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Colin Powell reassures India - don't worry about job loss.

Bowser — 3/18/2004 12:58:07 AM (archived)

"New Delhi -- Secretary of State Colin Powell, encountering the other side of a tempestuous debate in the United States, sought to assure Indians that the Bush administration would not try to halt the outsourcing of high-technology jobs to their country."

Ah, yes. Compassionate conservatism at work again.

Arf

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Colin Powell reassures India - don't worry about job loss. - Bowser - 3/18/2004 12:58:07 AM
- heh heh. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/18/2004 1:09:25 PM
  - Oh, do you really expect me to believe - Davin L. - 3/18/2004 4:37:05 PM
    - 'many steps that can be taken' how about an obvious one? - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 1:17:19 AM
      - BTW: I named two obvious steps... Plus some empirical observations about globalism. - Davin L. - 3/19/2004 5:03:23 PM
      - Wow. I don't think you heard anything I said. Complete disconnect - Davin L. - 3/19/2004 4:05:56 AM
      - Uh, Justin, excuse me a second - Robert - 3/19/2004 2:23:29 AM
        
        on a serious note. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 8:14:57 AM
        
        re: Uh, Justin, excuse me a second - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 3:12:35 AM
        
        You've been hanging out at the wrong bars (n/t) - alcaray - 3/19/2004 3:08:43 PM
        
        I didn't hang out at bars in the US (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/20/2004 2:11:13 PM
    - a question - SDG - 3/18/2004 10:34:49 PM
  - Well, I'm sorry. - Bowser - 3/18/2004 3:27:42 PM
  - great post, J (n/t) - phil - 3/18/2004 1:16:48 PM
    - Thanks P ;-) (n/t) - Justin - 3/19/2004 3:17:55 AM
- re: don't worry about job loss. - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2004 1:07:45 AM
  - 10 percent? - McFly - 3/19/2004 2:52:05 PM
  - re: don't worry about job loss. - McFly - 3/18/2004 4:56:18 AM
    - Lest anyone get the wrong idea - McFly - 3/18/2004 4:56:03 PM
      - I'm impressed McFly...... - Lindy - 3/18/2004 7:58:27 PM
    - Regulations - Tom Brosz - 3/18/2004 6:44:29 AM
      - Horrors... - McFly - 3/18/2004 2:20:20 PM
        
        re: Horrors... - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2004 2:07:39 AM
  - Only "10 percent". Just "10 percent". Merely "10 percent". (n/t) - Bowser - 3/18/2004 4:50:05 AM
  - Outsourcing is a minor threat; the real 'culprit' is productvity - m - 3/18/2004 2:37:08 AM
    - Lemme see if I get this... - McFly - 3/18/2004 5:26:51 AM
      - Yeah, great post! - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 1:54:55 AM
        
        And furthermore. . . - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 2:11:11 AM
        
        re: And furthermore. . . - RobVG - 3/19/2004 5:54:30 AM
      - That is a GREAT point. - Bowser - 3/18/2004 6:03:59 PM
      - Nope - Larry J - 3/18/2004 2:21:27 PM
        
        re: Nope - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2004 2:11:27 AM
        
        Myth - Bowser - 3/18/2004 3:33:22 PM
        
        Drug companies will never stop R&D, though they may threaten to do so. - Mary Anne - 3/18/2004 3:12:44 PM
        
        If they can't recoup their investment, then they'll have no choice - Larry J - 3/18/2004 4:15:32 PM
        
        Maybe they should outsource R&D to India? (n/t) - Robert - 3/18/2004 11:21:04 PM
        
        I still say let's start offshoring CEO and COO jobs... - McFly - 3/19/2004 1:59:02 AM
        
        How about this? - Robert - 3/19/2004 2:16:53 AM
        
        'outsourcing CEO Pay' - I'm all for it, They are subject to the free market as well. (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 3:16:06 AM
        
        Sure! . . . and whose fault would that be? (n/t) - Justin Kelly - 3/19/2004 1:33:06 AM
        
        Why not recoup their (relatively small) investments from Canada? And Mexico? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/18/2004 6:11:41 PM
        
        myths about drug companies - Davin L. - 3/18/2004 4:48:55 PM
        
        Without new product, they will be left with expired patents and competition with generics. Period. - Mary Anne - 3/18/2004 4:43:11 PM
        
        re: Without new product - Tom Brosz - 3/19/2004 2:24:34 AM
        
        When the small-plane industry lowers blood pressure for millions and annihilates cancer cells without surgery, let me know. - Mary Anne - 3/19/2004 7:11:25 PM
        
        Some reforms are needed - Tom Brosz - 3/20/2004 1:47:11 AM

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