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laura888 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-26-05 09:33 PM
Response to Reply #27
101. no - not inevitable!
Outsourcing is the free enterprise system allowed to run amuk, without any restrictions.

The drawbacks of restricting outsourcing that you mention: diminishing competition, etc., are the same arguments made by companies who fought government regulation in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

Most companies fought the laws that established:

- the 8-hour workday
- the 40-hour week
- minimum wage

Without these laws, the lives of many americans would be miserable. By sending jobs to countries without these laws, we are saying that these restrictions are bothersome.
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