OT Food for thought

ojunk (George Adams) wrote in message ...

I agree. The horse is out of the barn, and we can't, (and maybe shouldn't),
stop it, but we do need some way to buy time and develop a strategy for the

Outsourcing is inherently an unsustainable mechanism. It only
benefits those who use it first. A good question to ask oneself
when deciding whether to do something or not is "what would
happen if everyone did it?".

Outsourcing assumes that those who produce the product cannot
afford to buy it. Or, put another way, it's goal is to pay wages
to build a product lower than it takes to make someone a consumer
of the product. If all jobs (i.e., wages) are outsourced to a
cheaper market, no one is left to buy the product. The whole thing
fails on the asymptote.

What's the alternative? Having goods produced in the market they
are intended for. Yes, that means everything would cost more. Some
things alot more. Yes, that means no KPOS 3wt (OBROFF). Yes, that
means we would all have to own less. But that wouldn't be a bad thing
for most of us...

I'm ready for flames. I understand the downsides of protectionism
and all that. All I'm saying (as I did for a different topic way
back when rw was touting a Linux stock) is we're in a Ponzi scheme.
We live at a standard that is unsustainable, as it is achieved through
unsustainable "optimizations". It _will_ fail eventually, the only
question is when. And I for one am starting to think sooner rather
than later...

Jon.