Pay attention!! Many companies thought outsourcing was a good idea. They are learning that, in some instances, they were wrong. Their customers didn't like having to talk to someone they could barely understand when they had a problem with a product or service. The companies have also found that some folks in the world don't work quite as hard as Americans do.
What's not mentioned in the uproar over 'outsourcing', which has taken it's place in the corporate bashing pantheon along with 'junk bonds' and 'mergers and acquisitions', is that America is the recipient of the outsourcing done by some large firms including Honda, and Toyota. Those companies are building plants in this country, and are paying good wages in areas that really need the wages, such as Alabama and Tennessee.
Yes, the money being paid to Halliburton is coming out of our tax dollars. Who else is going to pay for the war? I don't consider it profiteering because these folks are taking huge risks to provide these services. How many people associated with Halliburton and other so called 'profiteers' have died in this war? Remember the picture of the charred bodies hanging from the bridge? I don't think most Americans ever realized that those folks were working for one of those companies that you think was 'profiting' from the war. I don't think their employment justified their treatment, do you?
When I get someone from India on the other end of the line, I hang up and call the company to let them know I don't want them "sharing" my personal information with other countries. I think it's very dangerous for us to be placing our private information and government information in the hands of foreign companies and governments.
Hooray for Honda and Toyota but, the fact is, there are more jobs going out than coming in. Many of those are U.S. and State government jobs. Don't these people realize that those low cost good are only valuable if there are people here with good jobs to buy them?
How many more stories do we have to hear about paying $20+ for a towel with the KBR logo on it when the same towel without the logo is $2+ and the contract was for thousands of towels that went to a friend of a friend of someone at KBR and was no bid, before we get truly outraged?
Yes, I feel horror and outrage about the capture and torture of private contractors. But, I don't feel any more horror than when I see our troops maimed by roadside bombs. Our troops are volunteer and know what they are getting into. The contractors are also volunteer and know what they are getting into. Does that mean that they should be paid outrageous salaries for that work. Why aren't we hiring Iraqi's who will work for much less and put that money back into the economy?
I had hoped things would get better but, as far as I can tell, pork barrel spending, is pork barrel spendng is pork barrel spending, no matter who's doing it. The result is the same. A runaway budget deficit that is damaging our nation.
Nice talking to you. Sorry if I offended. Won't post any more of these opinions.