Moral Question: The White-Collar Blues

Globalization may be a fact of life. But that does not mean that its destructive impact on American families can't be mitigated. The best thing workers can do, including white-collar and professional workers, is to organize. At the same time, the exportation of jobs and the effect that is having on the standard of living here should be relentlessly monitored by the government, the civic sector and the media. The public has a right to know what's really going on.

Trade agreements and tax policies should be examined and updated to encourage the creation of employment that enhances the quality of life here at home. Corporate leaders may not feel an obligation to contribute to the long-term well-being of local communities or the nation as a whole, but that shouldn't be the case with the rest of us.

If dropping American standard of living by 10%, 280
million people.

Increases the standard of living of India and China by
40%, 2 billion people.

Isn't the moral thing to do would be to allow other poorer
countries and their people to share the wealth.

Isn't is very conservative and anti-progressive
politics to say that we should change trade rules to
increase our personal wealth at the expense of people
in the third world who are finally pulling themselves
up.
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