>If we run out of worker ants then what will the politicians do? Move to India and China I hope!

How about a little preemptive strike? Outsource the politics! Export any politicians who want theocracy into Iran - they'd see their dream come true and will surely be very happy. Send any of those who are in cahoots with the military industry to where their customers are - they can brag about the benefits of their product right on the spot where it's used. Send all those who make big tax cuts to the tax havens of their choice. Send the protectors of the big pharmaceutical dollars to Africa, where they would have the chance to prove the benefits of their ways to all the AIDS victims they so much care about... I'm quite convinced everybody would be very happy with this.