>Hi Thomas
>
>Still want to stay friends on the net.

I assume many people in the U.S., and other countries, are worried for their jobs if work can be outsource, much cheaper, to developing countries.

Of course, on a global scale, this doesn't matter much: one job less in the U.S. means one more job in India, for instance. The total remains the same!

You and I, of course, are more happy about the possibility of outsourcing, from Europe or the U.S., despite the fact that we would get paid less than an employee who lives there.

Here in Bolivia, we have a somewhat similar dilemma. The Industry Chamber is trying to make Bolivian's conscious that the general trend to buy imported goods (in the belief that everything from outside Bolivia must be better), means less jobs for Bolivians. Of course, once again, on a global scale, once again one less job in Bolivia means one more job somewhere else! But somehow, the national industry must be protected, too. I assume many developing countries have the same sort of problem (people thinking that products from Europe or the U.S. are better).