Reply #161: Not really [View All]

[ultraist]

Outsourcing takes a lot more and jobs and money out of our economy. Corps don't have to pay payroll taxes, SS, unemployment insurance, workman's comp, property taxes, etc. They also don't have to pay minimum wage. With the added profits, they often invest in foreign markets rather than putting it back into our economy.

Personally, I feel outsourcing is having more of an adverse effect than hiring undocumentated workers here, but I haven't researched that enough to state it as fact. Most certainly, outsourcing and the unAmerican tax system we have, has far greater implications than does hiring undocumented workers.

I have recently driven through NC, SC and parts of GA and have been stunned by the number of empty warehouses and manufacturing plants. Complete industries are nearly shut down, such as textiles and tobacco. RTP companies, such as SAS & IBM are downsizing like mad, setting up shop, including research in India and China.