02-18-2004, 12:45 AM
This is an election year so watch for sorts of gimmicks to shift the blame elsewhere. Even Kerry has come out saying that we don't need "Benedict Arnold" type CEOs who are sending jobs overseas.
People are loosing jobs at record pace while economy is improving and the productivity numbers are going through the roof. Listen to any analyst on CNBC or Bloomberg etc and you'll hear that the economy is coming back but the jobs aren't. Unlike previous recessions-recovery, so far the recovery has been job-less. The FUD (fear-uncertainity-distrust) factor combined with election year politics will only fuel this paranoia.
No one bothers to ask the CEOs who are sending the jobs offshore the reason for doing so. Everyone is happy-pappy knowing that the stock market is going up and the quarterly earning numbers are meeting expectations and the gulible once trust whatever crap a politician says or one reads in media
Check this article, bit lengthy (might be a bit off topic) that will illustrate the kind of pricing pressures business owners face.
The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. <b>Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?</b>
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Also............
As a IT networking lead elsewhere, this is just one of the sample letters I have received from a prominent newspapers - have about 5 more (certain personal details edited).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi xxxx,
   Thanks for all the help in the past, which is why I'm turning to you again. Among your members, is there anyone who is fairly confident that he or she was laid off because a job went to India? We're working on that story now.
Jxxx
Jxxxxxxxxx
The Philadelphia Inquirer
400 N. Broad St.
P.O. Box 8263
Philadelphia, PA 19101
2xx-yyy-zzzz
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People are loosing jobs at record pace while economy is improving and the productivity numbers are going through the roof. Listen to any analyst on CNBC or Bloomberg etc and you'll hear that the economy is coming back but the jobs aren't. Unlike previous recessions-recovery, so far the recovery has been job-less. The FUD (fear-uncertainity-distrust) factor combined with election year politics will only fuel this paranoia.
No one bothers to ask the CEOs who are sending the jobs offshore the reason for doing so. Everyone is happy-pappy knowing that the stock market is going up and the quarterly earning numbers are meeting expectations and the gulible once trust whatever crap a politician says or one reads in media
Check this article, bit lengthy (might be a bit off topic) that will illustrate the kind of pricing pressures business owners face.
The Wal-Mart You Don't Know
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The giant retailer's low prices often come with a high cost. Wal-Mart's relentless pressure can crush the companies it does business with and force them to send jobs overseas. <b>Are we shopping our way straight to the unemployment line?</b>
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Also............
As a IT networking lead elsewhere, this is just one of the sample letters I have received from a prominent newspapers - have about 5 more (certain personal details edited).
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Hi xxxx,
   Thanks for all the help in the past, which is why I'm turning to you again. Among your members, is there anyone who is fairly confident that he or she was laid off because a job went to India? We're working on that story now.
Jxxx
Jxxxxxxxxx
The Philadelphia Inquirer
400 N. Broad St.
P.O. Box 8263
Philadelphia, PA 19101
2xx-yyy-zzzz
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