“best done person to person, in true anarchist fashion” ~ well said!

I also agree that many companies employ workers from other countries, and the primary motivation seems to be decreased expenses. As long as this “importing” includes giving prospective employees offers that they voluntarily accept, I support this practice. However, any candidate would be wise to consider a prospective employer’s practices toward current and former employees prior to accepting an offer.

Have you written more about your views on employment? I encourage you to link it here if so.

Thanks again for your comments – good to “meet” you!

On the matter of schools failing to adequately educate technically, while this may be true, it overlooks the fact that there are multitudes of well qualified, experienced and capable engineers and technical experts who have been shit-canned by companies like the one (I imagine) for which you work. These companies now import multitudes of tecnicians and engineers from abroad because it enables them to produce more cheaply (in the short run). I have a lot more to say about that – but my point is not to blame you or criticize you for it.

Thanks for what you are doing!

I believe I am not alone in wanting to live in a community that would voluntarily support the disabled or ill people among us. I believe that when we are free to pursue our own interests, those interests will include helping each other even in the absence of contracts.

Among other things, this law leads high school graduates to choose non-scientific majors in college, which in turn causes a dearth of talented college graduates ready to work in technology. Critical and creative thinking are not measured on the standardized tests required for federal funding, yet these skills are vitally important to the profitability of technology companies.

What is needed is a good, aggressive lawyer.

In California, such actions have had the effect of basically halting this practice.

Since the time I wrote this post, I’ve learned that free trade can mean much more than contracts and other commercial transactions. Free trade can include all of the examples I described above and more. Some of my friends allege that voluntary forms of socialism can even be considered free trade. I’m still not an expert in all these terms. However, it’s easy and fun to imagine all the different ways people can interact with each other voluntarily.

The longer I think about the different forms of voluntary interaction in free society, the more I realize they’re already happening. I believe that the more we support all forms of voluntary interaction, the more power will shift to the many people who engage in peaceful interactions and away from the few who interact through coercion.

Thanks for your question!