"To wrap it up, if your point is that "outsourcing" is simply a labor arbitrage play then you're missing 80% of the picture. "
I think you are missing the whole picture. Take Apple. Number one Tech company in the world. Very profitable. Yet they outsource labor to sweat shops in China, where conditions are so bad that 10 workers killed themselves in one month, instead of using the US workforce. How much more would the iPad cost if an employee made 15 per hour with FICA and SS taxes, insurance, matching 401K, etc, etc instead of 50 cents per day. "Lots of people say they're saving money with outsourcing. Then their companies go bankrupt." Lots of companies don't outsource and then go bankrupt. So what? "US companies will morph to services companies or they will die." Which is terrible. With no manufacturing base, one is at the mercy of those who can manufacture. J - Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. - Mark Twain The monstrous evils of the twentieth century have shown us that the greediest money grubbers are gentle doves compared with money-hating wolves like Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler, who in less than three decades killed or maimed nearly a hundred million men, women, and children and brought untold suffering to a large portion of mankind. - Eric Hoffer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:337941 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
