--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Russell wrote: > > >Out of curiosity, and without wanting to get into the whole is it good/is it bad/is it fair thing: > > > >What is it that the people who complain about off-shoring want done about it. > > > I see this proposal has been submitted to the house: > > ********* > The proposed Defending American Jobs Act, introduced on Wednesday, > requires federal agencies that provide grants or loan guarantees to > businesses to obtain reports on the number of employees those companies > have inside and outside the United States, and on how much each group is > being paid. One year after the bill becomes law, which is unlikely to > happen this year, grant or loan recipients would be required to disclose > how many domestic employees have been laid off as a proportion of the > company's total global work force. > > Here's the catch: If more U.S. workers than foreign workers received the > ax, the company would be "ineligible for further assistance" until it > started hiring American employees again. > > ********** > I think (a) it's doomed, (b) it's probably a bit limited in scope > because the big stick only applies to a limited number of companies, and > (c) it's probably a good idea - at least it's a formula that encourages > companies to think twice about layoffs, though it completely misses > outsourcing (where the US company doesn't actually have any foreign > employees, just a contract with a foreign company). >
Nothing wrong with the idea of America for Americns (devoid of ratial conotiation of course) _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
