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Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two by slantyyz on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:48AM (#19086352)
3) it will increase the incentive to send work offshore to poorer countries
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Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two by phkahler on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:51AM (#19086382)
Import tariffs - standard solution to that. The folks yelling "free trade" don't acknowledge that we don't actually have free trade in the first place. All these things need to be kept in balance. It's hard, but that's what governing is supposed to be about.

edit. Actually no. Most of the jobs we're talking about are local. Importing stuff from cheaper places is similar to automation.

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Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two by ZeroFries on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @12:12PM (#19087263)
Free trade would lift hundreds of millions out of poverty.

https://www.copenhagenconsensus.com/sites/default/files/post...

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Re:Tech Is Splitting the U.S. Work Force in Two by slantyyz on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @10:54AM (#19086431)
Those work for goods, but what about services like outsourcing IT and call centers to India?
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