Blogcritics Comments on Get a job - in Shanghai or Bombay

Comment by JR on Get a job - in Shanghai or Bombay

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:56:05 EDT

Funny, once I got a job, the first thing I wanted to do was retire as soon as possible. If the corporations would be willing to pay my bills, I'd be happy to look the other way while they outsource or automate all the jobs. Isn't the goal of increasing productivity supposed to be so that we don't have to work as much? Seems like we don't know what to do with our own success. ]]>

Comment by Hal Pawluk on Get a job - in Shanghai or Bombay

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:43:28 EDT

"Americans deserve jobs and corporations will provide them or pay a higher price" Nah. Nobody "deserves" a job, and Kyle is right about how it "worked" when tried in the former USSR. However, government policies could and should be set up to benefit workers in this country instead of in others. As an example, I think that the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Commitee (Republican Bill Thomas from my state of California) should not now be in the process of replacing an export subsidy for goods manufactured in the US with a much larger tax break for companies who manufacture anywhere in the world. I can see subsidies being used to promote economic policy, but subsidizing manufacturing in other countries strikes me as a very bad idea, especially with US unemployment where it is today. Shows you what campaign financing can achieve, though. ]]>

Comment by Kyle Beilke on Get a job - in Shanghai or Bombay

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:01:31 EDT

Last I checked this was a free-market society, so corporations can hire and fire as they wish. If we stopped corporations from firing people, nothing would get done, we would just have people going throught the motions at work, with no productivity. Oh, yeah, that is communism. ]]>

Comment by John Mudd on Get a job - in Shanghai or Bombay

Tue, 21 Oct 2003 06:03:01 EDT

Corporations are stupid. The current trend they are incorporating of shipping jobs overseas is only going to create a young generation of Teddy Roosevelts who will, undoubtedly, win with large margins and force coporations to become competent, once again. There is a reason that corporations reside within the U.S., so perhaps they will simply have to pay a higher price to stay here so the government can create jobs for the people they are putting out of work. Corporations should be investigated fully as to why these layoffs are taking place and audited at any given time they put more than 500 Americans out of a job. It is too easy for the thankless companies to get rid of the people who paid their blood sweat and tears to make these corporations so profitable. They must be accountable for their actions, and they will be accountable if they continue their outlandish carelessness with the lives of Americans. Americans deserve jobs and corporations will provide them or pay a higher price - guaranteed. ]]>