Re: REAL divestiture, or just an Enron style bookkeeping fraud?
Marta Russell wrote:
On Mar 11, 2006, at 1:24 PM, Doug Henwood wrote:
Marta Russell wrote:
CONGRESS MUST ENFORCE DIVESTITURE OF ALL FOREIGN GOVERNMENT CONTROL AND OWNERSHIP OVER OUR PORTS
Why?
Doug
The arguments have been all over the media. Do you think this stance is based on hysteria?
Small businesses and others are in need of sources of income here. Personally I think Americans should have these jobs — and Halliburton should not get the contracts. I never understood why, for instance, the US contracts federal overseas jobs that could be going to unemployed disabled people in this country.
Yes I think it’s based on hysteria. It doesn’t really matter which capitalist “owns” the ports (actually it’s a management contract - the ports are still owned separately, typically by quasi-public authorities). And most of the workers are Americans, and would stay that way whoever runs them.
Doug