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Re: How much remote work the US is employing from abroad?

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Post by defrost » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 11:37 AM UTC

2143 wrote: post #10

tacostakohashi wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are the people working for US companies in London not "offshored"?

It's sort of like, when a British person lives in America they're an "expatriate", but if an Indian lives in America they're an "immigrant". Just the way the world spins. (Off-topic non-relevant story follows) I once flew Air India from New Delhi to Chicago. 15 hour non-stop run. At O'Hare, as we were exiting the airplane the airport (airline?) staff waiting to pick up the wheelchair passengers were saying random wor…

Ask any random German, 75+ years on they're still getting Don't mention the war! and other clever out takes from Fawlty Towers thrown about.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Germans

If not that then it's Tucker Carlson fanboi's sidling up and wanting to be besties.

Re: How much remote work the US is employing from abroad?

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 1:32 PM UTC

defrost wrote: post #11

2143 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's sort of like, when a British person lives in America they're an "expatriate", but if an Indian lives in America they're an "immigrant". Just the way the world spins. (Off-topic non-relevant story follows) I once flew Air India from New Delhi to Chicago. 15 hour non-stop run. At O'Hare, as we were exiting the airplane the airport (airline?) staff waiting to pick up the wheelchair passengers were saying random wor…

Ask any random German, 75+ years on they're still getting Don't mention the war! and other clever out takes from Fawlty Towers thrown about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Germans If not that then it's Tucker Carlson fanboi's sidling up and wanting to be besties.

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Re: How much remote work the US is employing from abroad?

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Post by 2143 » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 1:32 PM UTC

defrost wrote: post #11

2143 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's sort of like, when a British person lives in America they're an "expatriate", but if an Indian lives in America they're an "immigrant". Just the way the world spins. (Off-topic non-relevant story follows) I once flew Air India from New Delhi to Chicago. 15 hour non-stop run. At O'Hare, as we were exiting the airplane the airport (airline?) staff waiting to pick up the wheelchair passengers were saying random wor…

Ask any random German, 75+ years on they're still getting Don't mention the war! and other clever out takes from Fawlty Towers thrown about. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Germans If not that then it's Tucker Carlson fanboi's sidling up and wanting to be besties.

> Don't mention the war!

Oh okay!

(Unaware of Tucker Carlson).

Re: How much remote work the US is employing from abroad?

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Post by GoldenMonkey » Tue, Feb 13, 2024, 9:32 PM UTC

aborsy wrote: post #9

I wonder why US voters don’t outlaw outsourcing. There is a lot of it.

This would be very easy with a simple tax change. Outsourced salaries are no longer deductible as a business expense. Right now, taxpayers subsidize outsourcing.