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The Crux of the Matter?
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Wed, 30 Jul 2003 19:59:17 GMT
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Double standard on globalization

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/211/oped/Double_standard_on_globalizationP.shtml

American industry wants to be free to shift labor around the globe. And it fiercely lobbies against any restrictions, such as transnational labor standards. But when it comes to property, business lobbies just as hard for ground rules that make it impossible for consumers to benefit from product imports that allegedly breach property rules.

Could we place a tax on labor performed abroad? Again, job creation is one of the reasons we allow the legal fiction of the corporation as a person.

-- Hop-Frog



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  Re: The Crux of the Matter?
 
(...) Why not tax corporations so that the payroll cost-per-employee is the same whether they employ US or foreign citizens? That is, if the standard US wage is $10.00/hr, and the standard foreign wage is $.50/hr, let's tax the corporation the (...) (21 years ago, 30-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
  Re: The Crux of the Matter?
 
(...) I’ve decided that John’s (URL) that “Drunk Drivers” should be executed has some merit after all. ;) Scott A (21 years ago, 31-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)

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