Tracy,
No problem. Don't mind lurkers... so long as they play well with others!

Regardless of your position on the topic, outsourcing is a hot button this election year. It could just evaporate like so many others, or it could become a benchmark against which the Nov. 2 winner will be held accountable.

Workers would love to hear that their jobs are protected, but don't you have to question if that's good for business in the long run? Doesn't keeping jobs here merely to support Americans prevent competition, limiting business potential? Especially if we admit, as we assuredly must, that we haven't cornered the market on intelligence, hard work, or business acumen.

If American workers have to compete against the rest of the world's workforce, doesn't that make us stay on our toes, ultimately bettering ourselves, the business employing us, and the global economy? Sadly, maybe we're not ready to think that way yet but I have a feeling we're gonna have to learn... and the sooner the better.

---J

>Sorry for lurking :o) but I agree with you. However, the key will be getting the government to create incentives for businessess to continue to operate inside the U.S. and hire from within. Incentives that will outweigh any rewards for moving outside the U.S. (or whatever country we are referring to) That probably won't happen anytime soon and in the meantime...