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>In a few decades I envision that the majority of international and national companies will be owned by Americans. Only Presidents, CEO’s and CFO’s of corporations will be employed and representing corporate headquarters from a Caribbean Island, for tax purposes. No one within the United States will have a job, other than our politicians.
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>The banks will own everything and that is only the beginning of a new chapter in our history. People in this country will be happy to have a bowl of rice.

Close, Tom.
But what we'll all be doing is selling each other used WalMart goods on e-Bay.


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>>A few years ago I posted here after a protracted experience with outsourced reps from Dell. At the time I proposed that Dell's support line was actually a free-of-charge international phone dating service, because every time I called I got to speak with somebody in Malaysia who was apologetic and sympathetic as she urged me to tell the whole story again so she could agree with me about everything for 20 minutes, then put me through to her supervisor's phone that is never answered, giving me the opportunity to call back to experience it all again. Turned out Dell was incentivizing on the wrong things, causing its reps to sympathize excessively and pay little attention to outcome. All solved now, and Dell offers lots of support from Malaysia.
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>>As for the rationalizations: it all boils down to "cost". Corporates must compete for shareholder and customer bucks by shaving costs at every opportunity. Outsourcing is inevitable- especially for industries that cost lots but whose output is easy to ship and does not require expensive depreciating machinery.