Does outsourcing create job losses in USA?

India
November 4, 2009 12:51pm CST
Do you think that the outsourcing of jobs to other parts of world really affects the Jobs in USA...Please post you thoughts...
2 responses
@Pitgull (1522)
• United States
4 Nov 09
Absolutely, Americans lose jobs when jobs can be performed for cheaper somewhere else. When it comes to globalization, there is really nothing anyone can really do. Cheaper sources of labor, cheaper products, and it improves the information systems that we develop. Obviously when American money is going overseas, that is less money that is coming back into the United States. Our money will add to the economy of another country, while our suppliers or workers feel the effects. Eventually, who knows where this will result. Some people are very concerned about the "New World Order" but other people think it's a solution to all our problems. Take it as you will, but when American jobs go to other countries, those families that depended on that income are at a loss--and since American education is not really as up on it's game as other countries, I'm not sure how fast we can train all these people to keep and create more jobs in the United States. These days, money talks--and cheaper is better...to most people, despite the consequences...
@diamania (7011)
• Netherlands
4 Nov 09
If we look at it globally we see that a lot of companies outsource to the Asian countries which results in a huge concentration of jobs in Asia which would before be spread among multiple countries. As we all know outsourcing is popular because of the lower costs, each and every costs cut comes with negative effects, in this case it would be the decrease of jobs in for example the USA.