... If we petition to outsource the Congress, Senate, Presidency, Supreme Court, and all civil-service jobs, we might even get our government back.

I want to talk to an American when I call an American company asking about a supposedly American product, not someone from (insert Asian country here).

It helps a lot but sometimes it can really fuck shit up for a company.

Lets face it,, this is what makes some of our products cost less... also this is how
the U.S. helps countries like the philippines, and india.

The unemployment rate speaks clearly enough on this issue.

Too complicated for a simple review.

Solidarity/nationalization (high tariffs and refusing to allow outsourcing) isn't a reality. However, being a nation that manufactures little or nothing (or things of low quality) doesn't work as a model either. I would need to take this on a case-by-case basis. Outsourcing customer service versus medical insurance claims? The product/service plus economic/environmental concerns make this way to complicated for a simple review.

Not a big fan. I miss the days when things were "Made in America" those were the days.

I definitely think that outsourcing of jobs is a harmful thing, and it a big part of the reason that the American economy is so bad--because all the jobs are being shipped overseas. Some people claim that the outsourced jobs are ones American's don't want, but I completely disagree, most of the jobs listed in this paragraph, such as cad drafting, market research, manufacturing, designing, web development, etc. are jobs that would put a lot of people (back) to work in this country. Even jobs like telemarketing and call center jobs would be better than nothing to a person who has no extended education or training, then at least we could also understand the person on the other end when we call about the internet going out or tech support in general. I'm just saying, we really need to keep every last job we can make in this country.

thats a shitty idea

This is one of the reasons why our economy is so fucked!

I think we should keep our jobs within the U.S. as our population grows, and our education increases, we require more suitable jobs based on our education levels in the US. Now that women, and African americans, legalized citizens, and younger adults are working, our work force has increased, and so has the demands for jobs, in just the past 50 years.

this needs to be stopped

That guy in New Delhi helping me with my computer==I really don't think his name is "Steven."

Jobs are being outsourced due to the bad trade deals our "Elected" leaders have got us into.

Now, there is some who moved due to greed but many of the others moved off shore because they couldn't compete with our unfair trade deals.

Free to make the choice!

It's a mixed bag. Sometimes it provides cheaper goods but when Americans can't get jobs of their own it's a negative.

We need the jobs here!

we need um, fuckin A!

not sure how that works

Damn globalization!

This is a hard one....on a whole it hurts the opportunities for employment in america. I can understand if you outsource if you are a smaller company and need a cheaper labor force to even stay in business...but when you are a multi-billion dollar conglomerate...you are making billions already...how about keeping the employment opportunities here.

i fucking hate callling my credit card and i end up talking to someone in Inida. stop doing this!!!

it helps a little though because you pay $5 for that shirt you're wearing instead of $30.

we need more jobs

ah!!!

HUH??

Don't bother hoping for an AMERICAN to answer when you call AMERICA Online, they've outsourced most of their call center jobs to Africa and India.

I appreciate the desire to find low cost labor and give jobs to those in need, but fix our country first... then help the world...

They hire from other countries which makes less jobs for us. plus we can't understand them, which is frustrating

When is it going to stop? When were all cutting hair, flippin burgers, or greeting Wal-Mart customers? Damn!

yeah lets give all our work to china and india... thats a great idea (morons)

As if this one needed to be explained?

By every company keeping to themselves, there would be more jobs for common people. But without it a lot of companies wouldn't be able to afford to stay open, so they would have to close down.

aren't we in debt. hello am i the idiot here cuz if outsourcing isnt the dumbest idea i've ever heard someone slap me

ALL GOOD! DO WHAT YOU GOTTA DO........BUSINESS.

That's one of the reasons the employment rate is so low in America

One day, a half-crazy white woman walked up to me and said "It's people like you who are causing Americans to lose jobs. They're all being sent to the East."  I guess she assumed that as an Asian, I was stealing "our" jobs. She walked away muttering some more. Truth to tell, I felt a little sorry for her. It's hard not to feel sympathy for those who probably did not get much beyond a highschool education and assume that all foreign-looking people are responsible for the outsourcing of American jobs. The question is--who's to blame? The Chinese and Indians? American CEO's? The American gov't? Well, judging from the levels of poverty, the overcrowded housing, and lack of food in China and India, I rather doubt it's their people who are reaping the full gains. They may have a few pennies more, but not much beyond that. Despite the fact that American designers are selling their Chinese made clothes for the same amount of money as their American-made goods. The leather pants proudly made in the US once costing $2000 are now costing  $2100. Except now they're made in China. And forget about compassionate conservatism, thousand points of light and other catchy phrases hatched up by the Repug party: this may have been true 20 years ago when products were still made here, but luxury products and everything else are overwhelmingly made overseas, whether it's the Hermes bag, the mock Chippendale chair, or the Porsche.

So next time you want to blame third-world nations for stealing our jobs, think again. Think of the American CEO who is now making 800 times as much as the average employee instead of a mere 600 times. Think of the CEO who raises his salary and ups his stock options while laying off thousands of American workers or at the very least, reduces their pensions, health, and dental benefits. And think of our government that only recently claimed in 2004 or 2005 that outsourcing is good for our nation. Lastly, think of our unoriginal journalists (no doubt failed English majors, poli sci majors, sociologists or whatever) too cowardly to blame the CEOs and the government. "It's the third world!" they cry unanimously. (Well, at least 99%)

This is hollowing out and destroying our country. When are the pols going to dump outdated ideas and start protecting Americans?

This is good for greedy corporations,who don't give a rats behind about unemployed Americans, paying someone a decent wage,or safe workplaces.It is very BAD for the rest of us.I don't care how CHEAP it is-I do not want products made in a sweat shop.

Helpful to developing countries that need the income. Not helpful to more developed countries that lose the jobs.

Outsourcing of jobs has been a growing phenomenon for many decades. It is not going to stop simply because democrats recently successfully have blamed it on George W. Bush. Compare the US unemployment rate to that of France, even England. Sorry, this isn't a substantial part of that. Many economists theorize that a rate of less than 5% should be considered "full employment" and the overheating of our economy. We're about there now, as we were in 1995-96.

Harmful to OUR society, but I'm sure it's pretty helpful to those other societies who have those jobs. . .

Hmm...