22nd February 2004, 4:55 PM
Quote:I know this. But manufacturing jobs are really not much better than retail, and usually are far more dangerous to boot. Plus, we live in the Information Age. Non-manual jobs are more plentiful than ever before, and getting a college education is easier now than it has never been.
As I said, there really isn't a good solution for this problem. But it's not unique. Why should companies stay in a situation where they pay more money and recieve less profit when there are more lucrative opportunities? Wouldn't YOU outsource if it meant saving oodles of money on expenses and payroll? Answer that with your business sense and not your heart.
Why give tax breaks to these companies if they obviously will not open very many jobs to americans. Like I brought up its not the manufactoring jobs that are the biggest scare , Its these technical jobs and customer service jobs, Those jobs would normaly pay good and are what alot of colleges trained people for 6 years ago , Now alot of them are being cut and shiped out, Since why pay a computer software customer service rep in the U.S for 18-30 bucks a hour when they can pay them 4 bucks a hour in india and china to serve the U.S customers on the other side of the world.
People dont care about cheap clothing shops its the jobs like car assembly plants were the pay was good and you could raise a family and alot of the people who worked in it had a college training.