On 03/13/2019 11:22 AM, Dhaval Giani wrote: > What is this "good stuff" that is moving offshore? From what I can > see, stuff that is higher up the value chain is still in North > America, and is still going to remain here. And for a very simple > economic reason. It costs the same $ value.
Well, I mentioned 3, IT, lab tests and law. There are others. For many years, we were promised get an education and you'll always have a job. It appears that no longer holds true as many areas, such as those I mentioned, are moving offshore. What is someone starting out today supposed to do? What will be the next area moved offshore? Even some trades, such as aircraft maintenance are going. We're heading into a situation where more and more people will be unable to support themselves. Take a look at the news to find out about things like wage & wealth inequality, people unable to afford a decent place to live or even put food on the table. And then look at where the money is going. Look at the super wealthy. I mentioned Walmart. In the U.S. they pay many of their employees so poorly that they need social assistance just to live. One figure I recall was that each Walmart employee in Wisconsin costs the taxpayers some $4K per year. Let's not forget that this is one of the wealthiest families in the U.S. being subsidized by the taxpayers. One example of many. When people talk of cutting costs, they all too often forget about the cost of cutting costs. Guess who it is that all too often is forced to pay for these "savings". --- Talk Mailing List talk@gtalug.org https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk