[schu]

First, "everything" is not being outsourced. But if you are a company, much like yourself, you are going to do things as cheaply as possible, just like you shop on-line or at Wall-mart for the best price.

This idea that searching for the best bargain is traitorous or immoral just does not make sense. Everyone does it, so what?

So the people in the US need to grow up, there are people, and lots of them, in the world who are willing to work for less. The response to that is make yourself more valuable, to do a better job, to improve your skills, to fix our countries problems (tort, taxes, education, etc). Everyone is a "free agent" an "entrepreneur" as a previous poster said. Buy a business, go to school, reeducate yourself, be more diligent at work, and, for those slackers, make them accountable.

What else would you propose?

[Goodgirlinred]

Nothing. Oh, happy day. I said the same thing once on another thread, not as eloquently as you, and got slammed big time. So, I thought I was wrong. I am new and I doubted myself. I believe education is the way to go. People should look at the job market and see what is in demand. Nursing is way up there for one. If you have what it takes to be a good nurse, go after it. Be informed as to what is in demand, don't just go to college with no idea what career path you are going to follow.