There are a lot of fallacies with this article presented here.
In almost every major pro-outsourcing argument, history is mentioned that back in the turn of the century farmers moved to the factories. And in mid 30's and 40's, migration from the factories to the cities started. So essentially a lot of the workers were trained in newer "better" jobs.
True...
Except everyone fails to mention this important fact: it all happened internally within one economy so overall affect was positive for the U.S. worker/economy/country. Workers moved from farms to factories then offices (spanning generations), to higher salaries, better standard of life and etc.
So what is just the U.S. IT worker will do? Train for a better a job? Such as law, or medicine? If one wanted to become a lawyer, s/he would have never majored in computer science. And worse, loss of IT job in the U.S. means lost income and tax revenue.
Ultimately, the Indian IT worker's salary will also go high, but then there will be Malaysia, Indonesia, and etc. Don't forget China.
Just what are Americans are supposed to do?
Here's a question: with the low-end (farm and service industry) jobs to be filled by Mexican workers, mid-level (such as customer service - AOL anyone?) jobs to be outsourced to India and others, manufacturing jobs gone forever (challenging to find any product made in U.S.A anymore), high-tech jobs and products outsourced to India and made in Taiwan, steel industry succumbs to cheaper import, I ask again just what are Americans are supposed to do? How many lawyers, dentists, and doctors do we need? Or are we supposed to become car salesmen at local dealerships?
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There are a lot of fallacies with this article presented here.
In almost every major pro-outsourcing argument, history is mentioned that back in the turn of the century farmers moved to the factories. And in mid 30's and 40's, migration from the factories to the cities started. So essentially a lot of the workers were trained in newer "better" jobs.
True...
Except everyone fails to mention this important fact: it all happened internally within one economy so overall affect was positive for the U.S. worker/economy/country. Workers moved from farms to factories then offices (spanning generations), to higher salaries, better standard of life and etc.
So what is just the U.S. IT worker will do? Train for a better a job? Such as law, or medicine? If one wanted to become a lawyer, s/he would have never majored in computer science. And worse, loss of IT job in the U.S. means lost income and tax revenue.
Ultimately, the Indian IT worker's salary will also go high, but then there will be Malaysia, Indonesia, and etc. Don't forget China.
Just what are Americans are supposed to do?
Here's a question: with the low-end (farm and service industry) jobs to be filled by Mexican workers, mid-level (such as customer service - AOL anyone?) jobs to be outsourced to India and others, manufacturing jobs gone forever (challenging to find any product made in U.S.A anymore), high-tech jobs and products outsourced to India and made in Taiwan, steel industry succumbs to cheaper import, I ask again just what are Americans are supposed to do? How many lawyers, dentists, and doctors do we need? Or are we supposed to become car salesmen at local dealerships?