More Jobs? Stop Companies From Outsourcing Overseas

Tax those companies 500%.........simple as that

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IBM just got some huge job, we cannot find out what they are being paid -- and then they offer to move people to Bangalore? Excuse me -- but F*CK IBM.

no federal subsidies, no state or local tax breaks either.

Why should American taxpayers reward companies that send our jobs overseas, or lay off Americans and replace them with people on H1-B visas?

to Africa. We have a long ways to go in this change we wanted.

brazillian percent. :evilgrin:

Who are taking bailouts?

Why didn't that help these corporations like it was supposed to?

us on this Economic Nose Dive, our leaders must surely recognize
that "Free Trade Policies" have not worked out as they had intended.

The United States can no longer be the only open market for any country
who smiles right and says they will be our ally in struggle against
terrorism. The US can no longer be the only open market for those
with whom lopsided trade deals have been struck. The chickens are
coming home to roost. US Citizens are losing jobs, earning less
for the same amount and type of work. Pure and simple Americans can
no longer afford to buy all the stuff be thrust into our market.
This is why the rest of the world is also on a precipice. They were
over dependent on the "rich American Market".

We are scheduled to have 40,000,000 job dislocations. If our leaders
continue to insist that our workers be put at further risk, welcome
to America, the Banana Republic. Continue to send our better paying
job overseas, only lowers our pay scale at home. Has anyone notice
the type of jobs predicted for our future, Health Field, Teaching,
Service (McDonald's, etc). This is America, the City on a Shining Hill?????????

from other countries that were contracted out by American companies.

Who no longer produces chocolate in this country but expects US to buy their crap this month.

to DU!

After being briefed on new company policy for making products greener, I suggested this: If we really believed in green initiatives such as drastic reductions in CO2 emissions and lower consumption of natural resources, we should stop developing, manufacturing and selling products that nobody really needs. Of course, there are huge revenues, profit and taxes that flow from the creation and consumption of such goods, so the emphasis is on appearing green to score points and not alienating the market segments that might discriminate against us.

The current US money crunch has real teeth because our manufacturing capability has fled overseas - the idea that we can survive with just a service economy seems nonsensical to me: If I take in your washing and you take in my washing, there is no net gain in productivity or wealth creation – I might as well do my own washing and you might as well do yours, rather than paying each other the same amount for equivalent services.

We really do need to produce useful products that are valued by a world market or we will not make any headway. Yet, I see acceleration in the trend to outsource not only manufacturing, but more and more engineering jobs – the very people who would have been the customer base for products such as cameras and printers, are being laid off and can no longer afford to buy such goods.

Companies don’t think of their employees as their customers, but when you pool all goods made in the US, the employees are the customers. Get rid of one and you are getting rid of the other. Outsourcing all engineering and manufacturing may allow US companies to lower product costs on the short term, but they are collectively killing a large segment of their customer base in the long term.

Perhaps green jobs will help stimulate the economy. Not by paying an army of people to spend research dollars, but by actually producing useful products that have a greater value on the world market than they cost to produce.

I predict that green will catalyze the next investment bubble, and that money will seem to be created out of thin air in a flurry of pyramid schemes, just like the dot.com stocks did in the nineties and then housing market after that. However, until I see a wind turbine factory powered by wind turbines, I predict green industries will eventually crash like all pyramid schemes must.

Yes, you can get a tax rebate for a hybrid car and solar panels, but only because someone else is paying for it. If we all bought hybrids and solar panels we will have to pay the full cost ourselves and that doesn't look nearly as attractive.

If I sound completely down on green, I believe in efficiency and in appropriate application of technology. For instance, regenerative braking on hybrid city buses makes a lot of sense because such vehicles are heavy and make multiple stops that would ordinarily just waste fuel energy as heat in the brakes.

That said, I don’t understand why hybrid SUVs are allowed to use the highway commuter lane without passengers when a small car with higher MPG is not allowed the same privilege – I frown on green as a religion where hybrid or electric vehicles are badges of honor and everything else is “part of the problem”.

The emphasis has to return to manufacturing useful products in the US for the world market. Wealth cannot be created for all in a service economy, only redistributed. While certain connected individuals will benefit financially from green mandates, I don’t see green energy creation and consumption reducing the cost of living for the average person.