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bsharma writes "The next round of globalization is sending upscale jobs offshore. They include basic research, chip design, engineering--even financial analysis. Can America lose these jobs and still prosper? Who wins? Who loses?" News.com has a related story about outsourcing.
Outsourcing is a bad thing: Outsource Australia is a company I've worked with that dramatically increases the value and productivity of a company when they work to refine their procedures, structures.
I think the fear that our [american] economy will collapse if jobs move out of the geographic country is naive, in that it doesn't properly examine whether or not the money actually flows in different directions: if the money still comes into the US eventually, it works.
"Stumble before you crawl"
"...without shoe manufacturing."
Yeah. Try again.
"...without the biggest automobile manufacturing industry on earth"
Uh huh.
Notice the pattern?
Do you even know how many Fortune 100 companies don't even pay income taxes anymore? And how many of them get rebates anyway? Overtaxation is hardly a problem for US companies - the problem is boundless greed and a capitalistic system that owes nothing to the communities and workers that make profits for the small cadre of owners.
And fuck your flat tax - go read up on the declining marginal utility of money and think again.
As always, the answer is a union.
Did it ever occur to you that while companies might not lower their prices when they outsource, they increase their profit margins? And did it ever occur to you that increasing profit margins = good thing?
Of course, we could always take your solution to heart. After all, what harm could come of boycotting a company because they outsource labor at a cheaper cost? Why not punish companies for attempting to post a profit? After all, it's not like employees need to be competitive in THEIR skills, right? And after all, Americans DESERVE to be highly paid even though they have fewer skills than folks overseas. Sure.... makes sense to me.
A cow is their future :) Seriously, I've never understood the "spread it around" argument. All that happens when you spread wealth around is that it comes back to those who had it in the first place. People are poor because of their choices, not because of the system, countries are poor because of their leaders, not the rich countries. What get's me is that the US is actually trying to better the life of some poor people, but we get all of the flak because we're rich. As far as I'm concerned the rest of the world deserves Sadam Husein and we should shut our borders completely. I would vote to NOT bail out France, Germany and Russia this time around though.
(B) + (D) + (B) + (D) = (K) + (&)
I'm sorry, I'm a little confused here. Where does it say in the bill of rights, that you have a right to a high paying job?
Fuck off. Just fuck right off.
My cousin in the UK was actually *sent* to India by the company she works for, so they could pay her less.
... now if I could just figure out how to tie this damn towel onto my head ...
So, yes, this is a viable alternative
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Do you want to give up your job?
...us who are just trying to make a decent life for ourselves and our families...
I don't have a job.
Well, good for you. Now explain to me why I should care more about you then about someone in India. Explain to me why people should subsidize you and your family when the same money could go to 3 Indians to write 3 times as much code?
If all you care about is yourself and your family, then all I can say is fuck you, you selfish bastard.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.