I would like to have heard a response to Lori Wallach's question about the exportation of jobs that require a lot of higher education.I've wondered about that myself.No one seemed to care when it was just so called low skilled manufacturing type jobs, but now it includes engineering, prgramming, etc.What will be the incentive for people in this country to invest the time and money to get an education in these fields if they won't then be able to earn a good living because they have to compete with people in other countries getting paid maybe a third of what they would need just to hope to pay back the cost incurred to get into those fields?If the assumption is that new super-high tech jobs requiring a lot of expensive higher education would then be created to replace those lost why wouldn't the corporations also then offshore those jobs to cheaper labor pools?How will this affect the decision of future generations here to pursue higher education?

The discussion of American Foreign Aid linked to a debate of free vs. fair trade was important. I think there was a missing element. I did not hear anyone describe to the the listeners exactly how US Foreign Ais is allocated and the ranking order of which nations receive foreign aid. I think many people would be suprised of who receives our foreign aid and what type of aid that is.

Many people may not be aware that weapons to Israel is a portion of their foreign aid and only a very small percentage of foreign aid goes to humanitarian assistance (with one of your speakers mentioning humanitarian assistance a few times throughout the program, many would believe this is is the bulk of our foreign aid, not so). The speakers did discuss the political aspect of disbursing foreign aid, but they did not provide details.

Bread for the World, Catholic Relief Services, and a colition of other organizations interested in hunger issues have been lobbying for the Millennium Challenge Account. The rationale for this is because the Millennium Challenge Account seeks to provide mainly sustainalble development assistance in the areas of education, nutrition, etc. in some of the poorer countries, including African countries, that do not currently receive a large amount of foreign aid.

A brief comparison of foreign aid aid without the Millennium Challenge Account and with the Millennium Challenge Account, especially revealing who receives it and what it is used for would have provided some of the details that many people don't normally see.

I didnt hear any discussion of lot of foreign aid going to buying arms.

Second, lot of foreign aid going to one of the richest countries, Israel.

While the guests disagreed on the effects of NAFTA, they seemed to agree that the quality of our education systems will allow us to abandon the manufacturing economy. I found it ironic that next week's show is on the poor quality of our schools and the failure of the "No Child Left Behind Act." Maybe this show should be titled "Useless Talking."

The United States must start shape the global community into one that can deal without the United States uncontested strength. The world power is starting to shift away from a single powerful nation, into one with many counterbalancing nations all with power and influence. Signs of this change can be outlined in the book, ‘The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order,” written by Samuel P. Huntington. With China growing stronger and re-emerging itself as a major power, with the Middle East showing signs of minor reforms, and India starting to change into a productive country, the world will have to deal differently then what it has during the U.S.’s reign. In order for this transition to change peacefully it will require the United States to shape the global community into a more friendly one.

 

We all are suffering here and you all really enjoyed debating on stupid topics?

 

1. Government  Tax (Worldwide) including Singapore
2. Customs Tax (Worldwide) including Singapore
3. Business Tax (Worldwide)
4. Energy Tax (Worldwide)
5. Transportation Tax (Worldwide)
6. Self Generate Tax (This one really too much by now)

1. Arrogant answer from Singaporean Company/Ministry of Manpower
2. Stupid reasons from Singaporean Directors?Government Officers
3. Lazy colleagues in workplaces
4. Don"t Know much accountant everywhere
5. Unanswered email from everybody that really important in my business
6. Uncooperative partner/Investor worldwide