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Study Claims Offshoring Doesn't Cost US Jobs

Posted by kdawson on from the uh-huh dept.

SwashbucklingCowboy writes "Infoworld has an article up about a survey by the Software & Information Industry Association claiming that offshoring doesn't cost American jobs. The article quotes the executive director of the SIIA as saying, '[Offshoring] was used almost entirely as a form of expansion, not as a replacement.' Well, if a job is created elsewhere that could have been created in the US, isn't that a job lost?"

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  1. Re:who's saying that? by Jason+Earl · · Score: 4, Funny

    Everyone knows that the only jobs that count are the jobs in the United States. The rest of the folks in the world don't need jobs, they just need government cheese.

  2. every job lost is a job gained. by bunions · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, we lose a 40 hour/week programmer position to [india|china|vietnam|swaziland], but we generate 40 hours/week worth of bugfixing and project management work, so it's really a wash.

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  3. Take a lesson from Spinal Tap by maynard · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Well, if a job is created elsewhere that could have been created in the US, isn't that a job lost?"

    No... No: This one goes up to eleven.

  4. obligatory by fullphaser · · Score: 3, Funny

    I for one welcome our new Indian Tech Support Overlords.

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