[RockyMtnMan]

...who said the impetus behind IT offshore work parallels what has happened in manufacturing. Pointing to companies that tried to keep all their manufacturing in the U.S., "a lot of them don't exist anymore," he said.

So the same trend that affected manufacturing will ultimately affect the rest of the middle-class work force, not just "IT" jobs. Precisely who do they think buys all these cheap products?

[RiflemanSharpe]

...who said the impetus behind IT offshore work parallels what has happened in manufacturing. Pointing to companies that tried to keep all their manufacturing in the U.S., "a lot of them don't exist anymore," he said.
So the same trend that affected manufacturing will ultimately affect the rest of the middle-class work force, not just "IT" jobs. Precisely who do they think buys all these cheap products?


I once read an article in Business Week from 1995, sory do not remember the date, that questioned what would happen with so many good paying middle class jobs leaving the US. Who would be left to afford to buy these products. With jbs being the way that they are, my wife and I have decided to put all available family money into debt reduction, not consumption.