Opinion of the Issue, part 25

[Associate Justice PiT]

1	Women in the Military	83.3; 5.6; 11.1; 0.0; 0.0
9	Legalize Prostitution	73.1; 11.5; 0.0; 3.8; 11.5
19	Legalize Marijuana	74.0; 10.0; 0.0; 6.0; 10.0
6	Allow Gay Marriage	75.9; 6.9; 0.0; 0.0; 17.2
17	Government-sponsored Health Care	62.5; 15.0; 0.0; 7.5; 15.0
22	Nuclear Power	58.6; 13.8; 6.9; 6.9; 13.8
18	Eliminate the Deficit	40.0; 32.0; 12.0; 4.0; 12.0
4	Free Trade Expansion	41.7; 25.0; 2.8; 11.1; 19.4
10	Legalize Selling Human Body Parts	44.0; 16.0; 0.0; 8.0; 32.0
5	Legalize Hard Drugs	31.3; 28.1; 6.3; 9.4; 25.0
23	Protect Strikers' Jobs	50.0; 7.7; 0.0; 19.2; 23.1
15	Campaign Finance Reform	40.6; 15.6; 3.1; 6.3; 34.4
16	Funding of Religious Charities	19.4; 35.5; 3.2; 16.1; 25.8
21	Offshore Drilling	30.3; 24.2; 15.2; 12.1 18.2
8	Punish Illegal Immigrants	26.9; 11.5; 0.0; 7.7; 53.8
14	Privatize Social Security	31.3; 3.1; 9.4; 12.5; 43.8
13	Reduce Federal-Owned Lands	24.0; 8.0; 24.0; 12.0; 32.0
12	Stricter Gun Control	22.6; 3.2; 9.7; 16.1; 48.4
7	Eliminate the Income Tax	16.1; 9.7; 0.0; 6.5; 67.7
11	Restrict Abortion	22.9; 0.0; 5.7; 20.0; 51.4
20	Censor Indecent Broadcasts	3.7; 14.8; 0.0; 18.5; 63.0
24	Support NCLB	8.0; 8.0; 4.0; 32.0; 48.0
3	Return to the Gold Standard	9.1; 4.5; 4.5; 9.1; 72.7
2	Support the Patriot Act	4.0; 4.0; 4.0; 12.0; 76.0

[MaxQue]

Yes, but government should not be allowed to do outsourcing. My famly can live because of that. Because of that, some customers change of company, but they have the same technician. My familial company outsource the call center and other companies outsource technical services. We are competitors, but we have the same technicians and the same call center. That is very complicated.

[CARLHAYDEN]

Why does outsourcing occur?

Clearly, a loss of immediate control occurs when work is outsourced.

However, many employers over the past twenty years agreed to "consent decrees" in which they agreed to hire and promote according to quotas rather than merit.

As they found this resulted in massive ineffeciency, they got around the consent decrees by outsourcing employment.

[Marokai Backbeat]

Thats a little bit of a loaded question. Of course they should be allowed to, saying they can't is extremely authoritarian. The question should be whether the government should encourage the outsourcing and the answer to that is no.

[dead0man]

Of course they should be allowed and of course the govt should not encourage it (or discourage it for that matter).

[Lunar]

Of course.  I'd be in favor of the government subsidizing certain industries that have external benefits if they are located inside the US.  Silicon Valley would be a more complicated example, but a more clear example is that the US gets extra benefits if industries critical to a war effort are not import-dependent (arms is obvious, steel?).   I'll leave that up to the economists.

And of course, taking efforts to make sure our workers are competitive and more productive wouldn't be a bad thing to do (retraining programs, education) so that workers in outsourced industries can find work in industries other countries are outsourcing to the US (airplane construction, chemicals, etc).

But yes, private enterprises should be able to build the parts or the product elsewhere and import it as long as the other country is affording us the same rights and like basic stuff like that.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

No, of course not.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Yes. If we insist on having one if the highest corporate tax rates in the world and allow the unions to run the show, let them do it. They have to make a profit some how.

[k-onmmunist]

No.

[Nixon in '80]

Of course, and it should be neither encouraged nor discouraged, just as dead0man said.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

Thats a little bit of a loaded question. Of course they should be allowed to, saying they can't is extremely authoritarian. The question should be whether the government should encourage the outsourcing and the answer to that is no.

Exactly why I voted "Lean Yes".

[Fine...I Made This More Civil]

I am a very adamant supporter of keeping jobs here in America. As it is however, I would never allow the government to take complete control of something. That expands the government far beyond its natural limits. Since this question is worded so it causes two of my pet projects to clash, I cannot answer this question.

[Associate Justice PiT]

     Yes, they should.

[7,052,770]

They ought not, but they shouldn't be legally barred from it.

[paul718]

I was going to vote "Yes", but what if the work is being outsourced to a place/situation with ridiculous conditions (say, sweatshop conditions)? 

[Person Man]

Nuetral. What are we going to do about it. Then again, we shouldn't create incentives.

[MasterJedi]

Lean Yes

[Lunar]

I was going to vote "Yes", but what if the work is being outsourced to a place/situation with ridiculous conditions (say, sweatshop conditions)? 

Well, couldn't we create international law?  The free market will force businesses to relocate to the places of their competitors if their competitors are making money.  And regardless of what U.S. law says.

[dead0man]

Maybe if the federal govt made it illegal to trade with nations that don't pass some basic "freedom" tests?

[paul718]

I was going to vote "Yes", but what if the work is being outsourced to a place/situation with ridiculous conditions (say, sweatshop conditions)? 

Well, couldn't we create international law?  The free market will force businesses to relocate to the places of their competitors if their competitors are making money.  And regardless of what U.S. law says.

Maybe if the federal govt made it illegal to trade with nations that don't pass some basic "freedom" tests?

That would be the most logical solution.  Though there would be a perpetual debate as to what those basic freedoms should be.  Regardless, in such a situation companies wouldn't necessarily be allowed to outsource jobs "as they wish".  Which is why I was hesitant to vote "yes".