What insight can you provide to sending US jobs out of the coutry? Is it good or bad for US?
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There was an article in the New England Journal of Medicine this week (won't expect that you've read it...) about the outsourcing of Radiology to India, meaning a small number of hospitals are electronically sending off CT scans, x-rays etc. to be read by radiologists living in India (to be fair they are assumed to have had residency training in the U.S. although the article states they have experimented briefly with Indian trained radiologists). The article says this may herald the beginning of outsourcing medicine. There are already "virtual" ICU's...doctors sitting in remote area's monitoring ICU patients by real time video. \n\nPersonally on a whole, I think this is not a great idea. There are people in this country who are unemployed and might want one of those call-center jobs that Dell has exported to Bangalore. And I'd rather be able to walk down to radiology to speak with a radiologist about specific details of a CT, sometimes this little extra effort has made a great deal of difference. Just thoughts.
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so? can you explain to us how that effects the average working family in this country? The stock holders make money when people get laid off as well as when there are expansions. It is a meaningless point to quote one aspect of the economy. A better question would be: who is going to have to pay back the world's largest recorded deficit ? Who is paying the interest on that right now? Where could all that wasted money be going other than financing our ever sky rocketing debt? The stock market is the biggest pyramid scheme ever conceived. Every once in a while the market plummets and the big fish gobble up all the little fish and start over again. It is a vicious cycle for anyone that is not of mammoth proportions when hard times hit. It may as well be the lottery. All the things that you point to as good for right now are artificially held in limbo until all this fiscal irresponsibility comes to bear, then we are all in for a world of pain.\n\n  The average working family already has jobs, or they woulf be unemployed, you must be a brain surgeon I guess.\nwho was talking about social security....bait and switch debating is ineffective.\n\n I noticed you skipped mentioning about the debt (the main point). Your have no point except for the sound of your own voice (in your head as you type). \n\n When I hear a fascist call me a whiner, I get goosebumps.\n\nwatch LOU DOBBS if you want the truth about our economy and the real problems that swirl around your head while you stare blankly in the darkness that is your own ignorance.\n\n  I believe it is you who is the hypocrit. If you look a little closer than you would care to, the facts might come out and bite you. Fact....the 5 million jobs you refer too are replacing jobs that were lost by downsizing, at a fraction of the pay of the original jobs lost. Shrinking the middle class. Fact....you cannot single out the dow jones and stock market as an acurate indicator of our over all economy because it is one sided. So you would rather dwell on a possible positive for your side than to delve a little deeper and see what is really going on. I suppose I can't blame you there....it gives your argument more flash, but very little substance. You are only looking to prove your own point here, so I will leave you to it in your little bubble world that you call right wing denial. Good luck with all that money you must have rolling in. Where do you keep it all...there must be truck loads.
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I think it would be a FINE idea... have seen it at work in other countries such as Switzerland and The Netherlands.\n\nThe trouble in the USA is rather simple... business (Contractors) wouldn't permit it.  Imagine all that (relatively) cheap labor in the hands of the government !!  Building our infrastructure: roads, bridges, cleaning our parks, etc... they'd all be on a pay-structure that would drive the UNIONS that get those government contracts batty !!\n\nBut also... THINK of the money the tax-payers could SAVE !!  Projects done for half (or less) of the cost we pay today.  We'd have virtually ZERO unemployment in the 18-21 yr range, and they would gather useful training during that period that might just reduce unemployment further down the road.\n\nApply some rules not unlike the military regarding behavior, fiscal responsibility, and pride.\n\nYes, I like the idea.
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Try asking what is the impact of an increase in the minimum wage on the availability of entry level positions and total wages paid to those who fill those positions?  You might also ask what the anticipated reaction of job-providers would be?  \n\nI don't know if you'll get the correct answer here, but I suspect that many would be surprised to know the real (measured) impact. \n\nHint:  Imagine your reaction if you owned a business employing 50 minimum wage employees and the mandated wage goes up by 20%.  Would you:\n\na.  Knuckle under, pay the higher wage, maintain your prices and make less profit?\n\nb.  Pay the higher wage, raise prices to compensate and hope that your competition doesn't transfer jobs to China?\n\nc.  Hire undocumented workers for less than the minimum wage and hope you don't get caught? \n\nd.  Lay off 20% of your workforce and try to squeeze more output out of the remaining 40 employees?\n\ne.  Follow the competition and transfer your jobs to China? \n\nWhich of these possible "solutions" is best for the U.S. economy and labor market?
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Hate to be the one to break the bad news!\n But...the economy will never be any better..only worse.\n You can't "fix" the kind of problems our economy\nhas overnight.It took YEARS to get the way it is!
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sorry, but you have been manipulated by the media.  we are not losing jobs; in fact we have gained around a million jobs per year since the mid 1990s.  there are 15 million more jobs now in the united states than in 1995.  \n\nlisted below are the number of jobs, in thousands, as reported by the US bureau of labor statistics.  you can get more information at the link below - click the checkbox for the statistic you are interested in (like "employed" for the number of jobs, or "unemployment rate") and then "retreive data" at the bottom.  on the next page you will be able to make graphs of the data.\n\nYear  Jobs (thousands)\n1995 122597\n1996 123126\n1997 126384\n1998 128882\n1999 131339\n2000 134912\n2001 136181\n2002 134177\n2003 135907\n2004 136924\n2005 138682
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You're making 2 good points.  That's called offshoring and it is terrible for our economy.  The only ones who gain are the big businesses.  The common labor force in America is becoming a thing of the past and that creates a country with no middle class.  Yes I do think that they should be boycotted and penelized but I can't see any president instituting any penalties since they are all owned and backed by big business themselves.  It's so irritating getting tech support from India or somewhere not only because you can't understand them but because it's such a slap in the face to America that this job was offshored.  Thanks for the question.
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Giving YOUR job to someone who is willing to do it cheaper in another country.  Not a good thing for your citizens and those in your country looking for jobs.
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Eventually US jobs will be nothing but low paying service jobs. Globalization will accelerate this.
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Probably.  I haven't noticed any tangible problems from immigration -- other than problems purely stemming from the fact that we've declared a lot of it to be illegal.  As far as I know, the economy is better and lots of things are less expensive as a result of immigrant workers.  I don't think many Americans are eager for many of the agricultural and service industry jobs that many immigrants perform.  If there is an unemployment problem, it has much more to do with outsourcing overseas, and the general state of the economy (to which immigrant labor is a benefit, not a burden).\n\nAs far as making this country what it used to be -- an ignorant, bigotted, Indian-massacring, slave-owning backwater -- I think that's kind of crazy.  But one *good* thing that you *would* need -- is lots of immigrants.
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What do we get in return for giving our jobs away?  A lot of people think that we are outsourcing only blue collar/labor oriented jobs say like manufacturing. We are also outsourcing engineering and other technical work to countries like India via the internet. There are a lot of high paying manufacturing jobs. I get my hands dirty every day at work and I am not ashamed because I will make nearly 50 grand this year. That's on 50 hours per week which is a lot better than some of the white collar workers I know. There is a rediculous misconception when I walk into a store after work with my dirty navy blue uniform on with my name on it that I must be poor or something but the fact is I probably make more money than just about anyone else there.  Sorry going on a rant here. The fact is that when you take raw materials and produce usable products from those materials wealth is created. If you can produce a product and take it all the way to the end consumer you can make a lot more profit. But that requires engineering, research and development, market analysis, advertising, packaging, warehousing, wholesaling, distributing, and final sales. At each of those points wealth is redistributed. It all starts with mining and manufacturing. Everyone else makes some money along the way. A lot of very high paying high tech machining/die making jobs have gone to Taiwan. They are developing skills there that not many here in the U.S. can see the benefit. It makes me sick every time a have to explain what a machinist does. A machinist makes anything from the pistons in your engine to the wheels on your car to the mold that was used to form the shape of anything made from plastic. For example your keyboard, monitor casing, and mouse were all formed from plastic in a mold made by a moldmaker which is a type of machinist. These are the types of jobs we are losing.  Manufacturing drives innovation and if we stop doing this kind of work then our engineering capabilities will suffer due to lack of use. The main reason our country has become so wealthy is because of the huge supply of natural resources that have been mined and then manufactured into usable products. At every point in our growth we have come against obstacles to produce enough to supply a growing population. Due to these obstacles innovation was required. If we allow other countries to do our dirty work for us we will also be allowing other countries to be innovative for us. And we will eventually become weak minded and unable to solve our own problems. To answer the question, "Why is outsourcing of US jobs bad for the US?" It is bad because it takes away from the SOURCE of our wealth and our strength. There are only four economic sectors that generate material wealth: agriculture, mining, manufacturing, and construction. Other sectors, such as services and trade, redistribute this wealth, and are built on the products created by the wealth generators. Check out the link I hope your paper goes well.
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First, what high skill jobs are we gaining? The last report I read about job creation in the US said the complete opposite. Next, breadlines exist or haven't you heard the US has a homeless problem. Also, gas prices are going to continue to go up and not everyone can afford it. Finally, your last statement about loans and grants betrays an ignorance of economics that answers your own question. \nWhat is the trade deficit in the US? \nWhat is the average savings per American?\nHave wages kept pace with cost of living?\n\nI congratulate you on earning your degree. What kind of job do you now have?\n\nYou have chosen one of the fastest growing industries in the US. The criminal justice industry. Does that tell you anything about the direction this country is headed?
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I tend to take the John Stossel view on the subject - despite what all of the politicans and the media say, outsourcing actually helps this country. It leads Americans to get more education and better jobs which pay higher wages. In the past ten years, the unemployment rate has actually gone DOWN, despite all of the "outsourcing" and the "taking of American jobs" that have been going on.
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We always need jobs for our people.  If any american company moves to another country, we should stop buying thier products.  I would rather buy from a foriegn company whos factory is in this country, than from an american company with a factory elsewhere, because they would be giving our people jobs.
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I'd say you should find a new line of work. Not to be a downer, but jobs like that are being outsourced overseas at alarming rates. =[\n\nIt probably has a direct and nasty effect on wages here.
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I don't think we can or should ban outsourcing. \n\nAmerica is the leader in the creation of new industry and ideas.  I believe we should embrace outsourcing so we can create a new generation of business and creative leaders.   \n\nHowever, we need to do more to assist displaced workers by fixing our social support programs and educating our young people. \n\nThere will always be jobs in America, industries and activities that can not be outsourced, we need to help people find those jobs and support entrapenuers so they can create the next big idea for the rest of the world to copy.   \n\nOne last thought, this is a great test for our country, one that will make us stronger.
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Thanks to Mrs.Thatcher and now Tony, our manufacturing industry has been transferred to China and India, as a result our service sectors dominating our market place. Who knows what will happen if Honda, Nissan and Toyota decide to move their factories from  the UK  to a cheaper and more cost effective alternative in the eastern europe. I can only guess that recession will follow and this may even affect the service sector.In my view,at the present time the service sector is the dominant labour market in the UK.