition, wait longer to be served in a democracy?
What are the great democratic principles involved in building an all-weather village road, providing a village home with electricity, or giving rural and urban people easy and dependable access to safe drinking water?
Does democracy mean that people must walk miles to reach the nearest health centre, schools must have broken walls or leaky roofs, there must be separate wells for touchable Indians and untouchables, or almost half the population must remain poor?
The problem is, that's what our leaders have always told our people and that's what our people have come to believe. Any criticism is taken as the reflection of a negative attitude; any questioning is regarded as unpatriotic.
The world's largest democracy has become the world's biggest excuse for inaction, procrastination, and under-performance, a gigantic cover for failures, inefficiencies, deceits, and shibboleths.
You can't expect results now because we are a democracy. You must always dream about the future because we are a democracy, and in a democracy, we are constantly reminded, things take time to evolve.
I am reminded of a Laxman cartoon from many years ago. A political leader was haranguing his listeners to tighten their belts now and make sacrifices for a better tomorrow.
Watching from the sideline, the Common Man in his striped coat and bushy moustache mumbled: "They used to say the same thing when I was a young boy."
That's classic Indian democracy in action -- leaders making promises, people listening in awe, nobody asking questions, and the nation moving from one future vision to another. It's all about sound and fury. The more vociferous one is, in making promises or shouting down critics, the greater is the glory of Indian democracy.
In this democracy, there are only two classes: the leaders and the led. The moment you mix up roles, the entire system will collapse. Don't bother about promises. They are meant to be broken so that they can be made again. Don't even feel bad that some people are always tightening their belts. As long as you keep loosening yours, our democracy will keep shining.
Of course, there are other democracies in the world that have achieved levels of prosperity that everybody admires. The US is one good example. Japan is another, having risen from the ruins of war to become an economic superpower.
Western Europe dazzles without having to advertise i
Isn't that what AA was ment to correct? And what libility would those in Africa who sold their own people into slavery have? What about the current slave trade going on in Africa as when type back and forth?
Yea, freetrade kicks ASS!!! As long as it is used to lower wages. If FT is used to reduce the cost of prescription drugs or reduce the profits of American companies because Americans buy cheaper products from overseas it is BAD BAD BAD and must be stopped!!!!!!
Because we are taling about American companies that only exist because a few million Americans died so they could.
Damn it, we are not talking about numbers of a spreadsheet, we are talking about peoples lives here and those people you just so offhandly dismiss vote.
I think it will be funny when India and/or China nationalize a few of our industries over their. You know, like Mexico did with the oil industry we built up in that country.
Don't give me that shit. Ever heard of the 'untouchables' in India? Till india gets rid of its 'hard' caste system you can not compare the two countries.
Retrain to do what? Please name some fields that we can retrain to do that can not be offshored. And factor into your response the fact that education in Inida is FAR cheaper than in the US and that most indian grads do not near the level of student loans to payoff.
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* $199.95 for 24 Months (a 35% discount off the monthly rate).
"*Who am I*? I am Susan Ivanova, Commander, daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanova. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth... I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me." (they open fire) --Ivanova
Voyager! That damn little ship could take out a borg cube all by its self! If took most of the federations war fleet to do the same thing at wolf 359...
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Is it that damn hard to google for it? It would have taken a lot less effort than your rant.
GOG.
Due to the structure of the US tax system if you fall below a certain level of income you change from a tax payer into a tax consumer. Since most of the current jobs being produced in the US are below that level it is a trend that can not continue.
And who/what do you think the voting public will vote to do, raise their taxes or raise the taxes of those that have shippend good paying jobs overseas?
Lastly, what products, other than DVD's and TV's have gotten cheaper due to offshoring? Most of the benifits are going to those who run the companies, not those that work and them or invest in them.
China and India have a much more protectionis trade policy than the United States. Research their tradepolicy before you state that I am just an American with a cushy job and an attitude problem.
No, because their wages are much less than ours and their cost of living is much less.
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If you like I can provide you with quite a few more URLs that show you that you have no idea what you are talking about.
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The average Indian, brought up on myths of all shades and kinds -- religious, political, or cinematic -- seems incapable of confronting reality.
Whenever India and China are compared, with conclusions unpalatable to the former, people get angry. India, they say, is a democracy while China is not. In their skewed reasoning, this means India is destined to be a slow performer.
This was precisely the logic that was hurled at me with particular ferocity by "patriotic" Indians at home and abroad at a Net debate on my recent column criticising the government's "India Shining" claims.
In that article I quoted statistics to show India was lagging far behind China in three key development areas: roads, water supply, and electricity.
I wasn't criticising any government. I was only stating a fact that, in spite of starting out on its development race more or less about the same time, India was nowhere near China in the ground it has been able to cover.
And the "patriots" immediately pounced on me with the same democracy versus dictatorship argument that they have always advanced under attack.
But why? What has democracy got to do with it? Are people's basic needs any different or any less in a democracy than in a dictatorship? Must people, by definition, wait longer to be served in a democracy?
What are the great democratic principles involved in building an all-weather village road, providing a village home with electricity, or giving rural and urban people easy and dependable access to safe drinking water?
Does democracy mean that people must walk miles to reach the nearest health centre, schools must have broken walls or leaky roofs, there must be separate wells for touchable Indians and untouchables, or almost half the population must remain poor?
The problem is, that's what our leaders have always told our people and that's what our people have come to believe. Any criticism is taken as the reflection of a negative attitude; any questioning is regarded as unpatriotic.
The world's largest democracy has become the world's biggest excuse for inaction, procrastination, and under-performance, a gigantic cover for failures, inefficiencies, deceits, and shibboleths.
You can't expect results now because we are a democracy. You must always dream about the future because we are a democracy, and in a democracy, we are constantly reminded, things take time to evolve.
I am reminded of a Laxman cartoon from many years ago. A political leader was haranguing his listeners to tighten their belts now and make sacrifices for a better tomorrow.
Watching from the sideline, the Common Man in his striped coat and bushy moustache mumbled: "They used to say the same thing when I was a young boy."
That's classic Indian democracy in action -- leaders making promises, people listening in awe, nobody asking questions, and the nation moving from one future vision to another. It's all about sound and fury. The more vociferous one is, in making promises or shouting down critics, the greater is the glory of Indian democracy.
In this democracy, there are only two classes: the leaders and the led. The moment you mix up roles, the entire system will collapse. Don't bother about promises. They are meant to be broken so that they can be made again. Don't even feel bad that some people are always tightening their belts. As long as you keep loosening yours, our democracy will keep shining.
Of course, there are other democracies in the world that have achieved levels of prosperity that everybody admires. The US is one good example. Japan is another, having risen from the ruins of war to become an economic superpower.
Western Europe dazzles without having to advertise i
The typical indian offshoring contract has 1.5 - 2.0 indian programmers for every 1 American programmer that was fired.
It's not about better, it's about cheaper and something tells me that the banks are not about to reprice the debt that the middle class has...
They are adding to their mountain of cash at a faster rate then they are taking money out to pay fines/bribes like this one...
Isn't that what AA was ment to correct? And what libility would those in Africa who sold their own people into slavery have? What about the current slave trade going on in Africa as when type back and forth?
Yea, freetrade kicks ASS!!! As long as it is used to lower wages. If FT is used to reduce the cost of prescription drugs or reduce the profits of American companies because Americans buy cheaper products from overseas it is BAD BAD BAD and must be stopped!!!!!!
Because we are taling about American companies that only exist because a few million Americans died so they could.
Damn it, we are not talking about numbers of a spreadsheet, we are talking about peoples lives here and those people you just so offhandly dismiss vote.
I think it will be funny when India and/or China nationalize a few of our industries over their. You know, like Mexico did with the oil industry we built up in that country.
Why doesn't the standard of living in the USA have to fall so the standard of living in india can go up.
I thought that 'free'trade would raise everyones standard of living.
Don't give me that shit. Ever heard of the 'untouchables' in India? Till india gets rid of its 'hard' caste system you can not compare the two countries.
Then explain why MIT educated students are having trouble finding IT/IS related jobs in this economy. Are they idiots too?
Retrain to do what? Please name some fields that we can retrain to do that can not be offshored. And factor into your response the fact that education in Inida is FAR cheaper than in the US and that most indian grads do not near the level of student loans to payoff.
Over 70,000 of the jobs where due to the grocery strikes in CA ending.
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* $199.95 for 24 Months (a 35% discount off the monthly rate).
Sunlight.
Wind.
Clouds.
Sounds of Nature.
Watch B5.
I like the B5 battle where this quote is said.
"*Who am I*? I am Susan Ivanova, Commander, daughter of Andrei and Sophie Ivanova. I am the right hand of vengeance, and the boot that is going to kick your sorry ass all the way back to Earth... I am Death Incarnate, and the last living thing that you are ever going to see. God sent me." (they open fire)
--Ivanova
Voyager! That damn little ship could take out a borg cube all by its self! If took most of the federations war fleet to do the same thing at wolf 359...
I didn't know that the NEC Earth Simulator could play chess. :->
Thats like 3 WHOLE DAYS worth of SPAM!!!
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On a more serious note, that would make your goodle mailbox a big jucy target for a lawsuit happy org (RIAA) or the goverment
If you want the GOP to stop helping the RIAA/MPAA point out that they are unions...
Training my 'highly trained / just doing a job that no American will do' H1B/L1 replacement?
Yea, IBM is a little late to the virtual processor market. About -10 to -20 years.
Damn them! Dam them to HELL!!!!