>Perhaps there's hope. Wall-Mart is beginning to be syndicated here in the province of Quebec in Canada. I don't know if there is such a movement in the states. Anyway here Wall-Mart said that they would close a store that's been syndicated. The reason given "That place was never profitable since its opening". Hmmm could be but it could also be a way to scare the others that could have the same idea of getting their store syndicated. Let's just hope that the movement will continue and Wall-Mart is syndicated on a steady base. They won't close them all. There must be some that are profitable <g>

What is 'to be syndicated'?

>I mentioned Wall-Mart but this could apply to other huge businesses.
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>Here's the way I see outsourcing. No problem with it as long as what's being made elsewhere stays there after. I mean a company making running shoes can outsource but the running shoes will have to be sold where they were made.
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>So stuff made in India would have to be sold in India.

That's not outsourcing, that's going international.

But I understand you're a fan of local economies. Personally, I am beginning to think that the whole salary system, of everybody in the world, must be restructured. Same with costs of living. In a stable 'place' there is a certain, stable, relationship between income and costs of living. It is no big deal when the guy from the nearby village comes to our village to work. But distance is no longer a stabilizing buffer in this connectivity world.