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Old 07-28-2011, 10:42 PM   #44 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by cleanspeed1 View Post
The US Chamber of Commerce actually ENCOURAGES as much outsourcing as possible, which is economic treason to me. I don't have a problem with doing business with other countries, but when it's at the expense of my own, erm, no.

Funny that a few people on a forum about making vehicles run better can figure out economic and trade policy better than the folks who should be doing it in our respective governments.
Well, the US Chamber of Commerce is a lobbying group that pushes the interests of people who own large companies at the expense of people who have to work. While outsourcing is highly efficient for individual companies, it's poison to the society. It isn't surprising that a random group of efficiency minded people can spot this while politicians in the pocket of that lobbying group and its members are blind to it?

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China is not just acting as a factory for US corporations, it is innovating itself. As an example they are scheduled to match and exceed the number of patents generated annually by the US, if they haven't already.
That's silly: I wasn't aware that China recognized IP.
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