How Many Us Jobs Have Been Lost To Outsourcing In 2006?
Posted by China Sourcing CommentatorSep 27
We the people never hear the count on how many US jobs are lost to outsourcing to other countries and more important what our government is doing to turn this trend around. I feel the balance is way out of line and is hurting our country tremendously! I’ve talked to many others who feel the same way!
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America’s jobs crisis affects all of us — from university Ph.D.s to recent high school graduates. Every month produces additional pink slips for autoworkers, radiologists and computer engineers.
In three years, we have lost nearly 3 million private-sector jobs. Manufacturers have slashed payrolls for 43 straight months. We have shed half a million information jobs since December 2000, nearly as many as we added the preceding three years. The so-called recovery began more than two years ago, but still there are three unemployed workers for every job opening, and thousands have abandoned the workforce.
The jobs crisis is real — and one real reason for it is that American companies are shipping jobs overseas. Economy.com, an independent research group, estimates 1 million of the nearly 3 million jobs lost have been sent abroad since 2001. Analysts at the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley say 14 million white-collar jobs are at risk.
The consequences of sending jobs overseas devastate workers such as California mom Natasha Humphries, laid off by her high-tech firm after it flew her to India to train her replacement. Now, she has joined individuals from every state on a bus tour through the heartland to shine a light on the jobs crisis. Other riders include people such as 53-year-old Dan Pechek from Minnesota, unemployed and fearful 12 months after losing his paper-mill job, and Dawn Teo from Arizona, working to save U.S. jobs after past employers made her reorganize work and lay off workers to move jobs overseas.
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It seems to me that an objective of our government is the out-souring of jobs. Part of this “they” call globalization. But I think its a plan to have all of the world economies so intertwined – that there will be no future “world wars”. It would hurt the country that starts it, as bad as it would hurt the loser.
The other year, India and Pakistan started firing at each other. A lot of American jobs have been outsourced to India – especially computer work and call centers. Story I heard (I have done disaster recovery planning) is that companies that have outsourced to that area – started letting it be known that they might withdraw from the area for a more stable place. The fighting quickly stopped.
There is no way to accurately know how many jobs we have lost. At one time, Wal-Mart used to advertise “Made in America” as their slogan. Now, they encourage American manufactures to outsource jobs to 3rd world nations in order to cut prices today.
But what happens when most of the jobs have been outsourced, and our people can no longer afford to buy anything?
What is the government supposed to do? All they can do is get rid of this crazy tax system and replace it with the Fair Tax. That would eliminate income tax. In turn, prices would go down about 25% because income taxes are built into the prices. This would help make the US more competitive – because as we all know, Americans don’t want to pay for American wages! Yes, you heard me. We Americans would rather pay for low cheap labor in China or elsewhere if it means a lower price at our stores.
Almost all of them!
I can DEFINITELY emphathize with your concerns over outsourcing. I’m losing my job next month because of outsourcing. However, I am not completely against it. Only 3% of American jobs are lost due to outsourcing, and with all of the jobs available, other business quickly are able to absorb those lost jobs. Also, the quality of life it brings to other countries is amazing. I’ve ALWAYS been against outsourcing until I looked into the benefits it brings to less fortunate countries.
I’m still not completely for it, but I’m not as against it as I once was. You see, I’m a Democrat and the issue of outsourcing became a very hot topic in the 2004 presidential election. So I was against it because of my political affiliation. I’m still not for it, and actually believe that Hillary Clinton had a great idea about tax cuts to businesses who decided to stay here in the US. But, as explosive of an issue that it was made into, the real threat outsourcing has was very exaggerated. It’s not as detrimental to the US economy as we were led to believe during the election.
What I am against the most are rich Republicans who outsource simply to save money! I hate that mindset. However, truthfully, outsourcing has greatly improved other countries like China, the Phillipines, and India. Their economies have become thriving because of it. And its impact on the US is not as great as politicians claim.
So to recap my position: I am not for it–meaning I do not promote outsourcing and find it preferable to keep the jobs here. However, I am not vehemently against it either, given the great opportunities it has brought to those less fortunate in the world. So, I’m still not for it, but I’m not against it as strongly as I once was. The reasons I used to be against it were fed to me by politicians.
Upon research of this topic, I was able to reconcile the thought of outsourcing with a greater global positive impact. The MAIN reason I am against outsourcing is the motive behind it. Again, the motive for businesses to just save money. I hate when money is placed above humanity.
Who cares, there are hundreds of thousands of jobs that need filled in the US right now. If someone is able to do something more efficiently at lower cost, so be it, that’s business. We are capitalists, not communists.