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Old 11-18-2010, 11:32 AM   #6260
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Not to mention the definitional problem of precisely identifying what is a job that "moved" out of the country (I assume that this is what is meant by "overseas" and not that Mexico is ok). Some are obvious, but many are not.
Yes, out of the country. Mexico and Canada count.

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If I fire 300 people in a U.S. call center and open an Indian one with 100 people, how many jobs moved?
100

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My friend recently moved permanently from Seattle to France while keeping the same job, did that move overseas?
No. An American still holds the job.

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The CEO ultimately responsible for Budweiser is a Brazilian who lives in Belgium. How are we going to punish him when he moves a bottling plant from Arizona into Mexico since he likely doesn't pay U.S. income taxes? Etc.
Foriegn owned companies should no longer be considered "American", and have heavy tarrifs imposed. If you want to operate a company in America, it needs to be owned and operated by Americans. A bit jingoistic, I know, but it's time we start thinking of your own people first.
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