Am I the only person here that doesn't think outsourcing is evil? [View All]

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Everytime I turn around, even in the lounge, people are bitching about outsourcing. Shouldn't we want a globalization of the market instead of only the big nations dominating? As liberals, don't we care about the world and not just our own country?

Right now many countries' biggest asset is their population. They have a lot of people, with not enough production and manufacturing jobs for them (and not enough land or natural resources to get into that sort of market). It's comparative advantage, pure and simple. The US has the infrastructure to possibly reallocate the workforce into more lucrative positions-- we have the land and the resources to do other things better than telemarketing. Developing countries don't have that advantage- they don't have as much clout or as many resources.

I think, in an effort to be more globally minded, that maybe we should take this hit. Send jobs to India, Russia, etc... It may hurt our employment rate for awhile- even for longer than we'd like- but in the end wouldn't it be better? People in more skilled jobs. People in better paying jobs, that can't be outsourced. A happier, more productive workforce.

Just my 2 cents.