"...But under pressure to save such jobs for the native-born, the number of visas allowed under this program was reduced from 195,000 to 65,000 in October. So now, instead of having Indian workers come here, where they spent much of their earnings, companies are contracting with them to work in India, which is where they now spend their earnings."
>>> That visa cap change is too recent to have had a measurable effect on the multi-year outsourcing trend. (And, the older, higher visa cap went unfullfilled in recent years - probably due to the tech bust....)
"I asked you what you would do, given any position in a democratic US gov't, to stop outsourcing and movement of manufacturing offshore. You never answered. I now throw the question open to any opponent. The solutions must be legal, Constitutional, able to withstand legal challenge in the courts, and actually have some realistic chance of passing Congress."
>>> To achieve the greatest efficiencies from Capitalism, all inputs must be transferable --- that includes labor and capital.
>>> But it is also reasonable (to prevent a 'rush to the bottom') to condition transferability of labor to similar environmental and labor standards.
>>> I would suggest that tax benefits be apportioned accordingly, and that 'tiers' of nations be established, to deliniate between nations where labor rights and environmental standards are equivalent to those prevailing in the US... and those with lesser levels of protection.
>>> It would be fair to use the federal treaty-making process to encourage greater levels of protections in foreign nations... and to use the tax laws to give lesser benefits when jobs are moved to the more 'non-compliant' countries. (I believe it would be safe to say that North Korea and Burma would likely find themselves in the bottom tier....) |
