Originally posted by JaTo:
God, this is typical. Job creation under this administration is equated to an influx of janitor and fast-food positions, while job loss is put in the light of outsourcing of 6-figure, white-collar jobs to India.





I don't understand the mentality of claiming the jobs are low paying, menial jobs either.

I just heard some figures from William E. Williams. Outsourcing caused a loss of about 1 million jobs. However, "insourcing" (foreign companies moving plants here from other countries) created about 6 million jobs.

He figured if outsourcing was made "illegal" and the rest of the world followed suit, we would lose a net 5 million jobs from this folly.

While it is hard to swallow if you are the one losing the job, we are no longer competitive with the world for the types of jobs we are losing. However, if you can re-train yourself for one of the 5 million replacement jobs, you will be okay. W.E.W. talked about some of the companies, including Novartis and Honda. These were not janitorial or burger flipper jobs.

If people who say there "oughta be a law" against losing jobs had their way, we would still be using ice to cool our food instead of refrigerators, as they wouldn't allow the ice makers and delivery men to lose their jobs. No Cars either, as we would of needed to keep the blacksmiths and stable/ranch hands employed.

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