Five Surprising Examples of Extreme Outsourcing

Mint Life Blog ^ | December 17, 2010

[2ndDivisionVet]

And that was almost three years ago.

[entropy12]

Without outsourcing our standard of living in the US would be drastically lower.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I agree.

[null and void]

Do you? You think our standard of living would be lower if more Americans were working?

[2ndDivisionVet]

Have you ever met a millennial? Many of them are about as interested in working as I am in skydiving. Who is going to do the work? If we were talking about 1950’s or even 1970’s America, I could see your point. That place doesn’t exist any more.

[null and void]

You actually do think our standard of living is higher with the millennials not working?

Amazing!

[NoCmpromiz]

We’ve outsourced the presidency, why not everything else...

[2ndDivisionVet]

Go ahead and try to twist my words.

[null and void]

Hmmm. That was your answer to my question:

You think our standard of living would be lower if more Americans were working?

That is to say you answered that question by explaining how we were better off with the millennials not working, simply because they weren’t interested.

I’m not sure how that wasn’t saying that you really do think we are better off?

Please explain.

[Age of Reason]

Without outsourcing our standard of living in the US would be drastically lower.

Without outsourcing, the government could not spend like crazy and print money like crazy, then tell us cattle there's no inflation because of all the imported cheap stuff.

You will note that the price of any goods and services produced domestically has gone through the roof: education, groceries, energy, housing, medical care, insurance, legal help--the cost of everything you need to live and breathe is sky high.

But you let yourselves be bribed with cheap electronic gizmos and shoddy clothing from abroad.

We're being sold out.

In the end, the handful at the top who are gaming the system will have it all while the rest of us will have let ourselves be sold out.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Someone has to do the work in this country. Many Millennials, urban youth, fake disabled, welfare recipients and lots of other people aren't interested in doing that work. They're being paid to sit on their butts, so why work? Many have illegal or shady side jobs that contribute little or nothing to the economy. I worked with welfare and food stamp moochers off-and-on for 15 years, trying to train them to look for work. The taxpayers had paid big money to send many of them back to school to get GEDs, associate degrees, vocational training and even bachelors degrees. The, magically, they couldn't find a job! During 3 or 4% unemployment!

[null and void]

So we are a wealthier country if we pay taxes to support millennials not working, and with our remaining funds purchase goods and services overseas (where that money is lost to the US) and pay illegal aliens under the table (no taxes) who then send money out of the country to their families?

I’m really having trouble understanding what you’re saying here.

Remember the original question was:

You think our standard of living would be lower if more Americans were working?

I’m not sure how what you said answers that question.

[entropy12]

My xrays are read by a doctor in India, my insurance is processed in abroad, I could never afford dress leather shoes made in USA, my house is built with a ton of imported items including many power tools used by construction workers, my golf clubs are made in China.

I could go on but you get the point. My standard of living would take a nose dive if American unionized workers made all my stuff.

[entropy12]

You think our standard of living would be lower if more Americans were working?

Yes, if all the stuff was made by unionized American workers. Which is why I like Wal-Mart, it is still non-union and I save money doing business with them. I buy groceries at Winco which is owned by workers, non-union, and whole bunch cheaper than unionized Safeway & Fred Meyers.

[dr_lew]

Since you have put yourself forward I may ask, who is paying you, and for what?

[entropy12]

I worked for 23 years for a non-unionized machinery builder. Our machines were sold all over the world.

[entropy12]

The millenials not working has very little to do with outsourcing. It has everything to do with anti-business policies of this administration, punishing the most productive and rewarding the most unproductive.

[snarkybob]

“The millenials not working has very little to do with outsourcing. It has everything to do with anti-business policies of this administration, punishing the most productive and rewarding the most unproductive.”

Yep. I’m just thankful that GWB didnt sell America down the river with outsourcing.... Oh wait....never mind. Lol

Nobody at the top, regardless of the letter after their name, gives even a little bit of a damn about the working class.
That’s not who pays them.

[dr_lew]

So! Mr. Moneybags. I know the feeling, and I’m feeling very vulnerable.

[cynwoody]

Do you? You think our standard of living would be lower if more Americans were working?

That depends. American workers are not automatically entitled to a living. Nor are any workers. Nor am I, and since no law protects my income against global competition, no law should protect anyone else's.

If American workers can produce something I want for less than foreign workers, then those workers are entitled to a living. I have no problem with that. That's what the market is for.

Otherwise, they need to be redeployed in such a way as to maximize output.

The globe's a big place. Deal with it.