>Terry;
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>My advice to all on this subject of outsourcing: Get a job that will not be outsourced! Be wealthy or a politician. The wealthy do as they please and so do politicians.

Hi Tom

Yeah well I work as "the IT guy" in a small company of 9. The concepts involved in my job couldn't be outsourced to any but a good native speaker, and my specs are "back of an envelope", so I think I'm safe from THAT threat (but not safe as houses).
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>Politicians have slogans – like the one, “Buy American”! Well, it is very difficult to find anything made in this country. Our super governator of California “Arnold” said last week, “Buy produce grown in California”! Great idea Arnold! We produce almost 50% of the nations produce in our state. However, many fruits and vegetables are seasonal and we import things from South America. Bananas come from Central or South America. So do without until produce is in season.

But you get your "meat" from Austria! :-)

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>Tom
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>P.S. Teachers will soon be outsourced to India and China. Classrooms will be filled with wide screen televisions made in China. Soon we will not speak the American version of English. The list has only begun! :)

Funnily enough, one of the growth indutries projected for the UK is in education of the "sunrise" countries.

Terry