How do we get the jobs back?

Question

I'm fed up with hearing politicians on BOTH sides when referring to outsourcing state, "The jobs are gone and are NOT coming back." My response is, "WTH NOT?"

Since Nafta and other things have obviously failed then why not reverse them? Why not begin to create/change laws that give incentives for companies to stay within the USA. Start reversing crap that took them away.

Outsourcing is not just the minut jobs anymore. In India now, companies are moving there to get accountants, engineers, programmers, etc....

What can we do and doesn't everybody agree that we shouldn't just accept this 'live with it' answer the politicians are throwing at us?

Answer 1

Well sometimes the answer just to live with is not acceptable. I think it might be a good idea to start talking with policitians about creating a bill where for every job the company outsources they should have to create a job here. Outsourcing does help the economy of other countries so it is good for international trade, but honestly I think we should start doing something about the problems here before we worry about what's going on out here. If this would be a bill that would pass then it would cost more for these companies to outsource and it might actually get them to stop it. Or maybe an incentive program would be better..but then it wouldn't be a big deal to some companies who save millions by outsourcing to other countries.

About the only thing we can do as consumers is start purchasing products made in America. If we start hitting them where it hurts then maybe something will come about it. It's hard to do because it will cost more but the message will be loud and clear. This could also create more jobs in the long run as well. The more products we buy the more the companies have to produce the more workers they're going to have to hire to make the products. So...yeah..that's what I came up with anyway.

Answer 2

The world is going through a shift that we've never done before. To over-simplify things, we've moved from village life to nation states to capital-driven states. In those shifts, we've changed our focus from survival to accumulation of wealth to imperialism. The United States is the only country in the history of the world that built its foundation on creating a nation based on output rather than input.

Yesterday, I was thinking about how the killer app of the colonist's time was surveying the land. People like George Washington spent a good part of their lives building an infrastructure to this nation by creating a reference point of what a man could own, and a system for dividing it. From there, the infrastructure of our roads, cities, and factories could be built. From there, great waves of innovation and courage created our ability to produce ever better products and services for our customers.

Because of the stand of the United States, the whole world has changed. Ironically, it is this country that gets the most pressure because of imperialistic power. But that's not the point, really.

Because of the wave of innovation that's taking place, no person can stop it. If we find ourselves sitting here counting jobs, we find ourselves denying that the earth is flat. (That's a great book, by the way: The World is Flat. It's the most comprehensive discussion of globalism today without political bias written for the common man.) The earth is flat in the sense that I can get on the phone today and associate myself with a tax accountant in India or a factory in China. The laws that we create don't change that. The competitive forces don't change because we don't like them.

So, our question can never be how to stop the flow of jobs, but what good are we as human beings? What value do we add?

I just spent 7 months working as general labor on a construction crew, healing from some personal tragedies. It was a surreal experience for an MBA to hang out with these kinds of people. We had many lively discussions about the meaning and power of organized labor today. They agreed that the only meaning labor has is what it can prove its bringing to the table. As labor is better-trained, better-motivated, more innovative, more willing to train their own ranks, and create value empirically (rather than theoretically), then labor will have meaning in the context of this new world of ours.

The world has changed. How will we respond?

Answer 3

I agree; if we can find a way to put an end to globalization, hundreds of thousands of jobs would be made available. The only problem is that it's such cheap labor. Why waste money on labor costs when we can spend it on war, weaponry, and government taxable products? It'll never happen.

Answer 4

it's about money and power. the gain more of both by helping companies outsource, and think they get a political boost worldwide from helping those poor needy foreigners....all the while deliberately ignoring our own citizens' needs. You want change? elect better representatives and hold them accountable for their mistakes.

Answer 5

The short answer:

Get a better education. Move to Canada for a few, and get free college then come back and work here. You need to work the system, play by the game rules.

Answer 6

You boycott the products of those companies that outsource and send letters to thier CEO's explaining why you are boycotting. They will only get the message when it hits them in their wallets

Answer 7

well, u should have tried better work ethics, worked harder, got more technical degrees to keep the jobs in the first place. they ain't coming back!

Answer 8

Vote them all out and start over.

Answer 9

start your own business and dont outsource i guess