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Obama Says Offshoring Fears Are Unwarranted
alphadogg writes "The perception that Indian call centers and back office operations cost US jobs is an old stereotype that ignores today's reality that two-way trade between the US and India is helping create jobs and raise the standard of living in both countries, US President Barack Obama told a gathering of business executives in Mumbai on Saturday. President Obama's remarks come after some moves in the US that had Indian outsourcers worried that the US may get protectionist in the wake of job losses in the country. The state of Ohio, for example, banned earlier this year the expenditure of public funds for offshore purposes. US exports to India have quadrupled in recent years, and currently support tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US, he said in a speech that was also streamed live. In addition, there are jobs supported by exports to India of agriculture products, travel and education services. President Obama, who is in India on a three-day visit, said that more than 20 deals worth about $10 billion were announced on the first day of his visit."
I would rather import educated curry farters than uneducated wetbacks.
President Obama, who is in India on a three-day visit, said that more than 20 deals worth about $10 billion were announced on the first day of his visit.
Worth ten billion dollars to whom, Mr. President. Is that ten billion leaving the U.S., never to been seen again, or are we getting something worthwhile in return? And no, transferring wealth, knowledge, and manufacturing capability from the United States to other countries, which serves as a particularly expensive and short-sighted form of foreign aid, simply does not count. Nor does the wholesale firing and replacement of large sectors of the U.S. workforce. So ... what precisely are you doing to advance our interests, Mr. President! That's what we need to know, since it's what we pay you to do.
What? What's that you say? I may not ask those questions?
The higher the technology, the sharper that two-edged sword.
This statement is to be expected from a serial liar like Soetoro. The fact is that he went over there to try to sell our bonds, and the Indians wanted more jobs in return. The real magic is that, while Barry Hussein Soetoro Obama says one thing and does another, many people are still caught in his specially crafted, Kenya-Indonesian magic spell of hope and change. I for one hope his particular brand of change will stop fucking over the collective asses of America soon.
I never actually expected a serial liar to suddenly tell the truth, but I thought he would be smarter than this. The labor unions are his best little ass-kissing buddies and I bet they feel like they were raped after his announcement. Of course this is a good thing, I am sick of supporting those vampirers with endless bridge to nowhere infrastructure giveaways.
Outside the major cities, our freeways are running at something like 3% capacity. Better build more roads!
Oh I forgot, we still need to blame Bush for everything, and praise Soetorobama for getting "conversations" started with his massive failures, every one of which can be blamed on Bush and the deniers. Excuse me while I go sing the Obama song they taught to the elementary school kids here.
Not necessarily. Face it, Jews have been a plague in every nation they've set foot in. And they're certainly no friends to whites.
I am not even going to entertain the idea that raising taxes is a smart thing to do, only a idiot want's to give more hard earned money to a wasteful organization like our government. The govt does not create jobs, it does not create wealth it only consumes other peoples hard earned money. When I am in a financial bind I quickly work to reduce my financial burden by making cuts to non essential items, why should the govt be any different?
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It's pretty ironic that the "populist" tea party movement probably has a lot
of people who would be well served by the kind of Progressive movement that existed
100 years ago. Instead, they're voting for more Corporatism.
It's the widespread adoption of socialist... sorry, 'progressive'... policies which has got us into this mess: imposing more of them is hardly going to fix it.
ya why? why why why? can't you think of a reason? whats your point? Maybe because the company wasn't able to find a qualified american. Note my words - I said 'find'. Just because there are qualified people out there doesn't mean that a company will be find them.
Sorry, your wrong. The US education system is crap and cannot produce intelligent talented workers. Face it.
Unfortunately that is a study in delusional optimism.
The actual most likely scenario of mass deployment of AI robotics goes like this:
The only way such a scenario can be avoided is if the deployment of robotics is somehow kept in check by concerns other then simple mindless greed, odds of which are next to nil.
What's supposed to be illegal is offering H1-B workers less money than they would offer American workers. Offering H1-B workers more money than locals isn't supposed to be illegal; it's just completely illogical. Economics is supposed to take care of that.
Anyway to get Obama detained at the border?
I'm thinking, domestic terrorist, traitor, illegal immigrant, muslim sympathizer, or something like that?
Too bad the Presidency can't be outsourced.
He'd be singing a different tune to that little Indian dance he did. ..
I guess the shellacking at the polls last week wasn't clear enough for him.
What's it gonna take?