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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:27 AM Original message |
India demands visas for professionals, presses for WTO talks |
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msongs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
1. India is a "rich" country - rich enough for massive military and nucelar weapons nt |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
2. More buffoonery from India |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
3. uhhh, note to India, USA is a sovereign country |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #3 |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
4. Hmm. He just talks about Indians getting visas. Why not everyone else? There are citizens of many |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Likely because Indians send money home... |
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hayu_lol (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. This is akin to the proverbial lead balloon... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 11:56 AM Response to Original message |
7. I agree with him. I think workers should move freely among any country we have "free trade" with |
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blue97keet (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:40 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "free trade" in anything never was an economic necessity |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:50 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Please see my signature. Our President and ALL of his advisors all advocate for "free trade" |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:42 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Boy you really don't have a concept. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:52 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. "Reductio ad absurdum". nt |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Post pulled. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. You don't understand my post above, so you resort to namecalling? Is that appropriate |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:33 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. I know exactly what you were saying - you said my argument led to a straw hat. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. LOL. No, that's not what I was saying at all. I too oppose free trade. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:49 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Okay, then I'm sorry. I didn't understand your use of the phrase. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. Sua non-cogitas tuam argumentum absurdus est. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Hi. I OPPOSE free trade. Vehemently. |
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pampango (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:59 PM Response to Reply #13 |
17. I bet European countries have free trade with more countries than the US does. There are 27 |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. They have laws where corporations can't fire workers and then hire them in another country. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. You don't get it. If those laws make products too expensive, just buy the Chinese or Indian product |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #19 |
31. I agree, service goods should be covered. But the phsical goods argument already |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:11 PM Response to Reply #19 |
38. Btw, what product did the chineses have that was competitive(not stolen(cheap rip off copy) of |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:20 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. worker mobility is great if you're nothing but a soul-less economic unit |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:27 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. It's the logical corollary to the free movement of goods. |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. no it's not - goods are inanimate objects |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:11 PM Response to Reply #32 |
41. So are services. In either case, it's the workers who make produce goods who have souls. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. I'm pretty sure that person was calling the corporations souless, and not the workers. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:06 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. By the way, you may be against free trade, but it really sounds like you've drank their koolaide. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 04:12 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. Umm, I explained this to you over a half an hour before this post! NT |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Bumper crop of mangos |
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blue97keet (390 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. Did'nt Indian farmers take down the Doha round? |
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mule_train (611 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:41 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. yes they did - indian farmers actually have more pull than US citizens on our own laws |
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47of74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. I have only one thing to say to Mr. Sharma |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. I'd wondered if the second word might be |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
34. It's easier to say - "two words, not happy birthday" |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
20. When things get tight for talent, we will |
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PaulRevere08 (41 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
24. Perhaps someone should remind Mr.Sharma of India's own protectionism. |
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superconnected (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #24 |
35. Excellent post! |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:13 PM Response to Original message |
39. We are not a rich country and we don't owe them any more jobs. |
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Moral Compass (33 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-22-09 02:24 PM Response to Original message |
40. Why Should Indian Professionals Get Preferential Treatment for Visas |
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