We the People - Insourcing - 13 Oct 08 - Part 2

More than five million Americans now receive a pay cheque from a foreign firm. We the People travels to a former US manufacturing town to see how 'insourcing' is changing the face of one small community.

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[xlioilx]

I was talking about a county near me not the one I live in

[TVParkdale]

xlioilx:

See your comment below?

I'm confused.

You said there that the fines have been increased and CEO's are going to jail for violations.

Explain please...

[xlioilx]

no they don't fine people or anything it's horrible..

[TVParkdale]

xlioilx:

So it's getting better where you are?

[xlioilx]

well yes to all the questions below they have upped fines to $10,000 per each illegal in counties near here and started to give out jail time to CEO's and its taken the unemployment from 7% down to 2% its also taken down the crime rates the people that are here illegally need to be deported it hurts the economy for all the legal citizens and legal immigrants that are trying to make a life here and not ship out all their money to other countries.

[munkeeguy]

A lot of people bought that Iraq was full of terrorists, for three or four years after 9/11it sold well.

"The Salad Bowl" wont work without distinct "cultural hearth" regions for relatively homogenous populations. Cultures will mix, minorities will be absorbed, its inevitable.

[TVParkdale]

munkeeguy:

What Bush *did* say and was repeated over and over was that Iraq was full of "Islamic terrorists". How many people bought that? Yet Iraq is primarily mainstream Muslims [sort of like the United Church Christians].

I too believe sovereignty is important for countries.

I prefer the 'salad' idea of diversity rather than 'melting pot' of assimilation.

I'm addicted to tandoori chicken and Caribbean roti not McDonald's *chuckle*

[munkeeguy]

Still without the perceived need for security, no war wouldnt have taken place. If the US gov't said "They're different!" very few wouldve thought it a justification for war.

Besides, you can see someone as equal, and still as different. Im no fan of globalization. I dont want multiculturalism and diversity everywhere at once. The world is diverse, different parts of the world can be different.

[TVParkdale]

xliolx:

So rather than blame other working people who only want employment--just as you do--what solutions can you figure out so that you and others in town will have access to more employment?

Do you want to lobby for higher fines? Regular inspections? Force those companies to hire from a pool of "union" workers?

[TVParkdale]

munkeeguy:

The American citizenry was bamboozled that the war was out of a need for security but I think you see that the real reason was not.

It is harder to get a soldier to kill someone if s/he sees them as equal. That's the only point I'm trying to put across. Makes the bamboozle job more difficult.