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Wipro's Azim Premji - 'The man who wants to take your jobs'




Ow. Sorry, but "redistributing" is in the eye of the beholder. I more-or-less agree with much of what you're saying, but I don't think the government's job is to do that.

Actually, the government's job is to aim for full employment of the American people. There are already rules in place to force these companies to play fair, but they are not being enforced. 

And isn't it funny that the cost of labor is cheaper in companies that do not allow IT workers to strike, that do not enforce labor or safety standards upon companies. Isn't it funny that these companies can take  advantage of tax breaks from the US government, and then turn around and destroy the tax base by shipping jobs to another country?


Let's just keep it simple and tax what's done overseas in accordance 
with how those countries penalize our attempts to enter their markets. 
We can't really dictate what's done in other countries, only our own. 
(Well, recent wars not counting.) Trade should be equitable.


I drive a Japanese car. I know there were American workers who were 
impacted by the shift of the automotive industry to Japan (and now 
Korea, etc.). I also know that the two American cars I bought because 
they WERE american (Dodge and Ford) pretty well fell apart within 5 years.

Do you realize that most Japanese cars are built in the US? This is because we taxed the import of automobiles, so the Japanese auto makers found it prudent to create factories in America to assemble their cars so that they would still be able to operate in the US market.

Maybe that is one way to attack this issue...tax the product that is being sent back to US shores from these call centers and other IT shops where labor is cheaper.

-Gina





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