Look, we live in a market driven/profit driven country. CEOs are pressed to show gains to stckholders. If they can outsource to a foreign country and reduce expenses, they are obligated to do so because their legal obligation is to the shareholders.
Don't get me wrong -- I think losing our manufacturing base is not good for the country as a whole. But we need to face facts -- just as the steel industry went overseas, so will other manufacruing jobs. It's jsut like water seeking its lowest point -- it will flow where there is the least resistance.
Maybe you missed my point. If one has 7 jobs that can be done by 5 because of rising productivity, then one cannot simultaneously claim that the 2 displaced jobs were "shipped overseas."