“We have been justifying offshoring now for an entire generation.”
The economics is what justifies offshoring. Unless we can make it economically viable to justify hiring Americans to do these jobs, it won’t ever happen.
If we don’t start finding ways to create more jobs for Americans, the economy is going to collapse anyway.
Business needs customers. This country is short 10-20 million jobs right now.
It is desperately short of good jobs.
Right now 70% of jobs being created pay 30K/yr or less.