Bush official defends outsourcing

Treasury Secretary John Snow defended overseas outsourcing this week, arguing that the benefits of free trade outweigh the costs. In a speech to the Cincinnati Business Committee, Snow said: "I know that some Ohioans are worried about their jobs going overseas...but there are ways to get through the transition that will mean a better future for everyone, where workers are trained for the new jobs of the 21st century."

In a line of argument that echoes what other Bush administration officials have said, Snow said on Monday that "free trade helps create jobs at home by opening foreign markets to American exports, and by encouraging foreign companies to set up operations here in the U.S." Sen. John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has been much more critical of free trade, saying that he hopes to impose more regulations on U.S. businesses to reduce their incentives to employ overseas workers.

[tbeckner]

Let Us Outsource His Job!

People who defend outsourcing are people who do not fear the lost of their job and have a political reason to support it!

[BarbieLee]

Outsouce our Government

Let's just outsource all the government jobs. Think of how much money we could save. Our whole nation could become instantly wealthy through all the jobs and benefits to government workers we no longer have to support.

The idea certainly appeals to me. From George Bush to the sanitation workers we can use foreign outsourcing to replace them. I wonder if they would still think outsourcing is such a good idea if they knew their own job was the next one to go?
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Barbie Lee

[richardtallent]

That's Some Funny Math

So, let me get this straight: we want to send our jobs architecting and developing software overseas so we can be happily unemployed when these magical "21st century jobs" arrive? Exactly how is IT *not* a 21st century industry?

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