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Globalization Decimating US I.T. Jobs
mrraven writes, "According to Ronald Reagan's former deputy secretary of the treasury in this
article in Counterpunch, globalization is destroying US I.T. jobs. From the article: 'During the past five years (January 01 – January 06), the information sector of the US economy lost 644,000 jobs, or 17.4 per cent of its work force. Computer systems design and related work lost 105,000 jobs, or 8.5 per cent of its work force. Clearly, jobs offshoring is not creating jobs in computers and information technology.'" Paul Craig Roberts quotes a number of formerly pro-globalization economists who are now seeing the light of the harrowing of the US middle class. It's not limited to I.T. Roberts quotes one recanting economist, Alan Blinder, as saying that 42–56 million American service-sector jobs are susceptible to offshoring.
The FN neo-con penny sniffing, greedy, profiteering republicans are the ones decimating this country.
They should all be arrested and tried for treason.
They've sold out our country. They are criminals.
They've damaged this country beyond repair.
Hell, Of course most folks NOT working in IT have been saying this. But those working, and everyone else, weren't listening.
Welcome to the global revolution, dumbasses!
Well.. isn't this a nice post...
I'll ignore all the disgusting insinuations about : my age, my education, my intelligence, etc.. etc.. and get to the points you seem to miss:
The number one fallacy they outline in INTRO level econ courses is that "greatest efficiency" or "greatest competition" is not necessarily the goal of economics.
It is to be used as a tool for analysis and formulation of policies.
To make my point crystal clear.. the most efficient cost of production is zero.. in other words slavery.. you can't get much cheaper labor than that.. maybe we should simply skip all these pussyfooting baby steps and just reinstitute serfdom as it was in the middle ages.
btw.. you're speaking to someone with a degree in economics.. and given the abusive tone in your post I think anyone would agree with me when I tell you to STFU and GTFO
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I bet you voted for Nader, didn't you? And you probably thought you were doing everyone a favor, too, didn't you? You asshole.
And now, a PSA from David Lynch.
You're a stupid piece of shit. Worse, you've been duped by all the corporations who have interests in promoting an anti-"MSM" image—but I suppose it's no surprise a sheep like you would fall for it. Ba-a-a-a!
And now, a PSA from David Lynch.
Just another example of how USA has become a 1st world economy and a 3rd world society.
If you mod me down, I *will* introduce you to my sister!
But it is globalization. A group I'll leave unnamed wants us to fall in love with the U.N. and spread love around the world. According to them we're supposed to donate till every last soul on this planet is living in the standards the U.S. has now. That's the problem right there, we're providing for everybody else and loosing site of how we're going to end up providing for ourself. First of all, not everybody wants to live in an age of technology, there are a great number of people in the world that prefer their lifestyle they're already living. Second, it seems to me that we spend too much time paying attention to the problems abroad and forget about our own internal problems. Globalization is killing not only the IT jobs, but our U.S. economy and way of living. When it comes to health, jobs, and education we need to concentrate more on what's going on inside our borders than what's going on outside.
Does the "Arab street" really believe the average American is dumb enough to believe that line of shit? When you vote for suicide bombers, I'll vote for those who support nuking your country.
A country is an artificial abstraction. You should be happy for your peers in India building a parallel high technology business that will help the whole human race move forward more quickly by providing global IT at reduced rates while supporting investments into the Indian school system.
Why should I be happy for them? My government and their corporate masters have decided that I don't get to reap the same benefits.