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“I am asking that this message get posted anonymously in as
many forums as possible. I have read this morning that Donald Trump plans to impose
a 35 percent tax on companies that cut American jobs and then relocate these
jobs in other countries. Trump has been critical of IBM for laying off
500 workers in Minneapolis and moving their jobs to India and other countries. Trump
may not be aware that IBM has been doing this for over a decade. I know many
people who were laid off with a severance package that required them to first
train replacements from India how to do their job. I have read that this
approach was used in hundreds of cases in many US locations. Many people have
stated this in the IBM Yahoo groups for many years. What about all of these
past firings? Will there be some tax levied against IBM or some payment to the
fired employees for this practice used over the last decade? I hope so…”
