Re:This is basic economics people! (Score 1)

The debates capitalism vs socialism, regulation vs deregulation, free trade vs protectionism, etc are just smokescreens. Everything exists within a context. The real debate should be the nature of this context that best upholds our sacred values. Corporations want to be US corporations because of the respect for property rights, political stability, due process, etc of the US. These aspects of our society exist because of a stable middle class, the same middle class these corporations are selling out. Thus this situation is not sustainable and should not be allowed. The economy should not be a tool for the enrichment of the elite or a pawn of foreign policy. Why are there no unsubsidized, private sector jobs in India that produce goods for Indians? Because there are too many parasites (aka government officials) sucking the blood out of anything truly productive. Let them straighten out their own problems rather than off loading them on us. Let's have free trade with no deficit as Warren Buffet recently proposed. See his Import Certificates proposal: http://www.usafairtrade.com/icplan.htm