Cybargs wrote:
ATG wrote:
The economic dudes say people don't want to do the jobs for the rate they are worth.
The problem is that we are getting to a point where there are far more people than there are jobs that pay a livable wage. 1% hold the majority of wealth, pre-crash.
There has to be job replacement for the outsourced jobs or we end up with millions on the dole and cities go broke while these corporations make billions?
Not sustainable.
That's why whenever large business' outsource, small business' could hire quality employee at a lower rate (due to layoffs), and it would increase competitiveness. Sure there is a loss on the short term, but long term you move a population from blue collar work towards more white collar work. People in white collar would always find a job eventually.
Please. Blue collar workers hardly move to white collar jobs. Blue collar workers kids move to white collar jobs, yes, that happens.
Increase competitiveness? 15-20 years ago, I was making $75-90/hr as a dbase/foxpro/C developer. Outsourcing killed that. Oracle developers today in the US would be making twice what they are making now if outsourcing wasn't an option. "local" Consulting/Contract work for IT isn't what it used to be.
Last edited by Ilocano (2010-02-26 10:12:35)