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To: Jim Willie CB who wrote (39638)	3/16/2004 1:46:08 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 89467

Thanks Corn Bread. Third, cost containment has motivated a new phase which has led US firms to seek outsourced alternatives. Although not stated, health care costs might aggravate management decisions on the fringe of decision making. They represent the fastest growing cost component, growing over 10% per year within our nation. New imperatives of cost control serve as the catalyst, in the words of Roach, which bring global labor arbitrage to life. Once protected, high-salaried service jobs are the recent casualties in an escalating movement to relocate to Asia. I don't think enough people have connected-the-dots between the Bush Admin's bowing to every wish of Big Pharma and the insurance lobby, and both outsourcing and new hiring. Although, somewhat ancillary to your main point, it's just one more way "things are broke". JMO lurqer