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All of the USA's shipping is going to be controlled by foreign Middle Eastern interests and Muslim cities. The Democrats like ex-President Carter, that Kennedy brother and Hillary never were fans of Bush, but now Republicans are finding ways to distance themselves from a lame duck who is being seen more and more as a liability.
Who are Republicans running for the next election ?
What will Bush Jnr think of next, outsourcing NASA to India.... oh wait..!
'first steps are not for cheap, think about it...
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Ports on the west coasts are own by China.
Its all election year politics.
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Selling off the USA to the highest bidder in the name of ultra-capitalism, I think all of this is un-acceptable.
I think it was Singapore not China that controlled over the other ports, they only plus side to this of course is that many Asian nations have a somewhat better reputation that the corrupt Arab-World.
Outsourcing has now hit home, it has been going on for many administrations and it doesn't matter what whitehouse admin started it - what does matter is which adminstration stops it.
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This wasn't even outsourcing, all the people working there would still be American. The only thing that would change is the name on the paycheck.
I'd like to see American companies owning every step of the process as much as every other American. But the opposition, at least on capital hill, was the worst kind of hypocritical, policically motivated xenophobia.
As for outsourcing in general, the fact of the matter is our standard of living makes it impossible for us to competitively produce cheap plastic crap, and any other product that requires mindnumbingly boring repetetive tasks. If we want to compete, we have to fight back with technology, and beat cheap chinese labor with robots that don't need pensions.
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I wished that I could find a few of the articles because it was more than just changing the name on the paycheck...
As for outsourcing being stamied. During the early part of the 80's in computer electronics some automation was presented and basically sabortaged so that it would not work for as you mentioned it would be people that would lose there jobs even though there was the claim of management for retraining....
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The only thing that would change is the name on the paycheck.
You are very wrong, maybe your NY politicans have done a good job in protecting New-York intrests from the effects of outsourcing but in other parts of America things are less rosy. They are starting more outsourcing of the USA's superhighways and rail-system to Mexican drivers, loaders, etc at the lowest of prices, outsourcing any space exploration to India could also be a costly mistake - perhaps in time all that will be left in the USA are legal people and a huge group of people in politics
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I wished that I could find a few of the articles because it was more than just changing the name on the paycheck...
The company in question and others like it runs the cranes that move the containers on and off ship and the trucks that move them to the parking lot.
As for outsourcing being stamied. During the early part of the 80's in computer electronics some automation was presented and basically sabortaged so that it would not work for as you mentioned it would be people that would lose there jobs even though there was the claim of management for retraining....
Yes, yes, automation is evil because it requires fewer people and the evil corporation makes a profit. So instead they go to China or Mexico. Guess what, the result is the same, only with the latter we lose all industrial ability.
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The only thing that would change is the name on the paycheck.
You are very wrong, maybe your NY politicans have done a good job in protecting New-York intrests from the effects of outsourcing but in other parts of America things are less rosy. They are starting more outsourcing of the USA's superhighways and rail-system to Mexican drivers, loaders, etc at the lowest of prices, outsourcing any space exploration to India could also be a costly mistake - perhaps in time all that will be left in the USA are legal people and a huge group of people in politics
Our NY politicians have done just the opposite by pandering to the unions and chasing business out with some of the highest taxes in the country. People are having to leave to find jobs. Pataki is trying to stem the tide with nano-technology development, but little is going to change as long as the NYC controlled Assembly views everything north of Westchester county as a giant cash farm.
Chucky and his Bride have no interests beyond progressing their own political dreams.
Anyway the point is its not outsourcing when the CEO suddenly wears a turbine instead of a crown. Nor is it outsourcing when the ESA, or NASA, or ISRO pool resources to perform better missions.
It is outsourcing when companies can not operate a competitively profitable manufacturing base in this country. And its not the fault of the Chinese or Indians.
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Its been a while but here is the status of there attempts;
Dubai Ports: Sale of U.S. port operations in danger, blames N.Y., N.J. port authority
Dubai Ports World warned Thursday that its deal to sell major port operations in six U.S. cities may fall apart if the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey doesn't drop demands for a multimillion-dollar payment.
DP World, based in the United Arab Emirates, is trying to finish the sale of U.S. port operations it acquired last year.That acquisition was attacked by U.S. politicians who charged the sale threatened national security, a dispute that proved to be a black eye for the Bush administration, which originally approved the sale.
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I wouldn't want the Church of Reverend Moon managing our ports either. The problem with Arabs, is they tend to wear their religions on their sleeves, or over their heads, or on their chins.
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