The American people heard all the tripe you're spewing, weighed it, and decided last November that it, in fact, WAS tripe and re-elected the President with the largest majority vote in YEARS!
Your arguments are not anything new; I've heard them for over 30 years, all during which time this country's economy has grown steadily, even with cycles of downturns every few years. Right now the mantra is 'outsourcing'. In the 80's, we were going to get taken to the woodshed by Japan; didn't happen. Folks don't seem to have much perspective these days, and what's happening NOW is all that seems to matter. Very shortsighted, and NO way to make policy.
As for Halliburton; it has become the favorite whipping boy of the left simply because Dick Cheney used to be the head of it. Did you know that the way the company is doing business is the SAME WAY it did business back in the 90's during our involvement in Yugoslavia? They even received no-bid contracts at that time, but I don't seem to remember any bitching about it then. But then, a Democrat was President, and the media supported him completely. Halliburton is an oil services company that also provides many other services for the military that NO OTHER companies can provide. They are getting paid extra because they are paying their employees a premium for taking jobs in combat areas. Do you think only the military deserves 'combat pay'?
So outsourcing is good for America? Don't think so!
Haliburton is overcharging in Iraq and it's our tax dollars paying for it. I realize that they are a target because Cheney used to head it but does that make it right? I'd like to see all of the companies over there that are ripping off the taxpayers exposed. My point is that we're being scammed and no one is doing anything to stop it. Seems the only ones screaming about it are Libertarians!
As for combat pay, again, that money is coming out of our tax dollars. Nice work if you can get it. I know there have always been war profiteers but, once you know it's going on, what are you going to do about it? Should we condone this amazing rip-off of our tax dollars simply because it's always gone on? Are we going to continue the practices of the Clinton era or are we going to get real and do something about it?
I'm not a Libertarian but, I sure can identify with some of their positions, especially when it comes to private companies feeding at the public trough.