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Post by jacquelope on Apr 4, 2011 7:40:30 GMT -6
How about we start outlawing offshoring of jobs when it comes to state contracts and stuff?
We can push for initiatives in places like California where we drummed out two big spending Republican candidates by (among other things) pointing out that they're big time offshorers.
It would be lickety split easy to get enough signatures in California for such an initiative, and once it goes on the ballot the Koch Brothers and their ilk cannot bribe politicians to fight the law. India, with all their diplomats and lobbying money, could not beat us here. They would have to take their case to We the People and they're going to experience the joy of, and I am not overstating this, getting their rear ends torn off and handed back to them in a Chinese takeout bag when they try to go to the airwaves against this initiative. We here in California hate offshoring with a passion.
Politicians would never be able to override an initiative. The Koch Brothers would be powerless at this point.
California can follow Ohio's lead and take things further than they did. We could fire the shot that would be heard around the WORLD and inspire other states to follow suit.
It might even be what sparks a new anti-globalism party.
How do we get this started?
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Post by graybeard on Apr 4, 2011 7:46:12 GMT -6
Great idea! Run with it.
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Post by waltc on Apr 4, 2011 12:09:01 GMT -6
You'll need several things:
A million dollars to do the signature gathering.
Good lawyers lined up to vet the initiative prior to signature gathering.
Even more money to runs ads during the election to counter swiftboat attacks by the globalists. Look you can bet your next pay check the moment the globalists see a initiative like this passing, they will go all out to defeat it.
Additional funds to fight Obama when he orders the DoJ to tie up your initiative in court like AZ's 1070.
One other thing, don't expect any sugar daddy to help you out on this or any sort of political reform.
Back in '09 there was a attempt to get a initiative on the ballot turning our full time legislature into a part time one in order to break it's back politically. Not one Republican or Democratic pol or those desiring office put up a dime to support it.
It died like a bug hit with RAID.
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Post by jacquelope on Apr 4, 2011 21:23:26 GMT -6
Fine, then for funding we talk to the union boys.
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Post by waltc on Apr 5, 2011 16:33:28 GMT -6
First off, write up the initiative that bans off-shoring to foreign states of state contracts or for any sort of out-sourcing. Also have it ban sending work to other states.
Also it needs to ban the use of H1-B and L-1 foreign workers(in-sourcing angle that contractors would use to get around the ban).
Call it something like "lets keep the work here for Americans" initiative. With something like that the state workers unions and employees would be very interested.
The only real hard part would be that it would take some good lawyers that understand state law to write it up.
And you can bet it would piss off a lot of politicians who are on the bribe list of out of state companies that have taken state work away from us.
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