Re: [ee_shoppahs] Andy Grove on outsourcing jobs
- From: don phillips <hdphillips@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ee_shoppahs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 17:27:55 -0500
Here is a followup on the semiconductor economy. It references Andy Grove's
comments.
http://danielnenni.com/2010/07/04/the-new-semiconductor-economy/
<http://danielnenni.com/2010/07/04/the-new-semiconductor-economy/>Don
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:55 PM, <jheaven@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Interesting article although I wonder if the reason for it is that
> Andy realizes the same forces that have been eating everybody elses
> lunch are going after his too. Has Intel not benefited from offshored
> labor? The data under paragraph "The 10X Factor" is disappointing
> for the most of the US but probably not possible without a lot of US
> corporate help. Andys remark that US manufacturing is undervalued is
> obvious; the real question is why that is happening. The answer is
> probably in our economic policy; there is no incentive to manufacture
> in the US now except patriotism. Some theorize this will all end in a
> US dollar devaluation. While this may be beyond the scope of this BB,
> most contractors have prided themselves in understanding their market
> better than most everyone else and profited from it. Things are different
> now and it is dangerous to think that things will come back because they
> always did before(although I am hoping they will). So let the ideas flow.
>
> John Heaven
>
> for those with time: "Bad Samaritans" (H J Chang)
>
>
> ---- J Fields <j.email.fields@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/10_28/b4186048358596_page_4.htm
> >
> > "The first task is to rebuild our industrial commons. We should
> > develop a system of financial incentives: Levy an extra tax on the
> > product of offshored labor. (If the result is a trade war, treat it
> > like other wars—fight to win.) Keep that money separate. Deposit it in
> > the coffers of what we might call the Scaling Bank of the U.S. and
> > make these sums available to companies that will scale their American
> > operations. "
> >
> > Kind of a long winded article, but says we need companies in
> > USA. We tax US labor with income tax, property tax, etc.
> > Goods manufactured outside USA, get not US income tax, property tax
> > on the manufacturing plant, etc.
> >
>
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