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34% of factories to move activity abroad
Navit Zommer
Published: 14.12.11, 15:19
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1. Suggest not buying any product not made
Barbara ,   Haifa Israel   (12.14.11)
in Israel. I, for instance, stopped buying Soltam pots and pans when they moved to Turkey.
2. creative ways must be implemente to stop this. this is how a
ralph   (12.14.11)
america was carved out from the inside. tell israeli companies they must manufacture a certain percentage of their sales in israel or no go. same for other importers. cannot have unemployed people here, work done elsewhere and we pay for it here. no way. won't work. this is how how china hollowed out the usa and in the process beat them
3. Good idea, it's becoming unbearably expensive in Israel
Cynic #2   (12.14.11)
4. Can you make it a win win?
David ,   Boston, USA   (12.14.11)
require a certain percent of manufacturing to take place in Israel and allow a percent from elsewhere? Can employing men and women in other countries help bond them with Israel through great products and companies? can it be used as a way to stay competitive and grow both in Israel and around the world? will it help keep jobs in Israel and actually grow them? These and other questions should be asked. Dont be problem oriented. Be solution oriented. I am an engineer and try to live that way. Make it a win for Israel!
5. The government is not friendly to industry
jason white ,   afula, israel   (12.14.11)
We need to remove a lot of the regulations that affect industry, except health and environmental as well as workers rights. Any company that moves its production out of Israel should lose any benefits they received now and pay back what they received in the past with interest. We need to cut taxes on fuel and raw products as well as municipal taxes. The local taxes only go to pay for municipal workers that should never have been hired.Let local authorities publish tenders for various services and pick the lowest bidder or better yet the bidder with a bid that is closest to the average of all bids. All companies that remove their production facilities from Israel should be banned from selling their products here and should lose their Israeli business license.
6. Not to worry
Nina ,   NYC   (12.15.11)
You can always ask AIPAC to pressure companies in US to move American jobs to Israel.
7. Will be called "Country of unemployed"!
Daniel ,   Israel   (12.15.11)
8. HaShem Himself
2Mad ,   צרפת   (12.15.11)
... would have a hard time to print enough money to satisfy the greed of creeps in this government.
9. #5 not friendly?
(12.15.11)
You will find there is a perfect correlations between the taxes the government raised thanks to Daphni Leef and the companies that are moving out.
10. to #5 Perhaps we should call daffy an
jason white ,   afula, israel   (12.15.11)
economic terrorist?
11. Higher Education
Tim ,   Brighton   (12.15.11)
There is growing interest in the idea of expanding the provision of higher education in the context of an English Speaking university to Israeli and especially foreign students from English speaking and developing countries Every indicator shows there arent enough high class university places globally to satisfy this insatiable demand There would be no shortage of top academics interested in teaching particularly from the UK uncomfortable with union and student attacks on Israel and certainly no shortage of paying students from the english speaking world developing countries and indeed friendly Arab States in the region. Think of what added value this could provide to the economy as well as the opportunities to bridge gaps improve dialogue and promote understanding between nations (unlike the stifling threatening atmosphere that pervade many UK universities) All we need is to offer 50-100 or so Jewish as well as Non Jewish Philanthropists the opportunity to dedicate $10m towards a School or Chair in the university to get the project on the road Thats what I call a knowledge based economy
12. BDS
BILL ,   canada   (12.15.11)
is working to stop the apatheid state
13. Jewish Agency & NefeshbeNefesh will help
Susya Bar Dror ,   IL   (12.15.11)
all Israelis who must emigrate for a job. If this goes on, very soon we have no jobs, no income and no food. And the IDF will hire africans and chinese soldiers.
14. Catastrophe
Zyx ,   US   (12.15.11)
This would be a big catastrophe for Israel. Just look at what happened in the US. 35% of all US manufacturing jobs were destroyed in 10 years. This is what economic decadence looks like.
15. #12. Talking in code are you Bill?
Tim ,   Brighton   (12.15.11)
Well heres the deal Even the liitle youve managed to compose reveals a true buffoon who has NO IDEA of what he is talking about - and about what Apartheid is Israel is a free democratic and multicultural state with Jews Muslims Christians Bahai Hindus Sikhs..living with free and with equal rights under the law. Apartheid refers to the one race subjugating the other
16. its been going on all over the world for decades
zionist forever   (12.16.11)
Israel is finally starting to experience what the US & Europe experienced decades ago. Its unfortunate its happening but we live in a free market society and so if companies want to make more profit by moving abroad thats their right and the country will have to adjust.
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