"Mike" wrote in message m...
"Byron L. Reed" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 19:56:05 GMT, wrote:

An outsourced
operation, in a place like India, China, The Philippines, etc.; where
some
greedy American corporation is saving a few pieces of Silver and
displacing
American workers in the process.


That "greedy American corporation" is probably included in the 401(k)
retirement plans of most everybody who reads this. Average American
workers gain from this.

The savings the corporation makes gives them pricing power, causing the
average American worker to spend less money to acquire their goods and
services.

The establishment of business infrastructure in third world companies
require the purchase of capital goods from the United States. This is
good
for average American workers who produce it.

The removal of expensively educated American workers from mundane
operations allows productivity to increase and engenders new business
enterprise in the United States. This is good for average American workers
(who aren't content with being lazy and insisting they keep the same job
for life).

For every non-competitive American job that is moved overseas, many more
poor local people are to work. Thus, many more people are allowed to
improve their lives. This injection of income encourages adoption of a
modern economy, government, and social stability which will reduce the
excuses for terrorism. This is good for average American workers - and
everybody else in the world.

The only people who really lose in the outsourcing equation are members of
outdated and inefficient un-American union labor.


BLReed
I worked for Compaq for seven years. Without warning I was told to go into
the cafeteria for an important anouncement. We were told to go straight to
por lockers, get our stuff and go home. we were not allowed to get our stuff
from our desks. We had to call to make an appointment to retrieve our
belongings. one thousand two hundred jobs went to India. Our average pay was
$14.00 per hour. The people in India who whose education was paid for by
Compaq earn an average of $2.15 per hour.
HP (who owns Compaq) Had profits of eighty-seven Billion dollars last year.
I am still out of a job, and will be applying for welfare when my
Unemployment insurance runs out at the end of April. Most of the people who
were laid off have not found work yet. Can you explain to me once again how
this is good for this country? How did I, personally gain from this?

What is a non-competitive job?
Are you talking about a unskilled job?
Put an ad in the paper saying you are looking for somebody to clean shit for
minimum wage, you will have dozens, if not hundreds of people applying.
EVERY job is competitive.

Mike


There is not any part of any of this conversation that resembles any
truth at all. This whole outsourcing of jobs is a myth created as a
desparate attack against a very popular US President. The economy is
doing very well, unemployment is low, interest rates are low, and the
only jobs being sourced out is engineering in some specialized
sectors. There was more export of jobs when Clinton was President. You
know what Mike, go back to school, learn another trade, get in another
business if you have to. I worked in the computer industry for over 20
years, and I must have got laid off 8 times. I bounced around from one
company to another during a lot tougher times than these. Now I have
my own business and I could not be happier. As a small businessman, I
am not rich and I do not drive fancy cars. I bust my but for every
dollar I make and I have no one to blame for my success or failure
other than myself. I thank God every day that we do not have liberals
or socialists running this country and I am gratefull that we have a
President that understands how to protect the small businessman like
me. Now enough of this dribble, I am going ack to my fish, which I
bought with my hard earned money.