[Vision2020] US Workers Adapt: moving workforce to India, elsewhere

[Donovan Arnold]

Oh, OK, LOL, I didn't see the date at the top of the email.

I would not be surprised if they did that, though. But I would have expected 
the Senate to fight like crazy to prevent the Republican Congress to reduce 
the minimum wage. The minimum wage in Texas is $3.25 an hour. Many 
republicans want to eliminate it completely and let the free market 
determine the wages. I just say, return to slavery, at least slaves were 
given one meal and a shack to stay in.

Donovan J Arnold


>From: "Ted Moffett" <ted_moffett@hotmail.com>
>To: donovanarnold@hotmail.com, tomh@FNA.fsn.uidaho.edu, dale@courtneys.us
>CC: vision2020@moscow.com
>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] US Workers Adapt: moving workforce to India, 
>elsewhere
>Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 02:42:15 +0000
>
>Donovan and All:
>
>Of course it's a joke.  I have not been visiting the future.  But with 
>current trends with job losses in the USA to overseas sources of cheaper 
>labor, with no unions, no OSHA, no overtime pay, no or few environmental 
>regulations, etc. .... who will buy the goods when wages drop here in the 
>USA to compete with overseas labor?  Good question.  But how can wages here 
>in the USA stay high when every month more US jobs are sent overseas to 
>cheaper labor?  Ah, of course, the profits from the multinationals will 
>"trickle down."
>
>We shall see if the latest version of supply side economic theory works now 
>with the big Bush tax cut coming through.
>
>Ted
>
>>From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanarnold@hotmail.com>
>>To: tomh@FNA.fsn.uidaho.edu, ted_moffett@hotmail.com, dale@courtneys.us
>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com
>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] US Workers Adapt: moving workforce to India, 
>>elsewhere
>>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 17:17:57 -0700
>>
>>What the *&^%? Can somebody explain how someone can afford to buy the 
>>products we make if they are only paid .75 cents an hour?
>>
>>This is joke isn't it Ted?
>>
>>Donovan J Arnold
>>
>>
>>>From: Thomas Hansen <tomh@FNA.fsn.uidaho.edu>
>>>To: "'Ted Moffett'" <ted_moffett@hotmail.com>, dale@courtneys.us
>>>CC: vision2020@moscow.com
>>>Subject: RE: [Vision2020] US Workers Adapt: moving workforce to India, 
>>>elsewhere
>>>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:52:40 -0700
>>>
>>>Why stop there, Mr. Moffett?  Why don't we simply dissolve all unions, 
>>>amend
>>>the US Constitution making it illegal for workers to organize, and work 
>>>for
>>>whatever pennies "corporate" America is willing to part with?
>>>
>>>Tom Hansen
>>>Moscow, Idaho
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Ted Moffett [mailto:ted_moffett@hotmail.com]
>>>Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 1:47 PM
>>>To: dale@courtneys.us
>>>Cc: vision2020@moscow.com
>>>Subject: [Vision2020] US Workers Adapt: moving workforce to India,
>>>elsewhere
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>April, 2020.
>>>
>>>Legislation legalizing a 60 hour work week with no overtime for assembly
>>>line manufacturing jobs at a 75 cents an hour minimum wage passed the US
>>>Congress this week.
>>>
>>>"It's the only way US workers can stay competitive," said an anonymous
>>>business executive with a 7 figure salary.  "If we want to keep our
>>>workforce employed, we must evolve to adapt to the realities of the 
>>>global
>>>marketplace.  There are hundreds of millions of willing workers overseas 
>>>who
>>>
>>>accept these conditions and pay.  American workers need to quit whining 
>>>and
>>>face reality!"
>>>
>>>Ted
>>>
>>>
>>> >From: "Dale Courtney" <dale@courtneys.us>
>>> >To: <vision2020@moscow.com>
>>> >Subject: [Vision2020] IBM sees need to shift jobs overseas: Firm seen
>>> >moving workforce to India, elsewhere
>>> >Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:47:21 -0700
>>> >
>>> >IBM sees need to shift jobs overseas
>>> >Reuters
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Two senior officials at IBM, the world's largest computer maker, said 
>>>the
>>> >company needs to speed its efforts to move white-collar jobs to India 
>>>and
>>> >elsewhere overseas, The New York Times reported on Tuesday.
>>> >
>>> >IN A RECORDING of a conference call given to The New York Times by a 
>>>labor
>>> >union, top employee relations executives said IBM needed to make the 
>>>same
>>> >moves its competitors made to save money by shifting service jobs away 
>>>from
>>>
>>> >the United States.
>>> >The article cited Forrester Research as estimating 450,000 U.S. 
>>>computer
>>> >industry jobs could be transferred overseas in the next 12 years,
>>> >representing eight percent of U.S. computer jobs.
>>> >
>>> >Executives worried on the March IBM conference call that broader
>>> >unionization could arise as the trend strengthens, The Times said.
>>>
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