Not only do I agree wholeheartedly with this article, I'd like to add on a few points. First of all, I'm an ardent traditional conservative, and don't have a problem with the rich or anyone making money, with the exception of doing it at the expense of selling out our nation. Outsourcing, I believe, must be done when necessary, but the current wave is being done out of nothing but sheer greed at the expense of the American citizen. The most profitable companies (in the first place) are doing this, and where are the savings going? Right in the pockets of CEO's, most of which have tanked companies in the past by doing the same thing...all for the sake of a fifth Ferrari or another $5 million dollar yacht. What would be wrong with taking some of that money and putting it into education, so we have a future generation of kids who are capable of creating the technology of the future?Secondly, the liberal argument of illegal immigrants making competent skilled workers in construction, etc. is anything but true. I've worked in the mechanical and building maintenance fields. People who have constructed outhouses in Juarez aren't qualified to wire or build U.S. standard buildings. While working in maintenance, half my time was spent redoing the shoddy work preformed by illegals. Instead of contractors hiring qualified labor, they've been hiring illegals out of greed, and the results I've seen are outright dangerous. Wiring that's capable of bursting into flames at any given moment, and main supports that are off by 5 degrees or more. I've even worked on a warehouse that, if one cement wall wasn't held in place by roof braces, was capable of falling over (and this wall was constructed as a main building support). If you own a building constructed in the last 10 years (during the main flood of illegal labor), I'd urge you to have it inspected by a competent inspector...you're literally taking your life in your hands, and don't even know it!
strafefireJun 13, 2007
This acceleration will only continue if China decides to unload all of our national debt back on to us...
mjollnirJun 15, 2007
Not only do I agree wholeheartedly with this article, I'd like to add on a few points. First of all, I'm an ardent traditional conservative, and don't have a problem with the rich or anyone making money, with the exception of doing it at the expense of selling out our nation. Outsourcing, I believe, must be done when necessary, but the current wave is being done out of nothing but sheer greed at the expense of the American citizen. The most profitable companies (in the first place) are doing this, and where are the savings going? Right in the pockets of CEO's, most of which have tanked companies in the past by doing the same thing...all for the sake of a fifth Ferrari or another $5 million dollar yacht. What would be wrong with taking some of that money and putting it into education, so we have a future generation of kids who are capable of creating the technology of the future?Secondly, the liberal argument of illegal immigrants making competent skilled workers in construction, etc. is anything but true. I've worked in the mechanical and building maintenance fields. People who have constructed outhouses in Juarez aren't qualified to wire or build U.S. standard buildings. While working in maintenance, half my time was spent redoing the shoddy work preformed by illegals. Instead of contractors hiring qualified labor, they've been hiring illegals out of greed, and the results I've seen are outright dangerous. Wiring that's capable of bursting into flames at any given moment, and main supports that are off by 5 degrees or more. I've even worked on a warehouse that, if one cement wall wasn't held in place by roof braces, was capable of falling over (and this wall was constructed as a main building support). If you own a building constructed in the last 10 years (during the main flood of illegal labor), I'd urge you to have it inspected by a competent inspector...you're literally taking your life in your hands, and don't even know it!