Enfield Can’t Outsource Its Conscience

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  Community Conversation forum May 7 2025 Sometimes you have to explain yourself. At the Community Conversations last night, I was slightly angry when speaking about the waste outsourcing issue—especially when I demanded the release of the “damn” consulting report. That was rude of me, and I felt bad afterward. Still, my anger over outsourcing comes from years of experience. I don’t fault the Council Republicans or Mayor Ken Nelson, who received my quiet anger, for investigating outsourcing. It’s the government's job to explore options. Many towns outsource; many reject it. But if this town thinks residents will approve it in a referendum, they’re not reading the room. Anyone who’s worked for a sizable company likely knows someone affected by outsourcing. Few speak well of it. As a former tech reporter at Computerworld, I covered IT management, which often meant reporting on outsourcing. Companies rarely wanted to talk. My job was to find the IT workers losing their jobs and repor...
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The Way We Counter China, Ten Approaches



Art generated by Ideogram in response to author's prompt


(Not about Enfield) The way we counter China:

1. Destroy our R&D basic research capability. Check.

2. Scare off foreign students. Check.

3. Discourage investment by putting economy at risk of recession. Check.

4. Let China and EU lead in EV and alternative energy development. Check.

5. Prompt our allies to rebuild supply chains away from America. Check.

6. Undermine the global standing of our leading research universities. Check.

7. Implement mass deportations without a plan to counter our low population replacement rate. Check.

8. Impose an incoherent tariff policy. Check.

9. Prompt China and the EU to spend more on R&D and education in response to trade restrictions. Check.

10. Get into a trade war with China without alternative sources, or a stockpile, of rare earth minerals. Check. 
Location: Enfield, CT 06082, USA

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