If anyone thinks they understand a lot of the hits from the Obama Health Bill let me add one more. IBM announced they would no longer report on how many of its employees are US vs Outsourced. Nothing IBM does is insignificant. You can rest assured there were a number of senior management meetings to discuss the announcement and the reason they will implement the practice. Back a few years ago France decided to "nationalize Companies". IBM had a European headquarter in La Defence in Paris and was on the list.
When told IBM would be nationalized they [IBM] had a large niumber of moving trucks outside of the offices in Paris and were ready to move out of Paris/France in one day. IBM was one of the very few companies not nationalized.
You can rest assure that if this new Health Care Plan hits the bottom line Companies will take action and if it makes sense to reduce the US numbers and move them to less costly countries to improve profits they will do it. I suspect that allegedly the latest move by IBM may be a first signal of things to come. Keep an eye on this??