Posted on 01/28/2006 10:26:38 AM PST by Dark Skies
Well put. And outsourcing isn't just an international phenomenon. It also occurs within a country borders. For example, a company based in NYC might outsource a project to a company in Montana, or Mississippi, or anywhere the cost of living is significantly lower.
It is a Qwest Employee Message Board and it is shocking to learn how angry and unhappy the employees are.
If you've ever worked at Qwest or had a problem with Qwest's service, you will appreciate what these empoyees are talking about. I just happened to stumble upon the forum while searching another subject.
http://groups.msn.com/DSCNNCTDSQWestEMPLOYEEBOARD/general.msnw?action=get_threads&Dir=1&ID_Last=2541
Interesting comparison.
Globalization, though, is an international phenomenon . . . or at least, accelerated globalization is. I think when people complain here about exporting or outsourcing jobs, they're not fearful of moving them from South Carolina to Michigan, because overall, the economic health of the country is not diminished. When jobs move from Ohio to India or wherever, people are at least a little concerned about our own national well-being.
If someone could clearly demonstrate that Americans losing their jobs or prospects for future jobs in this country do benefit from globalization, attitudes would be different, I think.
Your tagline fits well with what I am about to say.
The market will work whether we desire it or not. It can be delayed, sidetracked, and handicapped but eventually it will out.
Why? The free market embraces and supports human nature. It will transform the selfish desires of each individual into a good for the whole. (Credit R. Buckminster Fuller with that.) Other systems, or modifications to the free enterprise system, thwart human nature and as a result will eventually fail. Communism is a prime example of that. Unionism a close second.
Some confuse, or try to confuse us with the idea that, globalization means one world government. In the economic sense it is simply the natural result of advances in transportation and communication. Add free enterprise to that and you get what we have and what we will have to a greater extent later. Efforts to stop that will fail.
Probably not. Once the product proves successful the production will be shipped overseas. Besides, if we don't provide the incentives for young people to go into the technical/engineering/development fields we won't have very much talent left in the U.S. to innovate and come up with the new ideas or to implement them.
What do you mean by "modifications to the free enterprise system?"
Let me give you a childish example of what might confound my wish to comment.
In the good old days of childhood, my friends and I would shut down the bossy guy in the crowd with something like, "You can't tell me what to do. I have rights." The other guy would back off, we'd trade insults, or we'd have a dandy little fist fight and wrestling match to see who really had rights. Funny thing is when we went home and were sent off to do our chores, nobody stood their ground and asserted their rights to do differently.
The free market is kinda like that, isn't it? It is only free within certain not always specified rules enforced by not always friendly authority. That's why I asked about modifications.
Enjoyed the comments. I do worship in the same religion, but may practice it in a different denomination.
I agree with you. I will modify my commmnets to include enough regulation to keep the big ones from eating up the little ones since true human nature at its rawest is survival of the fittest.
Perhaps what I mean could be better said as we all seek our own best interest within our value system.
Bottom line, left alone the market is self correcting and reflective of each individuals personal decisions. The secret is having just the right amount of "modification" to protect the individual without unduly restricting his choices.
Having said that, I am not sure I said anything. :-)
Ummm, yeah. Which is why China and India are ferociously snarfing every job they can while protecting their own nation's industries.
It's called mercantilism. And the US has forgotten how to play.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.