OT: Outsourcing--A Greater Threat Than Terrorism?

These two paragraphs are from the following article by Paul Craig Roberts: `..Nothink economists assume that new, better jobs are on the way for displaced Americans, but no economists can identify these jobs. The authors point out that "the track record for the re-employment of displaced US workers is abysmal: "The Department of Labor reports that more than one in three workers who are displaced remains unemployed, and many of those who are lucky enough to find jobs take major pay cuts. Many former manufacturing workers who were displaced a decade ago because of manufacturing that went offshore took training courses and found jobs in the information technology sector. They are now facing the unenviable situation of having their second career disappear overseas."..' http://www.vdare.com/roberts/050418_outsourcing.htm VDARE.com: 04/18/05 - Outsourcing--A Greater Threat Than Terrorism?

Gisele (Gdubson@aol.com) wrote: : If a nation wants a middle class, it must define it, desire it, and : work to both create and keep it.." : : The middle class orginally came into being without anyone doing any of : the above. : The writings of Jefferson and Madison show intent to keep the country from being controlled by an oligarchy: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0101-07.htm Now Corporations Claim The "Right To Lie" "Published on Wednesday, January 1, 2003 by CommonDreams.org Now Corporations Claim The "Right To Lie" by Thom Hartmann [snip] Jefferson and Madison proposed an 11th Amendment to the Constitution that would "ban monopolies in commerce," making it illegal for corporations to own other corporations, banning them from giving money to politicians or trying to influence elections in any way, restricting corporations to a single business purpose, limiting the lifetime of a corporation to something roughly similar to that of productive humans (20 to 40 years back then), and requiring that the first purpose for which all corporations were created be "to serve the public good." The amendment didn't pass because many argued it was unnecessary: Virtually all states already had such laws on the books from the founding of this nation until the Age of the Robber Barons. Wisconsin, for example, had a law that stated: "No corporation doing business in this state shall pay or contribute, or offer consent or agree to pay or contribute, directly or indirectly, any money, property, free service of its officers or employees or thing of value to any political party, organization, committee or individual for any political purpose whatsoever, or for the purpose of influencing legislation of any kind, or to promote or defeat the candidacy of any person for nomination, appointment or election to any political office." The penalty for any corporate official violating that law and getting cozy with politicians on behalf of a corporation was five years in prison and a substantial fine.."